5 h. ago 'Europe must prepare': Minister warns Britain is on a war footing as Nato chief says conflict with Russia 'at our door'

Armed Forces minister Al Carns said the country was on a 'war footing' and warned that the 'shadow of war was at Europe's door'.

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11 h. ago Europe should prepare for war ‘like our grandparents endured’, warns Nato chief

Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte said Europe is already Russia’s next target and ‘we are already in harm’s way’

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12 h. ago Europe must prepare for war with Putin ‘now’, warns Nato chief: “We are Russia’s next target”

Mark Rutte said Europe must be ready “for the scale of war our grandparents and great grandparents endured” in a bleak warning to the West

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13 h. ago Europe urged to be 'prepared' for war against bloodthirsty Putin amid war fears

NATO boss has said war was no longer a distant concern but something “at our door”, and cautioned that Europe risked repeating the darkest chapters of its history if it failed to act

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16 h. ago NATO chief warns war with Russia 'is at our door' and tells Europe to be ready for action 'now' to avoid battle on scale 'our grandparents and great

In a speech in Berlin, Rutte said too many allies of the military alliance did not feel the urgency of Russia's threat in Europe.

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16 h. ago UK issued major warning by Putin mouthpiece as 'target list' for WW3 issued

Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin issued the warning while responding to comments made by former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace in October

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17 h. ago Chilling World War 3 warning as NATO chief declares 'we are Russia's next target'

NATO members have been warned by the military alliance's chief that 'we are Russia's next target' and said Europe should prepare for 'the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured'

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17 h. ago Putin mouthpiece names 23 UK towns and cities on Russia's target list for WW3

Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin issued the warning while responding to comments made by former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace in October

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17 h. ago NATO urges 'prepare for war like our grandparents saw' in chilling WW3 warning

NATO Secretary General Rutte said today that Europe must be prepared for 'the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured' as the alliance is Putin's 'next target'

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35 h. ago Russia issues WW3 threat to UK as British paratrooper killed in Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that the Kremlin will respond to any hostile steps including deployment of European military contingents in Ukraine.

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62 h. ago Ministers FINALLY name chair for national grooming gangs inquiry... but victims warn Labour peer will run 'tick box exercise'

Former children's commissioner Baroness Longfield has been announced as the head of the probe by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

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4 d. ago Ukraine must not be left 'toothless' by peace deal, minister warns, ahead of crunch talks

Keir Starmer will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, alongside French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in London on Monday

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5 d. ago Putin is ready to fight but Britain is not, as shock figures show stark reality of our ‘hollowed out’ Armed Forces

BRITAIN’S “hollowed out” Armed Forces are not ready for war with Russia, defence chiefs have warned. We need more soldiers, warships and combat aircraft if we ever have to help Nato defeat tyrant president Vladimir Putin. The disclosure comes after the Russian leader declared he was prepared to go to war with Europe if peace...

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7 d. ago Russia issues WW3 threat as Europe 'deliberately preparing for inevitable war'

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said war with Europe is 'inevitable' and accused the West of 'deliberately' preparing for an armed conflict with Vladimir Putin

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8 d. ago Britain 'really unprepared' for war former defence secretaries fear

Deep probe into the true state of our Britain's defence levels reveals the UK has been caught with its pants down - and Mad Vlad Putin knows it

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9 d. ago Now watchdog bites back at Chancellor: Day after its chairman was forced to quit over Budget shambles, OBR turn screw on Reeves to 'set the record straight'

Rachel Reeves faced fresh calls to quit last night as the war of words with Britain's top economic watchdog intensified.

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9 d. ago Police will be 'relentless' in winter crime blitz, minister warns

Policing Minister Sarah Jones said forces will be 'present, visible and relentless' as the Home Office launches a winter crime blitz with new steps to address knife crime

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9 d. ago ‘Lives are at stake’: Ministers warned predators ‘continue to roam freely’ since murder of Sarah Everard

Lady Elish Angiolini has called for leaders to ‘get a move on’ to protect women in public spaces

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1 week ago ‘Foolish’ government cuts could take Aids pandemic back to 1980s, warns former cabinet minister

Government funding decisions risk sending progress on HIV back by decades, Lord Smith told a gathering of campaigners organised by The Independent - but there is still hope of ending the pandemic by 2030 if investment is made in new drugs

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1 week ago Football fans could face ban for setting off flares and online abuse

Ministers warns that behaviour of ‘minority’ puts other fans at risk

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