18 h. ago Russian and US troops will jointly invade European cities, Putin mouthpiece warns

A top Putin mouthpiece reckons Russian forces will join up with US soldiers, which Kremlin watcher Julia Davis said came after Moscow was "inspired by the Trump administration’s anti-European stance"

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19 h. ago British man captured by Russian forces while ‘fighting for Ukraine’ jailed for 13 years

Hayden Davies was accused by Moscow of being a paid mercenary for Kyiv’s forces in the eastern Donetsk region

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21 h. ago Putin hits Europe with his most feared weapon... his lawyers: EU bid to use frozen Russian assets could be scuppered as leaders fear they could be forced to pay the money back after the war

EU leaders are due to meet on Thursday for a crunch summit on plans to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, with Belgium facing growing pressure to abandon its opposition.

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53 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Peacekeepers could repel Russian forces under ceasefire plan, says Merz

German Chancellor says this remains a far-off prospect; Zelenskyy says negotiations on peace deal could soon be finalised. What we know on day 1,393Under post-ceasefire guarantees provided by the United States and Europe to Ukraine, peacekeepers could in certain circumstances repel Russian forces, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told ZDF public television in an interview, adding that this remained a far-off prospect. Pressed by interviewers for details on the possible security guarantees floated by the United States in Monday’s Berlin talks with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Merz said the guarantors would need to repel Russian forces should there be a violation of any ceasefire terms.“We would secure a demilitarized zone between the warring parties and, to be very specific, we would also act against corresponding Russian incursions and attacks. We’re not there yet,” he said. “The fact that the Americans have made such a commitment – to protect Ukraine in the event of a c...

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53 h. ago Britain plans 'Iron Dome' missile shield to protect UK from Russian attack, Armed Forces chief reveals

Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said a system similar to that employed by Israel to block attacks from Palestine is needed due to the threat posed by the Kremlin.

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61 h. ago Moment Ukrainian forces hit $400m Russian submarine using underwater drones for first time

Ukraine has released footage claiming to show the moment their forces targeted a sub at a Black Sea base

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66 h. ago Anthony Joshua was TRICKED into fighting Oleksandr Usyk after Ukrainian ‘barely got out of second gear’ vs Chisora

CARL FROCH has claimed that Oleksandr Usyk used cheeky tactics to trick Anthony Joshua into fighting him. Usyk beat the Brit in back-to-back fights to become the world champion but only after being taken all the way by Derek Chisora in 2020. Chisora was denied victory by a close points decision, which in turn allowed...

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68 h. ago South Africa in talks with Russia over men ‘tricked’ into fighting in Ukraine

Government says it received distress calls, as daughter of ex-president Jacob Zuma accused of luring men to frontlineSouth Africa’s government is in talks with Russia to bring home 17 South African men fighting for Russia in Ukraine, after the men were allegedly tricked on to the frontlines of the war by a daughter of former South African president Jacob Zuma.Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has been accused in multiple lawsuits of luring the 17 South African and two Botswanan men to Russia in July, by telling them they would be training as bodyguards for her father’s uMkhonto weSizwe political party or attending a personal development course. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Moment Ukraine 'destroys Russian submarine in first attack of its kind using underwater drones'

This is the moment Ukrainian forces are believed to have destroyed a Russian submarine using underwater drones, in what is believed to be the first attack of its kind in history. 

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3 d. ago Where things stand in the talks to end Russia's war in Ukraine

The U.S. diplomatic push to end nearly four years of fighting following Russia's invasion of Ukraine has bogged down over sharply conflicting territorial demands by Moscow and Kyiv

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4 d. ago Armed forces chief to warn ‘whole nation must step up’ amid Russian threat to Nato

Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton will warn the situation is ‘more dangerous than I have known during my career’.

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4 d. ago ‘Outright evil:’ anguish and anger over South Africans tricked into fighting for Russia

Relatives fear for lives of men thought to remain trapped in war after allegedly being recruited by a daughter of Jacob ZumaMary hasn’t heard from her son since 27 August, when he told her he was worried he was being sent to the frontlines of Russia’s war with Ukraine. Since then she has been ill with worry.“I’m honestly really sick,” she said, exhaustion in her voice. “I get anxiety attacks, I’m in and out of hospital, palpitations. It’s just a whole lot. Headaches, I’m dizzy all the time. It’s not easy for me.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Zelensky is praised for 'b*lls of steel' as he taunts Putin and stands within a mile of Russian guns in city Moscow claimed to control

Vladimir Putin faced humiliation from his own side today after 'b*lls of steel' Volodymyr Zelensky stood one mile from Russian positions to show his forces control Kupyansk.

