This “sorry episode” shows “just how dependent Ukraine still is on the US”, said The Telegraph’s editorial board. For all the “strong words” of Europe’s leaders, “there remains a gulf” between their “rhetoric and the reality” of their support. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/1uI…

Jackdaw “will start to supply gas to British homes and businesses from as early as the end of this month”, Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh told the BBC the-week-uk.visitlink.me/sVA…

More than 43,000 people in care homes were recorded to have died with Covid between March 2020 and July 2022. Last year, a senior civil servant told the inquiry it amounted to “generational slaughter”, said the BBC. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/bRB…

Divorce is now “more accessible than it ever has been”, Lisa Pepper, a divorce lawyer at Osbornes Law, told The Guardian, yet “couples are staying together”. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/FIh…

A “growing cohort” of time-poor travellers are treating their holidays as an “investment” in themselves, said Bloomberg. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/Av9…

Traditionally, Anjouan was best known for its exports of ylang-ylang oil and vanilla. But it has since “stumbled” into the “dangerous but highly lucrative” industry of underground online gambling, said The Guardian. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/HIp…

A growing number of European leaders worry that Musk's products have undue influence in Ukraine’s theatre of war — and across the continent as a whole. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/ZuN…

The government is going to announce more “everyday fixes” to ease financial pressures for Britons and show that it can “rectify some of life’s little nuisances without needing to bust the budget”, said Politico. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/ORH…

Earth has been rotating unusually rapidly for a decade and there’s a chance we’d soon need the first-ever negative leap second – in other words, deleting a second. Listen to the full episode on your choice of platform. Or stream now: the-week-uk.visitlink.me/K8x… #worldnews #science

“The French passion for protest is legendary in Europe,” said Katya Adler, the BBC’s Europe editor. But six months out from an “already fraught” election, these demonstrations are becoming highly politicised. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/pl-…

Scientists engineered PhotoTat, tattoo ink that is “permanent yet rewritable,” said a study in the journal Matter & Light. The material is “nearly invisible at rest, coloured within seconds under ultraviolet light and erased by white light.” the-week-uk.visitlink.me/OxI…

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Bed bugs are small but tough to get rid of. Experts say their resistance to pesticides is getting much stronger. Listen to the full episode on your choice of platform. Or stream now: the-week-uk.visitlink.me/eSP… #uknews #pestcontrol

Women have long used testosterone therapy to improve libido and energy. Now, many are turning to it to manage other menopause-related symptoms, such as brain fog and mood swings. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/TVS…

PM Andy Burnham is scheduled to deliver a speech 150 miles away in North Lanarkshire but there’s little doubt he’s crashing the SNP conference in all but name. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/83E…

Similar trends have emerged in other major cities. Primary school enrolment has dropped by 25% in Paris over the last decade and by nearly 20% in New York in the decade leading up to autumn 2024. For more news and analysis, subscribe here: the-week-uk.visitlink.me/J8P… #london

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A new United Nations report is sounding the alarm on another potential risk of our constantly evolving world: technology that could allow governments to “read minds” via brainwave interfaces. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/dV2…

Major K-pop groups, including BTS and Stray Kids, have decided to boycott the awards ceremony in 2027 Watch or listen to the full episode on your choice of platform. Or stream now: the-week-uk.visitlink.me/J8P… #kpop #music #bts #straykids

Modern zoos must find a balance between allowing visitors to be close to animals and keep them safe without being too “heavy-handed”, Dr Campbell Murn, a former member of the government’s zoo expert committee, told the BBC. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/6E6…