The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine is failing badly
The disastrous planning, the underestimation of Ukraine's forces and the West's willingness to supply and advise them, the poor tactics — the world will be studying Putin's catastrophic failure for decades, writes JOHN WIGHT
Women take a picture with an artwork on a building destroyed by fighting in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, November 13, 2022. The painting appears to have been made by British street artist Banksy, who confirmed on his Instagram account that he made another mural in the village that depicts a gymnast
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
Hot and dry conditions are threatening British species unequipped for drought, explains PAUL ASHTON
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
WITH the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine now back in Ukrainian hands, there is no longer any hiding place for Putin or his general staff when it comes to the disastrous state of Russia’s military campaign after nine months.
It has revealed the Russian military machine to be substandard on land, at sea and in the air, dispelling the illusion of superpower status when it comes to its conventional armed forces.
Whether the ill-fated attempt to mount a lightning strike and circle Kiev at the outset of the conflict, resulting in significant losses of men and materiel; whether the sinking of the Moskva, flagship of the much-heralded Russian Black Sea Fleet in April; whether the rout suffered by Russian forces in the north-east around Kharkiv in September, losing thousands of square kilometres of territory in a matter of a weeks and leaving behind intact tonnes of equipment in the process; or whether now the grievous (from a Russian perspective) loss of Kherson, the only regional capital to have fallen under Russian control; all of it will haunt the Kremlin for years to come — and justifiably so.
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