Archie Bland

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Archie Bland

Good morning. Against the backdrop of continued international indifference, a conference on Sudan’s devastating civil war in London yesterday might be counted as progress of a kind: it brought 17 countries, as well as the EU and African Union, together, was accompanied by some new pledges of aid, and was billed as an effort to build a new consensus on a way forward.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Archie Bland

Good morning. Russia claimed that its ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy was aimed at Ukrainian army commanders. But the truth is that the attack’s brutal toll was exacted against ordinary people. The deaths of at least 34 people made it the worst single attack on civilians in Ukraine this year. But the most Donald Trump would say was that he had been told it was a “mistake”.

1 week ago | msn.com | Archie Bland

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1 week ago | theguardian.com | Archie Bland

Good morning. If your child is using their smartphone at school, they are very likely to be breaking the rules. That is the conclusion of a new report from the Children’s Commissioner, Rachel de Souza, which says that 90% of secondaries and almost 100% of primaries in England have policies in place limiting use of mobile phones in school hours, with many of them requiring children to leave their devices at home or hand them over when they arrive.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Archie Bland

Good morning. Two main pieces of news from Donald Trump yesterday: he has rolled back water efficiency standards to “make America’s showers great again”, because he likes “to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair”; and he has rolled back the exorbitant tariffs he applied to many countries last week to 10% – but increased them for China. “No longer will showerheads be weak and worthless,” the White House said.