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Zelenskyy says Nataliia Khodemchuk is victim of ‘new tragedy caused by Kremlin’, four decades after disasterThe widow of the first Soviet engineer to die in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion was killed on Friday in Russia’s massive drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Nataliia Khodemchuk as the victim of a “new tragedy caused by the Kremlin”, nearly four decades after her husband, Valerii, was killed inside Chornobyl’s nuclear reactor number four. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/16/nataliia-khodemchuk-widow-of-chornobyl-engineer-killed-russian-drone-strike-kyiv Author : Luke Harding in Kyiv Publish date : 2025-11-16 13:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Paul Nowak says OBR should be modernised to ditch ‘hardwired’ support for austerity economicsBritain’s budget watchdog is in danger of strangling growth and should be modernised to ditch its “hardwired” support for austerity economics, the Trades Union Congress has warned.Less than two weeks before Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget, the trade union umbrella group said the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) was at risk of being a “straitjacket” on growth in living standards. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/16/uk-budget-watchdog-in-danger-of-strangling-economic-growth-says-tuc-boss Author : Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent Publish date : 2025-11-16 10:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Home secretary expected to announce changes on MondayThe home secretary says the government will create more “safe routes” for people to seek asylum in the UK as a way of stopping small boats.Asked about her own heritage, Mahmood says her parents came to Britain legally in the late 1960s and that is is “a moral mission” for her. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/nov/16/shabana-mahmood-immigration-asylum-latest-uk-politics-news-live Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2025-11-16 08:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Two in critical condition after driver crashes into crowd at Walcha Motorcycle Rally about 90km from TamworthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA demolition derby car lost control and ploughed into a grandstand, injuring 13 rural motoring enthusiasts on Saturday night.Emergency services rushed to Walcha’s showgrounds, which 90km from Tamworth in New South Wales, early in the evening after a crash at the Walcha Motorcycle Rally. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/16/thirteen-people-injured-after-speedway-car-ploughs-into-grandstand-during-nsw-demolition-derby Author : Josh Taylor and AAP Publish date : 2025-11-16 06:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs