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Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak attend annual Battle of Britain service at Westminster Abbey

The event marked the 84th anniversary of the Second World War victory by Royal Air Force pilots and aircrew.

Evening Standard

The Kursk attack has humiliated Putin – and changed the narrative over how the war is fought

This is the first time Russian territory has been occupied since the second world war. It disproves the notion Kyiv should cede territory to achieve peace, says Orysia Lutsevych of Chatham House

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s surprise attack on Russian soil leaves Putin humiliated

Russian forces struggle to deal with assault across border and deep into the Kursk region – which military experts have described as the most significant such incursion since the Second World War

The Independent UK

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Circuits to have hosted the F1 British Grand Prix since its debut

The British GP has become synonymous with its now permanent home of Silverstone circuit, which is widely regarded as one of the best tracks in the world.Silverstone, which lies in Northamptonshire, also hosted F1’s inaugural race in 1950 but it has not been the venue for every British GP since.In…

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‘We’ve been there’: French Resistance fighters speak out against rule by the far right

In the run-up to the second round of legislative elections in France, former members of the resistance to Nazi rule are voicing their concerns over the possibility of a far-right government taking power. They urge the French people not to forget the legacy, spirit and values of the French Resistance…

France 24

Julian Assange flies to the remote Pacific island of Saipan: where is it and what's next?

The WikiLeaks founder has been released from Belmarsh Prison in London — but why is going to an island famous for its role in the Second World War?

Evening Standard

Jamie Dimon believes U.S. public debt is the ‘most predictable crisis’ the economy faces—and yet in just 3 months America has added $2.1 trillion to its tab

Debt held by the public will rise from 99% of GDP this year to 122% by 2034—surpassing its previous high of 106% in 1946 at the end of the Second World War.

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Rishi Sunak intervenes as England fans sing about German casualties

Rishi Sunak has backed Gareth Southgate’s call for fans not to sing about German casualties in the Second World War during the Euros, after…

The National (Scotland)

House with secret 50-person WW2 air raid shelter in Cornwall hits the market for £799,950

The shelter, which served an RAF Spitfire base during the Second World War, could be turned into a sauna or used for mushroom growing

Evening Standard

Let’s commemorate D-day – but not how Nigel Farage wants us to

The second world war is not fodder for the culture wars. We owe it to those who fought to keep it that way, says author Luke Turner

The Guardian - UK

'D-Day needs to remind us of the horror of war,' historian says

Commemorating D-Day is crucial to remind us of the horror of war. That's the view of an historian who has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the fears that we are in a pre-war period with the threat of a third world war, and that this week's commemorations should be a…

France 24

Australians remembered for role in D-Day landings

Australian servicemen played a small but important role in the D-Day landings 80 years ago, which turned the tide of the Second World War in Europe.

AAP

Best books about the Second World War to read this year

From memoirs and biographies to historical deep dives into the war’s most brutal battles, these are some of the best books about WWII

Evening Standard

Maurice el Médioni obituary

Versatile Algerian pianist and songwriter who transformed the country’s popular music after the second world war

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World War II tunnel found in Kanchanaburi

A 35 metre-long man-made escape tunnel built during the Second World War has been discovered in Kanchanaburi.

The Guardian - UK

The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s last film, wins Oscar for best animation

Master Japanese director wins his second Oscar for story of a young boy searching for his mother during the second world war

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’The New Look’ costume designer on recreating Christian Dior’s seminal silhouettes

‘The New Look’ on Apple TV+ traces the creation of Christian Dior’s defining silhouettes against the backdrop of the Second World War. Costume designer Karen Muller Serreau tells Wallpaper* how she recreated the era

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Trahan obituary

Member of the French resistance who served as a courier behind enemy lines during the second world war

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Defiant Ben Stokes insists England can still win India series despite one of heaviest defeats in Test history

England are 2-1 down after slumping to their heaviest Test defeat in terms of runs since the Second World War

Evening Standard

Mary Berry's childhood home for sale for £2.8 million

The former Great British Bake Off judge lived in the “magnificent” Victorian property in Bath from the age of six to 15, during the Second World War

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Richard Pilbrow obituary

David Cockayne writes: Many theatres built soon after the second world war in the UK seemed to use the format of the cinema

Evening Standard

OPINION - If you can't recall the Second World War and its long tail then you won't get the threat of a Third World War

All we’ve heard about for the last week is a) the fact the British Army is now so small that it couldn’t quite fill Old Trafford, b) the threat of conscription, and C) Gen Z’s total disinterest in fighting for their country.

The Independent UK

One Life: The true story of Jewish heroism behind the Anthony Hopkins tearjerker

In his new film, Anthony Hopkins plays the real-life hero Sir Nicholas Winton, who was made famous in a landmark episode of Esther Rantzen’s BBC One show ‘That’s Life!’. Decades earlier, he facilitated the rescue of 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Adam White digs into his remarkable story

The Conversation

Australia is still reckoning with a shameful legacy: the resettlement of suspected war criminals after WWII

In the Canadian parliament last year, an outcry erupted after 98-year-old Ukrainian-Canadian Yaroslav Hunka was presented to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a hero of the second world war.

The Conversation

How second world war bomb rubble was used to make 135 football pitches in east London

During the second world war, German forces dropped 28,000 bombs and almost 3,000 V1 flying bombs and V2 rockets on London. Nearly 30,000 people were killed. The damage to the built environment was extensive.

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