Revealed: Nigel Farage Cameo videos show support for neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans

Spokesperson for Reform UK leader says paid-for Cameo videos 'should not be treated as political statements or campaign activity' after Guardian unearths clips containing offensive remarks and far-right slogans. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://ift.tt/RhOZ2aH Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/BCK8X9j Website ► https://ift.tt/dicKTfe Facebook ► https://ift.tt/b4ITQvV Bluesky ► https://ift.tt/9NyO3EA Instagram ► https://ift.tt/DjkNM13 The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiannews Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport It's Complicated ► https://www.youtube.com/@itscomplicated Guardian Live ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianlive #nigelfarage #reformuk #cameo #politics #uk

Toronto's snow mountains hide a toxic secret

Most mountains take tens of millions of years to form, but Toronto’s newest one took just days. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 The Guardian reporter Leyland Cecco visits an almost 100ft-tall snow mountain, one of six in Toronto that stores all the snow cleared from roads and paths across Canada’s largest city. While they help clear the paths, these mountains also pose an environmental risk. A toxic cocktail of road salt, antifreeze, oil, coffee cups and lost keys are mixed in with the snow. Once the mountains thaw in the summer, the salt will make its way to the groundwater, where it is poisonous to fish in freshwater systems and can even affect drinking water. You can read and watch the full report via the link ► https://ift.tt/ufgENQR #toronto #snowmountains #canada #antifreeze #oil #pollution

Three years in Russian captivity: the psychological rehabilitation of a Ukrainian soldier

In a new Guardian documentary, No Time to Heal, filmmaker Ksenia Savoskina goes deep into the forests near Kyiv, to meet the Ukrainian soldiers recovering from psychological trauma. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 After three years in Russian captivity following the battle for Mariupol, 25-year-old Kyrylo Chuvak spent just three weeks recovering at Forest Glade, the first of its kind in Ukraine. The centre offers soldiers therapy as well as tango, archery, guided breathing, medieval games, and quiet conversations over tea. After four years of war, and waning international attention, the battle is not only on the frontline but in the psyche. #ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #ukrainepows #russiaukrainewar

'No Time To Heal': My recovery after three years in Russian captivity

In a new Guardian documentary, No Time to Heal, filmmaker Ksenia Savoskina goes deep into the forests near Kyiv, to meet the Ukrainian soldiers recovering from psychological trauma. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 After three years in Russian captivity following the battle for Mariupol, 25-year-old Kyrylo Chuvak spent just three weeks recovering at Forest Glade, the first of its kind in Ukraine. The centre offers soldiers therapy as well as tango, archery, guided breathing, medieval games, and quiet conversations over tea. After four years of war, and waning international attention, the battle is not only on the frontline but in the psyche. #ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #ukrainepows #russiaukrainewar

Ukraine mother final

“I feel I owe it to people on the frontline to stay, raise kids and tell them about Ukraine,” Ivanna Didur, a mother, told our correspondent Luke Harding as she explained her decision to stay in Kyiv with her growing family. ‌Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 She described having a baby in wartime as a “patriotic act”. “We are not leaving unless Russia is going to be on the doorstep,” she said. ‌ On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine has one of the lowest birthrates in the world, with about one birth for every three deaths. According to the UN refugee agency, 5.9 million Ukrainians have fled the country, many being women with children. ‌ Before the war, Ukraine’s population was 41 million. The estimated figure today is between 30 million and 32 million, excluding citizens living under Russian occupation. If the low birthrate continues, demographers predict that by 2050 only 25 million people will live in Ukraine. ‌ Ivanna said that many Ukrainians were struggling financially and felt they “could not afford” to have children. Many are also put off by the lack of security. Ivanna tapes up the windows on her son and daughters’ bedrooms, to protect them from flying glass. ‌ She and her husband, Anatolii, try to give their children as normal a life as possible. Their eight-year-old, Anna, does acrobatics, while Andrii, five, plays football and attends scouts. ‌ The couple have bought power banks, so their flat stays warm during blackouts caused by bombing. “I don’t think Ukraine is losing. In Donbas, the Russians are taking micro-steps,” she said. ‌ Moscow’s army now occupies 20% of the country, including Crimea, which was seized in 2014. It has taken 1.2 million dead and wounded for it to advance 30 miles in the Donbas region, about the same number of casualties that the US suffered during the entire second world war. Ukrainians have held on to hope and are bringing up children despite the risks. To learn more listen to @todayinfocuspod for a special episode looking at the impact of four years of war and what could happen next. #russia #ukraine #ukrainewar

Life in the West Bank under Israel's deepening occupation

“If you hadn’t been here, he might have called us and we might have been arrested or beaten up - and this happens daily,” Tayseer Abu Mufreh, from the Tuqu’ municipal council, told the Guardian after a vehicle with two armed men pulled up while filming. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 “The Palestinian civilians in this village are very worried - afraid for their children, afraid for their land,” Mufreh added. In a new series, In Search of Palestine, reporter @matthewcassel is travelling through the West Bank to document what daily life looks like under deepening occupation. It is more than two years since Israel’s war in Gaza began and the West Bank has become an increasingly volatile front in the Israel-Palestine conflict. While international recognition of a Palestinian state has gathered momentum, the situation on the ground is moving in the opposite direction. The declaration of a ceasefire in Gaza – which has not stopped the Israeli military killing Palestinians there either – has reduced the political pressure on other governments to act. Israel’s government has advanced new annexation legislation, the rate of settlement growth is accelerating and daily life for Palestinians is becoming more restricted and precarious. Starting in Hebron and moving north to Ramallah, villages outside the city and finally Nablus, Matthew meets people across generations to ask: what does the idea of a Palestinian state mean today? #westbank #palestine #idf #israel #israelisettlers #israelisettlements #occupiedwestbank #middleeast

How Ukrainians keep warm during bitter winter and power cuts

“I’ve been through several stages, from depression-aggression to acceptance and a degree of irony. It’s not pleasant, but what can you do? There is a war in our country, unfortunately. This is our reality,” said Julia Po, an artist living in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi neighbourhood, as she showed her seventh-floor home to Luke Harding, the Guardian’s senior international correspondent. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 She led the way with a torch up a dark staircase – with no electricity, the lights and lift do not work; frozen water pipes burst two weeks ago, causing a flood; a chill wind whipped through slatted panels. “The building dates from the 70s and the Soviet era. It’s badly designed and can’t cope,” she said. Po had insulated her front door with bubble wrap to reduce drafts. Walls, windows and a ficus house plant had also been wrapped. She sleeps under two blankets, wearing thermal underwear and a hoodie. “Underneath, from the ground, it’s just cold. When you wake up in the morning you can feel your kidneys. My electric kettle cracked. I didn’t wash my hair for two weeks,” she said. Her cat, named after the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, sleeps under a blanket in a cupboard. Po, originally from Russian-occupied Crimea, said she felt she had been dispossessed: “It’s as if someone has stolen my home.” There are 2,600 buildings in the Ukrainian capital now without power or heating. The Kremlin has been bombing the country’s energy infrastructure since the start of its full-scale invasion nearly four years ago, targeting substations, thermal power plants and rescue workers battling to save the electricity network from multiple attacks. In recent weeks Russia has overwhelmed Kyiv’s air defences and inflicted further damage, coinciding with one of the coldest, most bitter winters for decades. There have been frequent capital-wide blackouts restricting electricity supply to three or four hours a day. To read more about the residents who have used ingenious hacks to try to make their homes a bit warmer follow the link ► https://ift.tt/yFbv1YM #ukraine #ukrainewar #ukrainewinter #winterweather #winter #freezing