Day: June 15, 2026

EU leaders set to meet after deadly strikes on Ukraine, including Unesco-listed religious site in Kyiv – Europe liveEU leaders set to meet after deadly strikes on Ukraine, including Unesco-listed religious site in Kyiv – Europe live

G7 leaders to meet in Évian-les-Bains in France later today to discuss the most pressing issues, including Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran Kyiv monastery set on fire in night of Russian attacks across Ukraine Macron frames Évian G7 agenda in hope Trump will stay for whole summit in Kyiv Outside the ...

‘I’m setting myself free from shame’: Laverne Cox on her brutal childhood and life as a trans woman in Trump’s America‘I’m setting myself free from shame’: Laverne Cox on her brutal childhood and life as a trans woman in Trump’s America

Before Orange Is the New Black made her a star, Cox endured bullying, abuse, harassment and violence. She talks about the bad old days – and her fears they’re on their way back Two days before she spoke to me, Laverne Cox had been at the premiere of a new, ...

Europe is starting to break up with US big tech. But it’s still abiding by the Silicon Valley rulebook | Max von ThunEurope is starting to break up with US big tech. But it’s still abiding by the Silicon Valley rulebook | Max von Thun

The European Commission has unveiled its plans for digital sovereignty. Its proposals betray a disappointing lack of vision Beti Hohler is a Slovenian national who lives in the Netherlands. Like tens of millions of other Europeans, she uses Apple’s app store and has an Amazon account. When she travels for ...

‘It’s euphoria’: New York City celebrates Knicks’ NBA title win after 53-year wait‘It’s euphoria’: New York City celebrates Knicks’ NBA title win after 53-year wait

Celebrations filled the streets, subways and bars as police reported some riots, damaged properties and violence Marvita Davis, 70, was a teenager in Harlem the last time the New York Knicks won a championship, in 1973. “I was like, Oh, I like this game. I can get into this game,” ...

Even if the Iran war is over, it made its mark: the fear, killing and upheaval were all normalised | Nesrine MalikEven if the Iran war is over, it made its mark: the fear, killing and upheaval were all normalised | Nesrine Malik

As the world waited for rational outcomes from irrational players, the people being bombed were forced to adjust to the fact of terror as part of daily life “Humans take a lot of killing,” wrote Frank McCourt in Angela’s Ashes. As bleak a phrase as it is, McCourt was talking ...

‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance

Amid fears the wreck will be more accessible to explorers – and new species – as the climate warms, conservationists want to create the region’s first underwater protected area The harsh temperatures, treacherous currents and shifting pack ice of the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea, which crushed and sank his ship, Endurance, ...