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

Ukrainian families wait for prisoners of war released from Russia: 'We won't stop'

Watch the full video ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH8ouQh0e6Q “My brother disappeared. We think he’s been taken prisoner. We’re waiting for him here today,” said one relative waiting for Ukrainian prisoners of war to arrive in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Holding photos of their loved ones, families gathered to see if they would be reunited in the exchange. 157 Ukrainian prisoners of war were reunited with their families on 5 February. It is one of the few tangible outcomes from US-brokered peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. About 80,000 Ukrainians have been reported missing since the war began, most of them lost on the frontline or captured. The Guardian filmed the prisoner release in the north of the country; each exchange bringing hope and heartbreak to families still searching for news of their loved ones. Those still waiting held up photographs hoping the returned soldiers might have seen their missing relatives. #ukraine #russia #ukraineprisonerexchange #ukrainepows #ukrainewar

How pilates is bringing older men together at a mosque in Bradford

From squats to glute bridges and the butterfly stretch - every Thursday after midday prayers a group of mostly 50- to 80-year-old men take part in a 45-minute pilates class at a mosque in West Yorkshire. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 “I think sometimes people are isolated and mosque is a safe environment for them,” says Zafar Kayani, 69, the pilates instructor. “They’re coming here for their spiritual health. Then getting that physical exercise and mental wellbeing, and they’re connecting with each other,” adds Kayani – with attenders saying they feel the benefit. After a TikTok video they posted advertising the classes at Jamia Usmania mosque in Bradford went viral – to the surprise of organisers – they have had interest from mosques across the UK and farther afield, including from Malaysia and Canada, with inquiries on how similar initiatives could be implemented for their congregation. Kayani believes that the physical and mental health benefits of the classes will have a positive impact on public health and the NHS. According to government health data on physical activity published in 2024, men from Asian (59.6%) and “other” (60%) ethnic groups are less likely to be active than the overall average (65.6%). Jamia Usmania’s general secretary, Mohammed Ilyas, says he wants to make the mosque “a community hub where people can join in other activities, which were provided by the council 20 years ago but are nonexistent now”. He adds: “Make it as accessible as possible, not just for the elders, for the young generation as well, make the mosque welcoming.” Read the full story via the link ► https://ift.tt/7akLzEw #bradford #pilates #islam #muslims #mosque

A 'disturbing' lack of empathy in Minneapolis under Trump's ICE surge

After the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis, the Guardian’s Oliver Laughland travelled to Carlton county, Minnesota – one of the state’s counties that voted for Trump in 2024. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 For the latest episode of Anywhere but Washington, Laughland met with Brad Kohler, a Republican candidate running for Minnesota governor, and Republican voters. Laughland confronted Kohler on racist comments about Somali immigrants in Minnesota, and spoke with him and other voters about the killing of Renee Good. This episode was filmed before Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents on 24 January. The occupation of Minneapolis: resisting Trump’s ICE 'invasion' | Anywhere but Washington ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFBvYve92_M #minneapolis #minnesota #ice #donaldtrump #trump #reneenicolegood #reneegood #iceshooting #usa #trump #donaldtrump

Minneapolis resident violently arrested by ICE: 'Their goal is to intimidate you'

In the aftermath of the killing of Renee Good, Patty O’Keefe became one of thousands of citizen observers patrolling Minneapolis to track ICE activities. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Just days after Good’s killing, O’Keefe told Guardian reporter Oliver Laughland about her experience of being arrested and detained by ICE. Laughland travelled to Minneapolis for the latest episode of Anywhere But Washington to speak with community members like O’Keefe and better understand their fight to defend their neighbors from violence and intimidation by ICE. Follow the link to watch the episode in full ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFBvYve92_M #ice #minnesota #minneapolis #trump #donaldtrump #reneegood #reneenicolegood #iceshooting

