Author: BBC

“Like all our fellow citizens, in the Legion we dream of a Russia freed from Putin’s dictatorship. But we don’t just dream: we make every effort to make these dreams come true. We will take our land away from the regime, centimetre by centimetre,” an armed FRL soldier in the footage is heard saying. Source link

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Aldi has announced its second pay rise of 2024 as supermarkets battle for staff and prepare for higher minimum wage levels.The increase means the minimum hourly rate for store workers at Aldi will be £12.40 nationwide from 1 June.The compulsory National Living Wage is set to rise to £11.44 an hour in April and for the first time it will include 21 and 22-year-olds. Aldi is now the UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain with more than 1,000 stores and 45,000 members of staff.The retailer said its new minimum hourly rate for store assistants and deputy store managers outside the M25…

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These youngsters would have been eligible for a jab when the vaccination rates began to fall in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Take up of the MMR jab started to drop following a 1998 report by Andrew Wakefield which falsely linked the jab with autism, according to a UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) 2023 measles briefing document.Now vaccine coverage is the lowest it has been for more than a decade, with just 85% of youngsters having both doses of the jab before they start school aged five.The West Midlands initially reported the largest measles outbreak outside of London, however cases…

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South Korea has with its Western allies condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and committed to a sanctions regime against Moscow. At the same time, Russia and North Korea have cultivated closer ties – with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong un meeting in high-profile visits last year which analysts believe spawned military technology deals. Source link

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