60 minutes ago Britain and other NATO members to hold emergency meeting after Putin vows to fire more hypersonic missiles into Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has gloatingly told state TV that he will continue to deploy his military's new hypersonic missiles, prompting an emergency meeting of NATO states.

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2 hours ago Zelensky urges 'serious response' as Putin says stock of new missiles 'ready to be used'

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the West to deliver a serious response to Vladimir Putin’s threats of further aggression.

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5 hours ago Threat of world war is ‘serious and real’ Poland says as Putin steps up threats against West

Donald Tusk says war is entering ‘decisive phase’ and ‘the unknown is approaching’

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5 hours ago Putin says Russia will use experimental missile again after Ukraine strike

Ukrainian president calls testing of nuclear-capable weapon on his country’s territory an ‘international crime’Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile as Ukraine decried the testing of the nuclear-capable weapon on its territory as an “international crime”.Speaking at a defence conference on Friday, Putin contested US claims that Russia possessed only a “handful” of the high-speed ballistic missiles, saying that the military had enough to continue to test them in “combat conditions”. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago London mobile phone thieves strike twice in seconds before police helicopter chase thwarts robbery

A pair of thieves stole mobile phones from two pedestrians in London within seconds.

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6 hours ago Putin says he will fire MORE of Russia's new hypersonic missiles at targets in Ukraine and has already begun mass production of the nuclear

Putin also said that Moscow would carry out more tests of the hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile in 'combat conditions,' a day after firing one on Ukraine.

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8 hours ago Vladimir Putin calls secret meeting tonight after threatening UK with hypersonic missile

Higher ups in the Kremlin are set to attend a secret meeting tonight called by Vladimir Putin at the end of a week in which Russia has attacked Ukraine with a new missile

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12 hours ago Putin's new missile was flying faster than Mach 11 when it hit Ukraine city, say spy chiefs

The Russian president also made a threat to target Britain after Ukraine fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia

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12 hours ago Keir Starmer denies we are at war with Russia despite Putin claims we are now involved

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has insisted the UK "is not at war" with Russia despite Vladimir Putin threatening to unleash a "new" kind of missile on Britain

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