No room for the dead as cemeteries in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria fill up Bodies are piled up in stadiums or car parks for identification; coffins are being brought in and mass graves dug The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023
‘What happens, happens’: how Erdoğan’s earthquake response tarnished his brand President has done little to quell public anger over relief efforts that some say came too little, too late to save loved ones The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023
‘It seems too late’: hope fading in Turkey’s search for earthquake survivors In Kahramanmaraş and Pazarcık, rescuers comb the rubble, often finding only body parts The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023
‘Heads in the sand’: code of silence in Sicilian town that sheltered mafia boss Authorities suspect omerta may have helped Matteo Messina Denaro live in freedom among 10,000 people The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023
Italian police find suspected ‘secret bunker’ of captured mafia boss ‘Last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested after 30 years on run The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023
Adopted by their parents’ enemies: tracing the stolen children of Argentina’s ‘dirty war’ After the 1976 coup, the military brutally crushed its opponents. At least 500 babies were taken from their captured parents and given to military couples to raise. Many still live unaware of their true identity The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2023
‘Our weapons are computers’: Ukrainian coders aim to gain battlefield edge Delta software developed to help collect and disseminate information about enemy’s movements The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022
Safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant hangs in the balance Shelling near the six-reactor facility plus a shortage of workers and uncertain backup power could be making it the most dangerous place on Earth The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022
What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis Winter sets in; explosions rock Russia and US basketball star Brittney Griner is released in a prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2022
‘It has been machine guns lately’: fighting intensifies in southern Kherson Opposing forces now face each other across narrow part of Dnipro River as Kyiv tries to keep Russians on the retreat The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022
‘There are no lights, it’s scary’: a family prepares for winter in eastern Ukraine After Russia’s latest strikes on the power grid, blackouts are unpredictable and the house is cold and dark The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2022
Onset of winter in Ukraine – a photo essay After Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, this is expected to be the hardest winter in Ukraine since the second world war The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2022
‘Soldiers without the uniforms’: Kherson couple recall anti-Russia resistance A young couple who helped citizens and Kyiv’s army tell of torture and endurance during the Russian onslaught The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022
Russians accused of burning bodies at Kherson landfill Residents and and workers say occupying forces used site to burn bodies of fallen Russian soldiers The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022 The Russians have gone. Now Kherson faces a relentless new enemy – winter Residents in the newly liberated freezing city are gathering all the wood they can after the bombing devastated their power supplies
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022 ‘Biggest challenge of my life’: Kherson’s leaders toil to turn city around After the euphoria of the Ukrainian city’s recapture, many of its people are living at rock bottom, lacking the basics to survive
The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2022 ‘The Russians mined everything’: why making Kherson safe could take years As Ukrainians celebrate the region’s liberation, deminers begin their huge task
The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2022 The White Lotus: secrets of super rich staying at hotel where TV satire filmed As season two forsakes Hawaii for Italy, the manager of Taormina’s Four Seasons tells of his real guests’ foibles
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022 ‘People disappeared’: Izium’s residents on Russia’s occupation After Ukrainian forces recapture the town, its people say Russians came knowing who they wanted and took them away
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2022 Balakliia residents take stock after Ukraine recaptures frontline town Local people paint picture of young Russian occupiers without conviction to the Kremlin’s cause
The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2022 Life in Kharkiv still precarious despite Ukraine’s recent victories Disruption to water and energy supplies is routine and the liberating troops have found bodies of civilians showing signs of torture
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2022 Russian strikes knock out power and water in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region Cruise missiles hit infrastructure in what Ukraine says is revenge attack over recent rapid gains
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022 Sea mines: the deadly danger lurking in Ukraine’s waters As floating explosives claim lives of bathers, experts agree it will take years to de-mine the Black Sea
The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2022 ‘Jokes are strategic’: how Mykolaiv’s leader uses humour to resist Putin Vitaliy Kim, the taekwondo-practising governor of Mykolaiv region, is famous for making anti-Russian gags on his social media channels, but deadly serious about defeating his foe in the Kremlin
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2022 Ukraine prosecutors uncover sex trafficking ring preying on women fleeing country Authorities arrest suspected gang leader who allegedly lured women with false job offers then forced them into prostitution