12 h. ago M54 traffic updates LIVE as road closed overnight for recovery after lorry collision

Part of the M54 is closed again — for the second time in one week — after another crash involving a lorry near junction two for Wolverhampton, West Midlands

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51 h. ago World holds its breath: Ukraine flies to the US for Russia peace talks as Turkey condemns drone attacks on two Putin tankers amid fears of war spreading

Ukrainian negotiators are flying to the US for peace talks as the Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tankers in the Black Sea. 

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69 h. ago Russian shadow fleet tanker bursts into flames and explodes in Black Sea after Ukraine drone strike

Two Russian sea tankers exploded into fireballs after they were hit by a coordinated Ukraine drone attack in the Black Sea.

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5 d. ago US deal must punish Russia war crimes, says Ukraine’s Nobel peace prize winner

Oleksandra Matviichuk warns any amnesty could encourage authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours Any peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine that includes an amnesty for war crimes could encourage other authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours, Ukraine’s only Nobel peace prize winner has warned.Oleksandra Matviichuk said the leaked 28-point US-Russia plan did not account for “the human dimension” and she supported President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s efforts to rewrite it in dialogue with White House. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Kyiv hit by deadly Russian airstrikes as international talks to end war intensify

Vladimir Putin’s forces bombard Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with drones and missiles, striking at least two residential buildings and killing two people

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8 d. ago Trump peace plan would have left Ukraine a 'tethered goat' so weak that Putin would restart war, ex

Russia launched new air attacks on Ukraine as Kyiv and the US said they had drafted a ‘refined peace framework’ following talks in Geneva

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8 d. ago Russia hits Ukraine with 'massive' deadly airstrike as US and Kyiv work on 'refined' peace plan

Russia’s latest attacks come after the UK and Ukraine said they had drafted a ‘refined peace framework’ following talks in Geneva

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8 d. ago Russia launches deadly airstrikes on Ukraine as US and Kyiv work on 'refined' peace plan

Russia’s latest attacks come after the UK and Ukraine said they had drafted a ‘refined peace framework’ following talks in Geneva

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9 d. ago Thousands without heating as Ukraine launches drone attack deep inside Russia

The Shatura Power Station, located approximately 120 km (75 miles) east of the Kremlin, was hit early on Sunday

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9 d. ago G20 leaders reject Trump peace plan: Anger at US deal as critics warn it will leave Kyiv at mercy of Russian attacks

G20 leader said the proposals, which critics claim blatantly favour Russia, would leave Ukraine 'vulnerable to attack' and could not be accepted in their current form.

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1 week ago ASHES BREAKFAST: What you missed overnight as Joe Root's live interview is interrupted in TV gaffe, plus Shoaib Bashir's revealing role in official team photo

Tuck into Daily Mail Sport's Ashes Breakfast, the first such edition on the opening day of the much-anticipated tour of Australia, keeping you up to date with all the nuggets you may have missed.

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1 week ago Ukrainians 'sabotaged Poland railway on behalf of Russia' in 'terrorist' attack

Two Ukrainian men are to be charged with sabotage of a terrorist nature on behalf of Russia after an explosion on a Polish rail line which delivers aid to Ukraine occurred

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1 week ago Nine dead as Russia bombards Ukraine with more than 500 drones and missiles

The wave of attacks wounded dozens more and damaged energy and transport infrastructure, President Zelensky said

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1 week ago Every EU target Putin could strike next after train 'attack' as WW3 fears escalate

EXCLUSIVE As Russia begins to widen its attacks outside of Ukraine, Daily Star looks at where the conflict could escalate further as Moscow is blamed for another incursion into Poland

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2 w. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Energy workers risk their lives to keep Ukraine's lights on as Russia attacks

Almost four years into Russia’s invasion, keeping Ukraine’s lights on has become a battle of its own

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2 w. ago ‘She went through hell’: widow of Chornobyl engineer is killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv

Zelenskyy says Nataliia Khodemchuk is victim of ‘new tragedy caused by Kremlin’, four decades after disasterThe widow of the first Soviet engineer to die in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion was killed on Friday in Russia’s massive drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Nataliia Khodemchuk as the victim of a “new tragedy caused by the Kremlin”, nearly four decades after her husband, Valerii, was killed inside Chornobyl’s nuclear reactor number four. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘She went through hell’: widow of Chornobyl engineer killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv

Zelenskyy says Nataliia Khodemchuk is victim of ‘new tragedy caused by Kremlin’, four decades after disasterThe widow of the first Soviet engineer to die in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion was killed on Friday in Russia’s massive drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Nataliia Khodemchuk as the victim of a “new tragedy caused by the Kremlin”, nearly four decades after her husband, Valerii, was killed inside Chornobyl’s nuclear reactor number four. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine takes just 20 minutes to wreak revenge on Russia by drone attack after POWs are shot dead

The attack came after Russia was again accused of breaking the rules of war as Vladimir Putin 's soldiers shot dead surrendering Ukrainian troops.

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2 w. ago Russia increasingly targeting trains as attacks on Ukraine’s rail network intensify

Ukrainian minister says more than 800 attacks recorded since start of year as Moscow seeks to destroy country’s logistical capabilitiesUkraine has recorded a threefold increase in the number of attacks on its railway system since July, according to a senior minister, as Moscow seeks to scupper one of Kyiv’s key logistical systems.Oleksii Kuleba, a deputy prime minister with responsibility for infrastructure, said attacks on the network since the start of 2025 had caused damage totalling $1bn (£760m). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: mass production of Ukrainian ‘Octopus’ interceptor drones begins

Defence ministry says locally developed technology tested in combat and shown to work against Russia’s deadly Shaheds. What we know on day 1,361See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkraine says it has started mass production of its new domestically developed interceptor drones to strengthen air defences. The first three manufacturers had begun production and 11 more were preparing to set up production lines, the defence ministry said on Friday. The drones would be based on a domestically developed technology called “Octopus” to intercept Shahed drones. It had been tested in combat and proved to be working “at night, under jamming and at low altitudes”, the ministry said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the goal is to manufacture up to 1,000 of the interceptors a day. Russia has been steadily increasing the number of drones it uses in a single strike on Ukraine.Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia’s latest attack against Ukraine as “deliberate, calculated and wicked” aft...

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