41 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike on Lebanon kills at least one Lebanese soldier and injures 18 others

Lebanese military says strike took place in southwestern Lebanon on coastal road between Tyre and Naqoura while Israeli military says strike is under reviewSpeaking at the news conference in Beirut, Josep Borell also urged Lebanese leaders to pick a president to end a two-year power vacuum in the country, and he pledged €200m (£166m) in support for Lebanon’s armed forces.The EU’s outgoing foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has called for pressure to be exerted on both the Israeli government and on Hezbollah to accept a US ceasefire proposal. Continue reading...

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19 hours ago Russian general and hundreds of North Korean troops 'killed in Ukraine strike'

Reports claim there were 18 more Russian soldiers killed and a further 18 injured.

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20 hours ago Putin's general and 500 North Korean troops 'killed in first strike from UK Storm Shadow missiles'

The strike conducted by Ukraine last week marked the first time a Storm Shadow missile was launched into Russia, and followed a readjustment of western "red lines" in the conflict

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20 hours ago BREAKING UK Storm Shadow missiles 'kill' 500 North Korean troops and Russian general in Russia

The Storm Shadows were targeted on 20 November at an underground military facility in Maryino on a Tsarist estate, in Kursk region. New footage shows a Storm Shadow missile involved

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20 hours ago UK Storm Shadow missiles 'kill' 500 North Korean troops and Russian general in Russia

The Storm Shadows were targeted on 20 November at an underground military facility in Maryino on a Tsarist estate, in Kursk region. New footage shows a Storm Shadow missile involved

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24 hours ago The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover

After Kyiv used Storm Shadow missiles, Russia’s leader asserted his ‘right’ to attack the UK and US. In truth, he has been doing exactly that for two years nowThe unprecedented firing by Ukrainian forces of British-made long-range Storm Shadow missiles at military targets inside Russia last week means the UK, along with the US, is now viewed by Moscow as a legitimate target for punitive, possibly violent retaliation.In a significant escalation in response to the missile launches, Vladimir Putin confirmed that, for the first time in the war, Russia had fired an intermediate-range ­ballistic missile, targeting the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Putin also said Russia now believed it had the “right” to attack “military facilities” in countries that supply Kyiv with long-range weapons. Though he...

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26 hours ago What is the Storm Shadow cruise missile? Ukraine hits Russia with British weapon for first time

The missile has a range of around 155 miles and is designed to evade detection by flying low after being launched

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33 hours ago Satellite images show North Korea breaking sanctions to get million barrels of oil from Russia

Pictures show North Korean tankers repeatedly loading oil at Russian port, report by UK group claims

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37 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: US expects thousands of North Korean troops to enter Ukraine combat ‘soon’

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin says about 10,000 of the soldiers believed to be based in Kursk border region and being ‘integrated into Russian formations’. What we know on day 1,004See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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