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Ukrainian servicemen carry a bag containing a body after a Russian attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia. Russia last week claimed to have annexed large areas of Ukraine

Russia faces new battlefield setback and Jair Bolsonaro could 'subvert democracy'
WITH every day that passes the war in Ukraine deepens and its ramifications widen. Around the same time on Friday that Russian president Vladimir Putin was announcing his “claimed annexation” of four regions of Ukraine and ranting against the West, Russian forces were facing another major battlefield defeat in the key north-eastern city of Lyman.

Catalan independence supporters gathered at Plaza Sant Jaume in Barcelona yesterday to take part in a demonstration marking the fifth anniversary of the Catalan independence referendum. Photograph: Josep Lago

EXCLUSIVE REPORT ‘Act or resign’: Catalans hold rally amid backdrop of tension between pro-independence parties

William Thomson (main) from Scotonomics said there was a difference between 2014 and 2017 indeyref campaigns

SPECIAL REPORT ‘How could this happen in a democracy?’: Lessons to learn from Catalan referendum

Hannah Bardell said the way the woman has been treated by authorities has been 'disgusting’

SNP MP calls on Foreign Secretary to help pregnant Scot imprisoned abroad

Catalonians went to the polls with hope five years ago, but the Spanish government has cracked down on the independence movement

SPECIAL REPORT Catalonia gears up to mark five years since independence vote that rocked Spain

A Catalan flag and Saltire fly side-by-side

The National reports from Barcelona to mark five years since Catalan indyref

Protests against the Iranian regime come amid the rise of far-right governments across the world

COMMENT David Pratt: World on the brink as regimes teeter and far-right gains power in Europe

Not content with Northern Ireland, Liz Truss wants to break the law in the Middle East too

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Liz Truss looks set to inflame tensions in Middle East

Several countries have signalled plans to abandon the royal family following the ascension of King Charles

EXPLAINED The countries likely to become republics now Charles is King

Abandoned Russian armoured vehicles around the town of Balakliya. Ukrainian forces have been enjoying major successes in the north-east of the country over the weekend

Russians retreat as Ukrainians make huge gains

Poet Hanna Komar will attend Holyrood

Former Belarus political prisoner to perform at Scottish Parliament

Stephen Gethins, former North East Fife MP, explores Scotland's place in the world for the book

THE BIG READ Why now is the time to create foreign policy for an independent Scotland

The rise of DeSantis would mark both the political defeat of Trump and the ultimate victory of Trumpism

COMMENT Rupert Murdoch’s new favourite is every bit as reactionary and vile as Trump

Kayleigh Fraser, from St Andrews, has been posting on social media about the ongoing demonstrations in the country

Scot documenting protests in Sri Lanka has passport seized by authorities

Pelosi’s visit could be seen as the self-serving act of a political career in its twilight years

COMMENT David Pratt: US grandstanding only makes the world a more dangerous place

Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan this week

Liz Truss urges China to de-escalate tensions over Taiwan

Sri Lanka’s unrest is a canary in the coalmine for unsustainable debts globally

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Sri Lanka’s tragedy should be of Scotland’s concern

The need for ‘penance’ is about right, but a pilgrimage isn’t enough

COMMENT The ‘pilgrimage of penance’ to Canada by Pope is not enough

Turkish President Recep Erdogan along with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the signing of the deal which it is hoped will allow grain to flow from Ukrainian ports

ANALYSIS David Pratt's Four Corners: Hope in Ukraine and 'Trump of the Tropics' bids for re-election

The health and life of women across this nation are at risk, president Joe Biden said

US abortion rights ruling ‘sad day for court and country’, says Joe Biden

In this aerial view a Brazilian military helicopter patrols an area of the municipality of Atalaia do Norte, state of Amazonas, Brazil

comment David Pratt: Journalist's death a stark reminder of sinister exploitation of Amazon

People gather to watch the hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images).