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7 d. ago Trump pushes for ‘free economic zone’ in Donbas, says Zelenskyy

US proposes ‘compromise’ option of demilitarised buffer that excludes both Ukrainian and Russian forces, says Kyiv

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8 d. ago PETER HITCHENS: The astonishing Starmer plot to give £100billion MORE to Ukraine will ruin us all... and pave the way for a chilling future

Why, in any case, do the nations of Europe want to buy a used war from Donald Trump? Trump has lost interest in fighting in Ukraine, at least partly because he cannot win, and may actually lose.

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9 d. ago Donald Trump has finally won a peace prize – from Fifa, no less. Here are five other awards he should win | Arwa Mahdawi

The inaugural award bestowed upon the US president could pave the way for many more colourful accolades. I have some ideas ...What a privilege it is to be alive in such a peaceful and prosperous time. If you ignore the genocides in Sudan and Gaza, fighting in eastern Congo, continued attacks on Ukraine, military airstrikes in Myanmar, near-daily strikes on Lebanon, “extrajudicial killings” on Venezualan vessels, increased political violence in the US, along with various other inconvenient issues, then I think we can all agree that Donald Trump has ushered in world peace.Good luck convincing the nasty Norwegians on the Nobel committee of that, though. They’ve doled out peace prizes to many an alleged war criminal but have a weird grudge against Trump. Still, at least Fifa, an organisation renowned for its impeccable ethics, appreciates the president’s efforts. Last Friday, Trump was awarded the inaugural Fifa peace prize in an over-the-top ceremony that would have made a lesser man, ...

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9 d. ago Europe needs to shove Trump aside – it has the power to stop Putin in Ukraine and it must use it

Donald Trump is a Russian ally and is trying to force surrender on Ukraine – Europe can and must stop him, world affairs editor Sam Kiley explains how

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1 week ago Walking into disaster: how narcotraffickers captured the BVI

When the new premier of the British Virgin Islands said he needed an armed security detail, his chief of police knew trouble was on its wayAugustus James Ulysses Jaspert, Gus for short, arrived in Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands, on 21 August 2017, just two weeks away from catastrophe. Jaspert, who was in his late 30s, had recently been appointed governor by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of the Foreign Office in London. The BVI is an overseas territory of Britain, with only partial independence, and the governor effectively acts as a backstop to the locally elected legislature. For Jaspert, a career civil servant, it would be his first hands-on experience of governing – and his first time in the British Virgin Islands. Any trepidation was outweighed by the prospect of moving to the Caribbean. “If you’re sitting in an office in London and someone says, ‘Go to Tortola,’ you look it up on a screen and think, ‘OK, I can do that,’” Jaspert told me.While Jas...

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1 week ago Walking into disaster: the narcotrafficking scandal that blew up the BVI

When the new premier of the British Virgin Islands said he needed an armed security detail, his chief of police knew trouble was on its wayAugustus James Ulysses Jaspert, Gus for short, arrived in Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands, on 21 August 2017, just two weeks away from catastrophe. Jaspert, who was in his late 30s, had recently been appointed governor by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of the Foreign Office in London. The BVI is an overseas territory of Britain, with only partial independence, and the governor effectively acts as a backstop to the locally elected legislature. For Jaspert, a career civil servant, it would be his first hands-on experience of governing – and his first time in the British Virgin Islands. Any trepidation was outweighed by the prospect of moving to the Caribbean. “If you’re sitting in an office in London and someone says, ‘Go to Tortola,’ you look it up on a screen and think, ‘OK, I can do that,’” Jaspert told me.While Jas...

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1 week ago Russian submarines to be hunted by new Royal Navy force built at 'wartime pace' to combat Putin underseas threat

Warships, submarines, underwater and surface drones, as well as patrol aircraft, will be deployed under Atlantic Bastion

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