Harriet Barber

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Harriet Barber

Vladimir Putin ignored calls from Western leaders for a 30-day ceasefire, instead proposing direct talks with Ukraine. Putin, in a late-night television address, said he wanted negotiations to start in Istanbul on May 15 with the help of Turkish president Recep Tayyip ErdoganPutin said he was "committed to serious negotiations with Ukraine" and that he wanted talks to "eliminate the root causes of the conflict and to establish a long-lasting peace".

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Harriet Barber

In the Gran Chaco forest, vast green expanses – home to jaguars, giant armadillos and howler monkeys – have turned to fields of dust. The forest once brimmed with life, says Bashe Nuhem, a member of the Indigenous Qom community, but then came a road, and soon after that logging companies. “It was an invasion. Loggers came without any consultation and families moved away. Those that stayed were left with only a cemetery of trees,” she says.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Harriet Barber

Russia has accused Volodymyr Zelensky of making a “direct threat” to its World War II commemorations on May 9, after the Ukrainian president said Kyiv would not “take responsibility” for ensuring safety on the day. On Monday, Putin declared a three-day ceasefire to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War Two.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Harriet Barber

A municipal worker washes the bronze monument of the Soviet Union Marshal Georgy Zhukov in St. Petersburg, Russia - ANATOLY MALTSEV/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockRussia has accused Volodymyr Zelensky of making a “direct threat” to its World War II commemorations on May 9, after the Ukrainian president said Kyiv would not “take responsibility” for ensuring safety on the day.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Harriet Barber

The president went on to say he did not have a preference for Pope Francis's successor. But he added: "We have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who is very good", in comments thought to refer to Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York. Mr Trump's picture, which was published without a caption, quickly went viral. But not everyone saw the funny side.