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abc.net.au | Elias Clure
The UK's second biggest city has called in the army, as the streets continue to drown in uncollected rubbish. Garbage workers in Birmingham walked off the job more than a month ago, and residents have been left to deal with growing mounds of rotting waste.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Elias Clure
It's everywhere you look: street corners, abandoned lots and local parks, although you tend to smell it before you see it. For six weeks, residents in Birmingham, the United Kingdom's second-largest city, haven't had their rubbish collected. Bin workers are locked in an industrial dispute with the city council, and have been on strike since March 11. With household trash overflowing, locals — known colloquially as Brummies — have been dumping their waste anywhere they can.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Elias Clure
Russian missiles have struck the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing more than 30 people. Two children are among the dead another 117-people have been wounded. Ukrainian authorities say the attack deliberately targetted civilians in what they say is a clear sign Moscow has commenced its spring offensive.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Riley Stuart |Elias Clure
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly when Brits started talking about it. Perhaps it was when then-prime minister Rishi Sunak told voters he'd reintroduce compulsory national service for the country's 18-year-olds if he won last year's election. Maybe it's been prompted by fear amid increasing Russian aggression — after all, Moscow is closer to London than Melbourne is to Perth.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Riley Stuart |Elias Clure
The United Kingdom has launched a parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS partnership, with its scope to include the "impact of geopolitical shifts" on the deal since it was signed. Wednesday's announcement in London comes just over four weeks after US President Donald Trump appeared unfamiliar with the trilateral defence pact while giving a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office.
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