FOUR CORNERS David Pratt: US Capitol riot comes under the microscope at Congress

Australia's newly elected republican prime minister Anthony Albanese (top right) could follow the example set by Barbados in removing the Queen as head of state

SPECIAL REPORT 'We're on our way': Inside the global push to ditch the British monarchy

President Joe Biden speaks to the nation about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

Joe Biden in emotional plea for gun laws after Texas school shooting

Elon Musk's money hasn't appeared to reach the UN

‘It's time to step up’: UN pleas with billionaires amid food insecurity rise

The Ukrainian city of Mariupol has finally fallen to the Russians after months of fierce resistance but the cost to the invaders in men and materiel has been immense

FOUR CORNERS David Pratt: Russia gains little from seizure of Mariupol

George Bush accidentally condemned his own war

George Bush accidentally condemns 'unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq'

Claire Telfer, head of Save the Children Scotland and Jamie Livingstone, head of Oxfam Scotland

COMMENT The world once said 'never again' to famine - but we clearly haven't learned

Israel and the Palestinians are locked in a war of narratives that already has put Israel on the defensive

Independent probe points to Israeli gunfire in journalist death

In advance of the Victory Day military parade taking place tomorrow, soldiers have been preparing their Russian T-72 tanks by the feet of a famous sculpture of Atlas at the State Hermitage museum in St Petersburg

FOUR CORNERS David Pratt: West may be about to glean vital information about Russia’s immediate intentions

Emmanuel Macron’s win keeps France free from Marine Le Pen’s ultra right-wing National Rally for another five years

LETTERS Emmanuel Macron’s win saves France from Marine Le Pen’s hate

America's culture war is in full force, and books are bearing the brunt of it

THE BIG READ How books became the latest target in America's culture war

Polls show increasing support for Nato in Sweden and Finland since Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Sweden and Finland ‘to apply to join Nato in May’

Diana Gabaldon said an American school district 'banning' her book was likely to only increase their popularity

EXCLUSIVE Outlander author speaks out after books 'banned' by Florida school district

An electoral poster of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen outside Lyon, central France

PROFILE Everything you need to know about the French presidential election ...

As France today goes to the polls in a presidential election the outcome of which remains uncertain, Foreign Editor David Pratt examines one crucial factor that might have swung things Emmanuel Macron’s way

SPECIAL REPORT David Pratt: Marine Le Pen may pay for cosying up to Putin - but outcome remains uncertain

The hit TV programme Outlander is based on the popular book series

Outlander books 'banned' by American school district to protect 'welfare' of students

Felix Flores Varona and Heidy Solano have been reunited with their children Glenda and Felito

EXCLUSIVE Reunited Cuban family 'eternally indebted' to Scots after fundraiser success

Boris Johnson has refused to join calls to waive vaccine patents. Photos: PA

UK not doing 'nearly enough' in global Covid battle, WHO league table shows

Angus Robertson will visit North America for Tartan Day, hoping to strengthen ties between Scotland and the continent

Angus Robertson to visit US and Canada to strengthen links with Scotland for Tartan Day

Former Catalan president Quim Torra

EXCLUSIVE Top author reveals the Catalonian lessons the Yes movement must learn

Boris Johnson cut a lonely figure

COMMENT The REAL Scottish Politics: Boris no-mates snubbed by world leaders

Lessons can still be taken from previous conflicts

COMMENT How the threat of nuclear oblivion was avoided during the Cold War

Priti Patel confirmed the youngsters, who have been evacuated from Ukraine by charity Dnipro Kids, would be allowed to travel to the UK

Ukrainian orphans evacuated by Scottish charity given green light to come to UK

Russia is turning into North Korea – and people who live here are scared

A VIEW FROM RUSSIA Russia is turning into North Korea – and people who live here are scared

Boris Johnson declares Saudi Arabia 'key international partner'

Boris Johnson declares Saudi Arabia 'key international partner'

Both Russia and Ukraine are amongst the most important producers of agricultural products globally

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Putin’s attack on Ukraine will shape world for years

Kyiv prepares as Russian troops try to encircle Ukrainian capital

Kyiv prepares as Russian troops try to encircle Ukrainian capital

Plans for a first ever paediatric surgery in South Sudan, such as the one pictured, are being supported

Top Scottish surgical colleges team up to help kids in South Sudan

The YouTubers garnered hundreds of thousands of views eating haggis

Video of Taiwanese couple reacting to Scottish foods becomes online hit

The 'First Aid Pods' are designed to aid survival in a number of ways

Scottish epilepsy charity donates 'First Aid Pods' to Ukraine

You don’t have to be in the illegal invasion business to go about wrecking democracy

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: We can call out Vladimir Putin but let’s remember truth about western values

Should foreign policy be devolved to Scotland?

EXCLUSIVE Devolution of foreign policy to Scotland now necessary, constitution report says

A protester holds a picture depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin as Adolf Hitler during a rally against Russia's invasion of Ukraine at Beyazid district in Istanbul

COMMENT David Pratt: The dramatic events in Ukraine that shocked the world