Monday briefing: Where we are in the fight to end the pandemic

In today's newsletter: It might feel like the pandemic is over, but is it too early to pretend the virus has disappeared? Nimo Omer speaks with the Guardian's Hannah Devlin to find out

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Good morning. It never feels like a quiet time in the news at the moment, and today is no exception: ongoing atrocities in Ukraine, the fallout from an unprecedented election result in Northern Ireland, the Beergate" controversy - and the list goes on.

Even so, it's remarkable how quickly Covid-19 has slipped from the agenda. Two years ago a tickle in your throat or a mild temperature was enough to send most people spiralling. Now, a combination of a robust vaccination programme and effective testing measures has meant that in the UK things seem to be inching back to normal" (whatever that means).

Ukraine | 60 people are feared dead after an airstrike on a Ukrainian school being used as a bomb shelter. The attack was part of an intensified Russian onslaught ahead of today's symbolic Victory Day celebrations in Moscow.

Cost of living crisis | More than two million adults in the UK have gone without food for a whole day over the past month, according to a survey on the catastrophic" impact of the cost of living crisis.

Northern Ireland | The Democratic Unionist party will stall power-sharing at Stormont if the Northern Ireland protocol is not modified, its leaders will tell Boris Johnson. The move comes after Sinn Fein became the largest party at the assembly for the first time.

Beergate' | Labour denied that a leaked internal memo showing an evening meal in Durham had been pre-planned was evidence Keir Starmer had broken lockdown laws. Lisa Nandy, the shadow levelling up secretary, called Starmer Mr Rules".

Television | Jodie Comer and Matthew Macfadyen were among the winners at Sunday's television Baftas, along with BBC prison drama Time. The acclaimed Channel 4 series It's A Sin was surprisingly ignored in every category.

Only a fool would think Sinn Fein's success in the Northern Ireland assembly elections means a united Ireland is imminent, writes Fintan O'Toole - but only a bigger fool would think that it has not, in some form, come closer". Archie

Meanwhile, results in England, Scotland, and Wales which you might have expected to spell the end for Boris Johnson have instead been overshadowed by the Beergate' story about Keir Starmer. Gaby Hinsliff sees it as an attempt to deflect from the sleaze by suggesting that everyone else was at it too". Archie

Comic Sofie Hagen hilariously chronicles the uphill battle of her two and a half journey to becoming an influencer. Nimo

Daniel Boffey meets the residents of a Kyiv nursing home who remember the second world war, and must now contend with a new existential conflict. Throughout my life, I was fine with Russians," says Valentyna Lits, 94. Now, I am filled with hate." Archie

Fox News has been the subject of liberal fury for decades. Observer columnist Nick Cohen argues compellingly that the channel disseminates Kremlin-style propaganda - so why not freeze the assets of its owner, Rupert Murdoch? Nimo