This photographer was tackled by ICE – and threw his camera to save it

'It’s important to see what’s going on – what’s really going on”. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 That’s what Pierre Lavie said after fellow photographer John Abernathy was taken down by federal agents at a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 15 January. John Abernathy says he couldn’t breathe after being pushed to the floor and having tear gas canisters deployed near him, and that he was afraid of what would happen to his camera – and more importantly the images on it – if he were arrested. He decided to throw his camera and phone towards a photographer he had never met before – Pierre Lavie – because the images of the protests “deserve to be seen”. The Department of Homeland Security told CNN Abernathy had been arrested for obstructing pedestrian and vehicle traffic on federal property. Abernathy says he spotted what he believed to be “far-right agitators” holding bear spray canisters, which he grabbed from one of them and threw away. When he was taken down, Abernathy says officers told him that it was because he had “bear sprayed his [own] people”, and that they had a video – which they refused to show him. Abernathy, who suffered chemical burns in his eyes and wounds from pepper bullets, is aware his experience could have been a lot worse. “I didn't have any worry of being sent to another country.” The Minneapolis-based photographer has covered protests in the past, including Black Lives Matter in 2020. But he says the violence from government agents recently is “a different type of aggression”, like nothing he has seen there before. Protests have sprung up in Minneapolis after an ICE surge in the state, and have grown further since the killing of Renee Good, an unarmed woman shot by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month. “A lot of people are very fearful, but the community here is quite amazing,” says Abernathy. A “no work, no school, no shopping” blackout day of protest was kicked off by community leaders, faith leaders and labor unions on Friday, whose demands include that ICE leave Minnesota and the officer who killed Good be legally held accountable. Find out more via the link ► https://ift.tt/cKxuSJz #ice #minnesota #minneapolis #iceraids #iceagents #media #press

The lost their homes in the LA wildfires – now they're fighting climate gentrification

Within two days of Ellen Williams and her family losing their four homes in the LA megafires, real estate investors began calling. But she is fighting back against climate gentrification. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 As investors swoop in and try to pick up severely damaged properties across areas devastated by last year’s fires, Williams is resisting their offers and sticking to her family’s plan to return to Altadena. But she knows that other longtime residents can’t withstand the financial pressure that threatens to reshape her hometown. Her message to the investors is clear: “How dare you? Within days of people losing their homes you want to give them an offer,” she told the Guardian. “We’re still processing, yet you want to put a value on land.” #lawildfires #lafires #losangeles #altadena #usa #climategentrification #climatecrisis #black #latino

How Ukraine is surviving winter without power after Russian attacks

People feel like the ‘Russians are trying to freeze them’, said Guardian’s Senior international reporter Peter Beaumont, who is in Kyiv where temperatures are expected to fall to -20C during the night. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Many residents are forced to use emergency shelters to warm up and use electricity after a large-scale Russian attack on the capital on 9 January damaged energy facilities. Hundreds of homes have been left without power or heating after the strikes. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that Russia deliberately waited for freezing weather to make things worse for the Ukrainian people, and this was “a cynical Russian terror specifically against civilians.” Moscow gave no immediate response. #ukraine #ukrainewar #winter #russia #weather

'Don't take the smuggler route': how gangs punish migrants entering Europe

On the border between Serbia and Hungary, the Guardian's Ashifa Kassam speaks to a group of migrants making the journey to Europe. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Speaking under condition of anonymity, they tell her that smuggling gangs beat and torture migrants in order to extort money from them. Their advice to young people in their homelands is to keep studying, work hard and not to undertake the same journey. Watch the full film ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffeggLgyNk #migrants #immigration #aslyumseekers #refugees #europe

The Los Angeles wildfires devastated the city. Here's what happened next

It’s been a year of recovery and reckoning in Los Angeles since the unprecedented wildfires erupted in the parched southern California hillsides and spread into the surrounding suburbs with shocking ferocity, killing 31 people. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 While rebuilding efforts are underway, progress has been slow. Thousands of displaced Angelenos remain in limbo. Meanwhile, city officials, researchers, non-profits and new community groups combed through the horrors to puzzle together what went wrong, after the firestorm overwhelmed municipal water systems and outpaced elite firefighting crews, while evacuations slowed to a crawl along winding roads. As the issues that defined the disaster and its recovery come into sharper focus, given the lack of coordination from federal agencies hollowed out by the Trump administration, the steep financial cost of rebuilding and the ever-growing threat of the climate crisis, one urgent question looms: what can be done to stop another from striking in the future? The senior climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent for Guardian US, Gabrielle Canon, visited the worst-hit areas a year after the wildfire hit. Watch to find out more about what the affected areas look like now, and follow the link to hear the stories of three LA wildfire victims on how they survived the horror - and what came next ► https://ift.tt/klOfWPN #losangeleswildfires #lawildfires #californiawildfires #wildfires #climatecrisis #climatechange