5 h. ago ‘I was a British POW tortured by Russia; this is how Ukraine and the West can win this war’

Aiden Aslin, a British volunteer who joined the Ukraine’s marines, was captured and tortured by Putin’s forces in 2022 and is now back fighting the Kremlin. He tells his story to the World of Trouble podcast with world affairs editor Sam Kiley in eastern Ukraine

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1 week ago Heroic 'King' Kevin Sinfield 'won the battle' but calls on 'people's army' to 'win MND war'

An emotional Kevin Sinfield called on his 'people's army' to keep fighting to 'win the war' with motor neurone disease, in memory of his late friend and rugby ace Rob Burrow

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1 week ago If a peace deal includes two key elements, Ukraine should accept | Christopher S Chivvis

Kyiv may be approaching its last chance to end the war with its sovereignty intact. If a peace deal includes two key elements, it should acceptThe negotiations over the war in Ukraine are frustrating and tragic. On the one side, a victim of aggression whose plight is more and more desperate. On the other, a brutal aggressor, willing to go to extraordinary lengths to win the war. In the middle, a transactional American president eager for a deal.It’s no surprise that so many observers have railed against the proposals recently put forward by President Donald Trump and his emissary Steve Witkoff. These proposals appear to offer much to Russia and little to Ukraine – other than an end to the violence. If the negotiations produce a plan that offers Ukraine no hope of security after the war, no Ukrainian leader will accept it. Security is the core of sovereignty, and it would be political suicide to trade Ukraine’s sovereignty for peace.Christopher S Chivvis is a senior fellow and direct...

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2 w. ago Couple whose 'tacky' garden ornaments of gnomes, golden lion statues, and lights sparked a war with neighbours win battle to keep them

Adina and Sorin Banatean thought their collection of over 30 garden ornaments would cheer up their neighbourhood but instead their colourful front garden quickly sparked complaints .

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2 w. ago Russia threatens NATO with 'consequences' as it says West is prepping for 'major war'

With officials racing to workshop a potential peace deal with Russia and Ukraine, Putin and his cronies have said the West is preparing for an all-out war between NATO and Moscow

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3 w. ago Putin trying to negotiate an end to Ukraine war as he cannot win it on battlefield, says EU’s Kallas – Europe live

EU’s foreign policy chief says ‘there’s one aggressor and one victim’ in conflict amid US push to end the warIn case you missed it, US president Donald Trump defended his peace envoy Steve Witkoff overnight after Bloomberg reported that he allegedly advised Putin’s aide Ushakov on how to speak with Trump and conduct the talks.Trump did not appear too bothered by it, though. Continue reading...

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