21 h. ago African diplomats urge UK government to back bill to speed up debt restructurings

Exclusive: Countries are struggling to manage expensive loans, with much of debt transacted through LondonDiplomats from eight southern and east African countries have signed a letter calling on the UK government to support a private member’s bill that aims to speed up debt restructurings, after economic crises meant countries were unable to pay back loans.Poor countries’ economies have been hit by a series of global events in recent years, including the coronavirus pandemic, which reduced growth; the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which sent inflation soaring; and raised US interest rates, which have pushed up the cost of international loans to often unaffordable levels. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago How some of Putin's top military chiefs have been picked off in series of bombings and shootings on Russian soil since Ukraine invasion began

The death of Yaroslav Moskalik will not have come as a shock to the Russian leadership.

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6 d. ago Putin seeking to 'string along' Trump on ending war, says top US Ukraine expert ahead of London peace talks

The Russian president proposed halting Russia’s invasion across the front line and relinquish its claims to full control of four Ukrainian regions, according to the FT

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1 week ago Putin's Russia is using mass rape as a 'weapon of war' against Ukrainian civilians, Nobel peace prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk tells the Mail's 'Apocalypse Now?' podcast

Matviichuk works to catalogue Russian war crimes in Ukraine, in hopes that once the invasion is repelled, those implicated will face justice.

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1 week ago Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff to visit Paris for talks on Russian invasion of Ukraine, US confirms – Europe live

US state department says Rubio and Witkoff will have ‘talks with European counterparts’ on advancing Donald Trump’s plan to end Russian invasionUS state secretary Marco Rubio and White House envoy Steve Witkoff will visit France in the coming days, the French government’s spokesperson Sophie Primas confirmed.Politico and Le Monde earlier reported that the pair would come to Paris later this week with the intention of hosting high-level talks on Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, and trade. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Horror of the children snatched by Putin: Troops slaughter their parents then abduct them. Now this grandmother reveals true barbarity and humiliation, or what happens next, to ANDY JEHRING

Just hours after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Russian forces reached Kateryna and Maryna's hometown and tortured their uncle for being a member of the local resistance.

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3 w. ago Ukraine deploys 15,000 'silent killer' robot soldiers to war frontlines to defend against Russia

Ukraine's 'silent killers' have been sent as reinforcements to help frontline troops battle off brutal Russian invasion, as experts seek more major technological breakthroughs taking high-tech science to the trenches

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4 w. ago US will NOT help Europe if Russia attacks, leaked Pentagon document reveals

The admission echoes recent calls from the Trump administration for European allies to do more to invest in their own defence and reduce reliance on America.

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4 w. ago Germany looks to bring back conscription as country's top general warns it is the only way it can prepare for Russian invasion

Defence chiefs have been looking to increase the size of the armed forces since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but have struggled to muster a target of 20,000.

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