Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Second World War

WW2 veteran 'thrilled' after receiving letter from Nicola Sturgeon on 103rd birthday

A SECOND World War veteran has said he is “absolutely thrilled” after receiving a letter from Nicola Sturgeon on his

The National (Scotland)

Nazi guard, 101, jailed for five years for serving in concentration camp

The former guard was found guilty of serving in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during the Second World War

The Independent UK

Government suffers first by-election double defeat since 1991

A double by-election loss for a government is so rare in British politics that it has now happened only seven times since the Second World War

Wales Online

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Baby-Faced Killers: Author Claims Up To 4,000 British Schoolchildren Were Trained As WWII Assassins

A historian and author of a new book claims up to 4,000 British schoolchildren were trained to become assassins by Britain’s MI6 secret service during the Second World War.

Zenger

Windrush generation ‘moved to tears’ as monument unveiled in London

Basil Watson’s sculpture at Waterloo station celebrates pioneers who arrived in Britain after second world war

The Guardian - UK

The world will never be safe if we turn our backs on Ukraine, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has urged western leaders to prepare for a protracted war in Ukraine or risk “the greatest victory for aggression in Europe since the Second World War”.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson warned his threat to quit human rights treaty risks stability in Northern Ireland

All European states except Russia and Belarus are signatories to the convention drawn up after the Second World War

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The Standard View: Five years and still no justice for Grenfell

It was five years ago this morning that Londoners awoke to news of the worst residential fire in Britain since the Second World War.

Evening Standard

‘We are destroying our future’: New Yorkers join gun reform protests

The march kicked off at Cadman Park Plaza, where a memorial honors Brooklynites who served in the second world war

The Guardian - US

D-Day: The politics involved in how war should be memorialized and remembered

Villages and towns along the Normandy coast will fill with visitors this week to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6. Flags will fly to welcome and acknowledge those who fought in the Great Crusade. Over the summer, hundreds of commemorations will take place to mark…

The Conversation

Will the exodus of Ukrainians surpass the Second World War's refugee flows?

In a recent news release, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) counted more than 100 million people globally who have been displaced and forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution.

The Conversation

Drone footage explores Edinburgh’s abandoned coastal defences from the Second World War

A video uploaded to YouTube shows drone footage as it flies over the Forth - exploring the islands of Cramond and Inchmickery, two of Edinburgh's coastal defences during the war.

Edinburgh Live

Western countries demand Russia follows international law – so why don't they?

With a passion that recalls the aftermath of the Second World War, politicians and commentators are demanding a global order that takes seriously the rules of the United Nations Charter — notably on respect for sovereignty and fundamental human rights.

The Conversation

Ghost village where everyone fled just before Christmas - leaving only a chilling note

The village of Tyneham near the Dorset coast was evacuated during the Second World War to be used as a military training camp and the residents spent years fighting to return.

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin mulls Nuremberg-style trials based on second world war tribunals

Russia to seek to justify invasion of Ukraine by staging show trials of war prisoners, conflict scholars fear

The National (Scotland)

Relatives of Scottish Second World War hero pay emotional first visit to his graveside

THE FAMILY of a Scottish serviceman who was killed during a German U-boat attack during the Second World War have paid an emotional first visit to…

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson defends Partygate boozing and jokes alcohol in No10 helped win WW2

Boris Johnson joked to backbenchers that 'we may not have won the Second World War' if drinking had been banned in Downing Street, according to a Tory source

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson dismisses booze ban in No 10 after Gray findings

The Prime Minister told Tory MPs that Britain may not have won the Second World War if there had been a booze ban.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

France 24

Cannes 2022: Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa on the lessons of history

Is it ever morally acceptable to exploit civilians as a weapon of war? That's the question at the heart of Sergei Loznitsa’s latest documentary, "The Natural History of Destruction". The Ukrainian filmmaker tells us how, on February 24, his country was thrust 80 years into the past as the Russians…

The Guardian - UK

The Natural History of Destruction review – a harrowing account of aerial warfare

Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s strikes a moral equivalence between the British and Germans in a second world war documentary that offers no clear conclusion

The National (Scotland)

Ukrainian chapel in Scotland wins vital funding to secure future

THE future of a Ukrainian chapel that opened after the Second World War has been secured.

Daily Mirror

Global economy faces 'biggest test since the Second World War', expert warns

Kristalina Georgieva, head of the International Monetary Fund, said food and energy prices are squeezing households around the world - and central banks are tightening monetary policy to rein in inflation

The Independent UK

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

Daily Mirror

Inside abandoned village people can only enter with special permission from military

Six villages in Norfolk were evacuated during the Second World War to give the military an area to practice their manoeuvres and now special permission is required to enter

The Independent UK

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

1 … 9 10 11 12

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Monetary Fund

International Court of Justice

122 stories

Nazis

34 stories

South of Scotland Enterprise

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.