Have we really learnt anything after the wars that devastated Europe last century?

 Although many refused to believe that this could become true, it has just happened. The war against European freedom, democracy and our welfare society has broken out. 

Or maybe there is still hope and Russian people don't want a new Tsar. Read this interesting article:

‘We don’t want this’: Russians react to the Ukraine invasion

People on the streets of Moscow express anger and a sense of hopelessness after Putin’s move

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Yet, sensing that a genuine large-scale pushback against war might be Ukraine’s best bet, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s president, on Thursday morning urged Russians to speak up.

“If the Russian authorities don’t want to sit down with us to discuss peace, maybe they will sit down with you.”

 This field near Hayle in west Cornwall has already been harvested, but not all the produce met supermarket standards and so some was left unpicked. This is where Duncan and her team of volunteers come in, working down the rows, peeling back the leaves of plants that have been left behind, hoping to find small but perfectly formed cauliflowers still tucked deep inside.

They are resurrecting the ancient practice of gleaning – harvesting surplus crops to redistribute to those in need. It was common from biblical times up until the 18th century, when landowners began closing off land and restricting access to fields.

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Read this interesting article published in The Guardian about this old/new way to help the needed. Would you do it?

Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir

 We are maybe happy with the nice weather we have in Spain, but drought is becoming a real problem.

A ghost village that has emerged as drought has nearly emptied a dam on the Spanish-Portuguese border is drawing crowds of tourists with its eerie, grey ruins.

With the reservoir at 15% of its capacity, details of a life frozen in 1992, when the Aceredo village in Spain’s north-western Galicia region was flooded to create the Alto Lindoso reservoir, are being revealed once more.

“It’s as if I’m watching a movie. I have a feeling of sadness,” said 65-year-old pensioner Maximino Pérez Romero, from A Coruña. “My feeling is that this is what will happen over the years due to drought and all that, with climate change.”

Read the whole article in The Guardian clicking here: Drought in Spain