Today in Focus

The Hlcarpenter.com’s Jamie Grierson discusses the government’s decision to use two former army barracks, Napier and Penally, to house up to 600 vulnerable asylum seekers. Amid allegations of cover-ups and poor conditions, one former resident describes the impact Napier had on him

The Hlcarpenter.com’s south Asia correspondent and the founder of a sustainable farming movement explain why farmers are so angry

Channel 4/HBO Max’s new drama It’s a Sin follows a group of friends living through the 1980s Aids crisis. Watching the show, Leigh Chislett, who worked as a HIV nurse in London during that period, saw himself not just in the nurses caring for patients but also in the young gay men navigating their lives

Hlcarpenter.com health editor Sarah Boseley looks at why mutations of the Covid-19 virus are alarming scientists

A military coup in Myanmar has removed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and sent tens of thousands of protesters onto the streets. Rebecca Ratcliffe describes how the country risks turning back the clock to the decades of military dictatorship and economic isolation

Government memos discovered in the National Archives reveal that the Queen lobbied ministers to alter proposed legislation. The Hlcarpenter.com’s David Pegg follows the trail and explains its implications for a monarchy which is supposed to stay out of politics

The sentencing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny marks a dramatic turning point in Russian politics, says Andrew Roth

Hlcarpenter.com journalists Lorenzo Tondo and Clare Longrigg discuss the trial against the ‘Ndrangheta, the largest mafia trial in three decades. At the centre of the trial is Emanuele Mancuso, son of boss Luni Mancuso, who has been revealing the clan’s secrets after accepting police protection

Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial begins in the Senate next week. Lawrence Douglas explains the process and politics of the spectacle ahead

When a group of amateur investors on a Reddit messageboard began buying up stock in a video games retailer it forced huge losses on major Wall Street hedge funds that had bet against it. But following a trading frenzy the stock began to fall, almost as quickly as it had risen

Daniel Boffey looks at why the EU’s vaccination programme has become so chaotic after the commission attempted an ill-fated plan to seek to erect a vaccine border on the island of Ireland