58 h. ago Police probe more than 100 Britons amid fears they could be spying for Russia, Iran and China

Security services are currently handling around 160 investigations linked to state threats, with the vast majority focused on suspected proxies operating inside the UK.

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5 d. ago WW3 fears as Russia issues chilling threat to UK and warns 'you will be finished'

Sergey Karaganov, head of Russia's Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, warned Europe would be 'finished physically' if Russia is defeated in Ukraine as fears of an all-out World War 3 only appear to be growing

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5 d. ago Survival expert's one action you must take 'in the first second' to survive a WW3 nuclear attack

A survival enthusiast has shared five essential steps which could help save lives in a devastating nuclear strike, including something you must do in the first second of a blast

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6 d. ago Iran protests latest: Airspace closed along with UK embassy in Tehran as US escalates attack threats

Britain and US remove staff from military base as Donald Trump ‘ready to push button on strikes’ amid repression

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6 d. ago Iran protests latest: UK closes Tehran embassy as US escalates attack threats

Britain and US remove staff from military base as Donald Trump ‘ready to push button on strikes’ amid repression

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1 week ago WW3 fears as devastation of Russia's 'unstoppable' Oreshnik hypersonic missile revealed

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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1 week ago UK forces 'face £28bn funding black hole' as fears of war with Russia mount

Keir Starmer is said to have been warned by the chief of the defence staff Richard Knighton that there is a huge gap in budgets over the next four years.

Economics

1 week ago Is the UK really ready to put boots on the ground in Ukraine? Britain’s dwindling military might in numbers

Deployment to Ukraine would likely require thousands troops which the UK may not be able to spare, Maira Butt writes

Events

1 week ago Russia and China fear NATO because of ME: Trump launches ferocious attack on allies as he threatens Greenland invasion

Donald Trump has launched a ferocious attack on his NATO allies just hours after America seized a Russian-flagged tanker in European waters.

Events

1 week ago Trump says Russia and China have 'zero fear of NATO without' America

He added the US would 'always be there for NATO, even if they won’t be there for us'

Politics

1 week ago Putin's secret deal to swap Ukraine for Venezuela? Fears US will give Russia free rein to crush Kyiv in wake of Maduro capture

Fears of the US allowing Russia to crush Ukraine in the wake of the incursion into Venezuela are growing.

Politics

1 week ago Bella 1 ship tracker LIVE: Russia swarms Marinera oil tanker as WW3 fears rise

The tanker, which has changed its name from Bella 1 to Marinera, normally transports Venezuelan crude oil - it is being escorted by the Russina Navy and pursued by US forces

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2 w. ago Russia sends submarine to escort 'Axis of Evil' tanker as WW3 fears rise

Russia has deployed a submarine and naval vessels to escort an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast after President Maduro's capture, fuelling concerns over growing global tensions

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2 w. ago WW3 fears erupt as Russia deploys submarine to escort shadow fleet oil tanker evading US

Concerns over growing global tensions have risen after reports that Russia has deployed a submarine and other naval vessels to escort an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

Events

3 w. ago Putin deploys 'unstoppable missile' that could reach London in 8 minutes

With tensions only rising further between Russia and the West, fears of World War 3 have escalated after the missile was seen being deployed to one of Putin's satellite states

Events

3 w. ago 'I helped create Novichok in a secret Russian lab but fear Putin's building worse weapons'

Dr Vil Mirzayanov was part of a team in the 1970s developing Novichok nerve agents at a Moscow institute. The 90-year-old went public in the 1990s and now fears Putin's Russia is still developing chemical weapons

Politics

3 w. ago Brit army to offer 'paid gap year' to avoid WW3 conscription chaos

The decision comes as the Chief of Defence staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said Britain's 'sons and daughters' should be 'ready to fight'

Events

3 w. ago Britain will be defended over Christmas as thousands of troops ready for 'national security threat'

British troops won't be home for Christmas as 19,000 personnel remain on duty or on standby in case the UK collapses in ruin on Christmas day

Events

4 w. ago Trump and Putin share a craving for status. That’s why they both want to destroy Europe | Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko

Liberal democracies view Putin’s Russia as a bully – and Trump’s US as an angry drunk with a bazooka. The response is pure venom There are people who argue that Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is not motivated by fears or imperial ambitions, but by other countries’ disrespect. Russia once commanded authority as one of the world’s two superpowers, but it has since forfeited that status. It knows it has lost the respect of other countries (Barack Obama famously dismissed Russia as just a “regional power”), and the Ukraine war is its way of winning it back.What is perhaps surprising is that Donald Trump’s turn against Europe has similar motivations. Putin knows his aggressive revanchism won’t win Russia any love among countries whose respect he craves. But if he can’t be loved, he hopes at least to be feared. If you are in a social order that regards you as inferior, you have every incentive to turn spoiler.Henry Farrell is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation professor of international aff...

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4 w. ago Putin ally makes 'chilling' announcement on major cities targeted by Kremlin

Vladimir Solovyov has revealed three cities that Moscow could target if Europe went to war with Russia after fears around World War 3 continue to grow

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