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Judge-led statutory inquiry announced into killings of three people by Valdo Calocane in June 2023Keir Starmer has told the families of the three people killed in the Nottingham attacks that a judge-led public inquiry will take place in “a matter of weeks”.During an emotionally charged meeting at No 10 on Wednesday, Starmer told the families of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates that the inquiry would scrutinise a “number of different agencies”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/12/nottingham-attacks-statutory-public-inquiry-starmer Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-02-12 16:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Fashion grandee takes his love of a suit step further with oversized embroidered jackets in British-made tweedsThom Browne has said that if one of his catwalk shows receives only positive reviews, he worries he has played it too safe. He much prefers to ruffle a few feathers.Literally so, this season. Birds, which along with shrunken grey suits are a Thom Browne signature, were everywhere. The models’ eyelashes, made from bright feathers, had a wingspan that dusted the collar. Above the catwalk, 2,000 origami birds were suspended in flight. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/feb/12/thom-browne-new-york-fashion-week-feathers-herons-and-magpies Author : Jess Cartner-Morley in New

Putin’s spokesperson rejects Zelenskyy’s plan for transfer of Kyiv-held pockets of Kursk to help end warEurope live – latest updatesThe Kremlin has said that Russia will never consider exchanging occupied Ukrainian land for parts of its Kursk region, dismissing a proposal outlined by Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Guardian.Zelenskyy revealed in an hour-long interview earlier this week that he intended to propose a straightforward territorial exchange with Russia to facilitate an end to the war, including the transfer of Ukrainian-held pockets of Kursk. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/12/russia-will-not-exchange-ukrainian-land-kursk-region-kremlin Author : Pjotr Sauer Publish date : 2025-02-12 13:22:00 Copyright for syndicated

Judge who has already temporarily halted plans to pull out almost all agency’s staff will hear further arguments todayThe Kremlin said on Wednesday that a Russian citizen was freed in the United States in exchange for Moscow’s release of American Marc Fogel, but refused to identify them until they arrive in Russia. Fogel, a history teacher who was deemed wrongfully detained by Russia, was released and returned to the US on Tuesday in what the White House described as a diplomatic thaw that could advance negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.When asked what the United States gave up in