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Why are Poland and Ukraine at odds about their history?

Poland has expressed strong disapproval after Ukraine named a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a group responsible for massacring Poles during World War Two. This historical dispute, particularly over the Volhynia massacres, has strained relations despite Poland's staunch support for Ukraine against Russia. Warsaw demands recognition of…

The Economic Times

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he returned state decoration to Polish president

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returned a state decoration awarded by Poland after Warsaw revoked it over the renaming of a military unit honouring Ukrainian insurgents accused of massacring Poles during World War Two. Zelenskiy stated the award was for the Ukrainian people and army, while his chief of staff called…

The Economic Times

'Ideologies responsible for genocide': Poland strips Zelenskyy of highest honour over army unit naming

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest honour, over Kyiv's decision to name a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), nationalists who massacred Poles during World War Two.

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World War Two bunker-turned-modern home for sale for £650,000

The Bunker, as the property is known, was converted by developers City & Country in 2014

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage unveils 'shadow cabinet' with two Tory defectors on Reform UK's frontbench

The Reform leader proposed a ‘new super economics and business department’ modelled ‘on what the Germans did after World War Two’

Evening Standard

Greenland, NATO and war: Fact-checking Trump’s Davos speech

Addressing the World Economic Forum, US President Donald Trump attacked Europe’s energy policies and alleged the US “returned” Greenland to Denmark following World War Two. The Cube looks at where facts back his claims.

Euronews

One UK journalist’s close access to Hitler carries a warning about Trump’s media restrictions

Interviewing Hitler opens in Linz, Austria, in 1938: the year before the outbreak of World War Two. Adolf Hitler, who was born in Austria, has just announced the Anschluss, the forced political union of Germany and his birth country. Since seizing power in 1933, he has been overseeing Germany’s rearmament…

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Polish soldiers adopt an orphaned bear cub. He grows up to become a private in the army — and a war hero

A bear. An actual bear. Fighting in World War Two.

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Mitch McConnell Says Trump Tariffs-Ushered Era Has 'Similarities' With The 1930s: 'This Is The Most Dangerous Period Since Before World War Two'

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a recent interview that today's economic backdrop shares "certain similarities" with the 1930s, pointing to President Herbert Hoover's 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act and the era's isolationist "America First" politics.

Benzinga

Sen. Mitch McConnell warns: ‘This is the most dangerous period since before World War Two’

‘What we need to do is avoid the headline at the end of the war, ‘Russia wins, America loses.’ It has huge worldwide implications,’ McConnell said of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

China parades new weapons in front of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un as Trump fires back

‘Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against the United States of America,’ Trump posted on Truth Social

Evening Standard

J.D. Vance is wrong about history – here’s why this matters for Ukraine

In a recent Meet the Press interview, the vice-president of the US, J.D. Vance, argued in relation to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine: “This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to world war two, if you go back to world war one, if you go back…

The Conversation

King and Queen lead two-minute silence to mark 80th anniversary of VJ Day

Charles and Camilla at ceremony with veterans to commemorate end of World War Two

Evening Standard

Trump to pull America out of UNESCO once again

UNESCO was founded after World War Two to promote peace through international cooperation in education, science, and culture

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Evening Standard

Emmanuel Macron warns Europe’s freedom faces ‘greatest threat’ since World War Two

French President pledges to increase military budget as his nation celebrates Bastille Day

WhatToWatch

Netflix adds new World War Two doc about Britain's darkest days — and it includes first-hand accounts

The Blitz killed over 43,500 civilians

The National (Scotland)

World War Two blast shelter opens for first time in 50 years

A WORLD War Two blast shelter built for workers at an airfield in East Lothian has opened to visitors for the first time in 50 years ...

Tom’s Guide

Netflix just added a new war drama — and you need to ignore the critics

Netflix just added "The Six Triple Eight", Tyler Perry's new wartime drama that's based on the true story of the 6888th Battalion's work during World War Two.

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The Independent UK

Trump ominously warns ‘we’re close to World War Two’ – before rally-goer corrects him: ‘World War Three?’

Republican presidential candidate fluffed his lines while delivering an apocalyptic prediction at his Georgia campaign event

The Independent UK

Trump mistakenly tells rally US is ‘close to World War Two’

Donald Trump was corrected by his audience when he mistakenly told a rally that the US was “close to World War Two” on Monday night (28 October).

The Independent UK

600-pound statue of Tuskegee Airman snatched in the middle of the night from Detroit park

Statue honors the late Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jefferson, who flew 18 missions in World War Two as a Tuskegee Airman

Total Film

Blitz review: "Steve McQueen's World War Two drama is intense, horrific, and impressively cinematic"

The Independent UK

Far-right Alternative For Germany party set for shock election win

Controversial politician Björn Höcke hails anti-immigration party’s ‘historic victory’

Evening Standard

Ukraine 'shoots down Russian SU-34 bomber over Kursk and takes 100 Russian POWs'

Ukraine’s strike on Russia, the biggest by a foreign force since World War Two, has dramatically changed the narrative around the war

Evening Standard

Black Lives Matter supporter accused of wrecking wreaths at World War Two memorial

BLM supporter Soulman Freeman denies criminal damage

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