A day after Vladimir Putin recognised the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent, protesters gathered in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv in a show of defiance against the Russian president’s actions in their country. The Guardian’s Luke Harding spoke to them about why they were protesting and what they thought of the recent escalating tension between Ukraine and Russia

IRS cutting its workforce by 25%, eliminating agency’s civil rights office
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will slash its workforce by at least 25% beginning Friday with layoffs as the Trump administration continues to shrink the