Alexander Butler

The Independent

Lightning strikes 9,000 times during ‘insane’ thunderstorm as UK hit by flash floods

By: Alexander Butler

Torrential downpours left Britain facing a deluge of rainwater as the country’s roads turned into rivers

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Irish student dies after getting ‘pinned’ under rock in Washington kayaking accident

By: Alexander Butler

Ella Mills died after getting ‘pinned’ under rock in river on kayaking trip

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Fears of full-scale war as Azerbaijan launches military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh

By: Alexander Butler

Azerbaijan announces major military offensive in breakaway region

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Ukraine-Russia war: Poland cuts off weapons and issues warning to Zelensky

By: Alexander Butler

Warsaw says it will invest in modern weapons for own military instead

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Biden packs $325m aid as Pentagon says Abram tanks ‘on schedule’ - Ukraine war live

By: Alexander Butler

‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war,’ Congress warned

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Ukraine war: Kyiv tanks break Putin’s final line of defence for first time - live

By: Alexander Butler

Breakthrough comes as Volodymyr Zelensky to meet Trudeau for the first time since the invasion

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Inside Putin’s attempts to indoctrinate Russian youth by encouraging ‘self sacrifice’

By: Alexander Butler

The Kremlin rolled out new textbooks to schools this year which claim Ukraine is an ‘ultranationalist state’

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EasyJet services hit as Covid spreads through air traffic control

By: Alexander Butler

Staff sickness meant the ‘flow rate’ of flights using the world’s busiest runway was reduced

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Hundreds left stranded after Avanti train cancelled mid-journey

By: Alexander Butler

The train, travelling from London to Edinburgh, was aborted three hours into its journey

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Calls for air traffic control chief to quit as Covid disruption continues

By: Alexander Butler

Nats chief has taken ‘no action’ to resolve air-traffic control staff shortages, Ryanair said