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Our regular guest & host @MissLilySummers was one of the most insightful, thoughtful people you could ever know. A cruel loss to us all x

[POLETICO 🇺🇸 @Poletico_News]

70 years. 15 Prime Ministers. 1 Queen.

An extraordinary woman and a remarkable life.

As we watch Operation London Bridge/Operation Unicorn take effect and prepare for the sad news.

Unbelievable Royal legacy 🇬🇧💙❤

#QueenElizabethII #QueenElizabeth #British

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

The newspaper cited its sources at the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and said that he is 27-year-old Dmitry Gennadyevich Ivanov from the village of Kupsola in the Russian republic of Mari El. He is currently serving in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast.

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⚡️Ukrainska Pravda identifies Russian soldier bragging about war crimes in intercepted phone call.

Ukrainska Pravda, an online newspaper, has identified a Russian soldier who told his wife he shot civilians in the head even when they begged for mercy.

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⚡️Russian soldier admits shooting Ukrainian POW in intercepted phone call.

The soldier can be heard saying that he shot a Ukrainian POW in the back for asking permission to use the toilet, according to a phone call intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

The war’s first war crime trial started in Kyiv today.

The 21-year-old Russian soldier Vadym Shyshimarin is accused of killing an elderly civilian man in Sumy on February 28.

The Russians suspected that the man could pass on information to the UA army.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Elderly Ukrainian woman cries of joy when she sees Ukrainian soldiers retaking control of Rubizhe near Kharkiv after 70 days of Russian occupation.

“Thank God, our boys are back”, she says.

https://t.co/fWrqr0cWsk

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Interviewed by Italian TV Rai1, Zelensky confirmed that Macron has proposed for Ukraine to give up some territory to Russia in order to present a face-saving option for Putin.

Zelensky said it’s out of the question.

Macron is the one who needs to save his face after this.

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Remake Top Gun, but make it much more phallic.

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BREAKING: North Korea's state-run television shows edited footage of Kim Jong Un guiding the test-launch of what the country referred to as the Hwasong-17 ICBM.

Latest story: https://t.co/belL7EdPUl
(Video: KCTV)

[Luke John Davies 🇬🇧🌹🇺🇦 @LJDLabour]

Let's get one thing clear. NATO did not "expand Eastwards". Rather, democratic states decided, of their own will, to join a defensive alliance to protect against an aggressive and expansionist neighbour. And looking at the news right now, does that decision look misguided to you?

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@mk270 So had we!

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Hello all.

We're back!

[Andrew Cotter @MrAndrewCotter]

Some sports are slower. More about the strategy.

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So....

Anybody interested in filling in some time during the lockdown with a revival of Spectrum Debates?

#SD38 #Covid19

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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

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@MrAlexWard @bradleygbooth @cammysinghcl Are you in?

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Soooooooooooooo

A #Eurovision special in the next fortnight?

@bradleygbooth & @cammysinghcl have already volunteered.

You should be making your mind up too, because it’s bigger than us, and we can let our #Eurovision love shine a light n the 2019 contest 😂

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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

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@CraigBatemanUK @MirandaCook53 @GarethJAnderson @DavidJeffery_ Will do!