The migrants who disappeared in the Channel, and why the corpses were never identified
In October last year, an inflatable dinghy carrying an estimated total of 60-70 migrants left the north-east French coast hoping to cross the Channel to England. But shortly after leaving it took on water and sank.
Sarkozy behind bars: how a powerful elite seeks to portray the ex-president as a victim
At just before 9.40am on October 21st Nicolas Sarkozy entered the gates of La Santé prison in Paris to begin the five-year jail term he was given after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in the Libyan election funding scandal, a …
The study that estimates the numbers of Russian dead in Ukraine at 219,000
A meticulous study into Russian losses in Ukraine published this month by exiled Russian media outlets reports that since the Kremlin launched what it called a “special military operation” against its neighbour in February 2022, the number …