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Mary Poppins film rating raised over ‘discriminatory language’
The film, starring Julie Andrews as the nanny who transforms the lives of two children, is being re-released in the UK. Classifiers picked up a dated and racially offensive term.
- by India McTaggart
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Navalny was close to being freed in swap before he was killed, ally says
Maria Pevchikh said talks about exchanging Navalny and two US nationals for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian hit man in jail in Germany, were in their final stages.
- by Andrew Osborn and Filipp Lebedev
Zelensky says 31,000 troops killed in war as Ukraine warns of new Russian offensive
Ukraine’s president warned that the toll will rapidly rise unless promised military aid makes it to the front line soon.
- by Rob Harris
Police investigate ‘murder by spaghetti’ mystery
Maria Basso, who saved a small fortune during her career with Italy’s foreign ministry, including postings to Australia, died after eating spaghetti at a restaurant she attended with her niece, who is accused of plotting to kill her.
- by Andrea Vogt
Zelensky vows victory as Ukraine marks two years since Russian invasion
“We will win,” Ukraine’s president told a ceremony attended by four Western leaders as he pledged that his forces would overturn recent battlefield defeats.
- by Michael Murphy and James Kilner
‘I want to help’: Jackson Packer briefly steps into the world of the refugee
Jamie Packer’s son is one of an increasing number of children whose philanthropist parents are bringing them into the practice of helping others.
- by Jonathan Kearsley
Navalny’s body returned to his mother, spokeswoman says
The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died suddenly in prison, has been handed over to his mother, his spokeswoman said on Saturday.
Push back Russia or just survive? Ukrainians divided over what ‘victory’ now means
Belief among Ukrainians of an eventual “victory” remains strong but opinions about what that means and when it will happen have begun to diverge strongly.
World’s ‘oldest dog’ Bobi stripped of title after investigation
The Guinness Book of World Records says it no longer has evidence that the animal, which was 31 years and five months old when it died, was as old as claimed.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
Two years on, Ukraine’s moral courage shames fickle West
As Russia elevates its war effort to an industrial scale of horror, the US, Europe and Australia have been slow to respond. They could learn a thing or two about will from Ukrainians.
- by Mick Ryan
‘They are blackmailing me’: Navalny’s mother in fight over son’s remains
The mother of Alexei Navalny says Russian officials are putting pressure on her to secretly bury the body of her son, Vladimir Putin’s top political rival.
- by The Associated Press