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Europe marks 80 years since VE day as continent faces new security realities
VE Day  
Europe marks 80 years since VE day as continent faces new security realities
Events to take place against backdrop of Ukraine conflict, rises in defence spending and US foreign policy shift
Columbia University  
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after Columbia calls in police
Kashmir crisis  
Pakistan PM promises to ‘avenge each drop of blood’ after Indian airstrikes kill 31
Ukraine war briefing  
Period of Putin’s ‘ceasefire’ for Victory Day begins
UK-US  
Trump expected to announce framework of UK trade agreement, sources say
In focus
The witnesses: second world war survivors from across Europe share their stories
Second world war  
The witnesses: second world war survivors from across Europe share their stories
On the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe, survivors, including veterans from both sides, remember what happened
Podcast  
Today in Focus: Israel’s plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza
Ukraine  
How VE Day and Putin’s war are forcing Ukrainians to relive their painful past
Features
Society  
Cringe! How millennials became uncool
Cringe! How millennials became uncool
TV  
From Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s octopus show to Macaulay Culkin’s pizza band: stars’ wildest career U-turns
Opinion
France and Poland’s reconciliation is a sign of Europe’s alarm over US disengagement
Paul Taylor
France and Poland’s reconciliation is a sign of Europe’s alarm over US disengagement
Friedrich Merz arrives as a humbled new German chancellor – but that may not be the worst way to start
Jörg Lau
Sport
Football  
Hakimi seals PSG’s Champions League final spot as bold Arsenal fall short
Hakimi seals PSG’s Champions League final spot as bold Arsenal fall short
Rugby union  
Itoje to be named British & Irish Lions captain for Australia tour
Football  
Spurs and Postecoglou face moment of truth on Bodø/Glimt’s plastic pitch
Climate crisis
Oceans  
‘It’s like putting a whale in a blender’: the rise of deadly ship collisions in Chile
‘It’s like putting a whale in a blender’: the rise of deadly ship collisions in Chile
Climate crisis  
Real-world geoengineering experiments revealed by UK agency
Podcast
India strikes Pakistan: what next? Today in Focus Extra - podcast
Today in Focus  
India strikes Pakistan: what next? Today in Focus Extra - podcast
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