5 h. ago Putin issues WW3 warning and reveals one thing that will trigger NATO conflict

Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin has warned he will use a deadly missile against Germany if the country decides to provide further support to Ukraine, sparking WW3 fears

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7 h. ago PIC OF THE DAY: Vladimir Putin has no idea what's going on around him in wild staged snap

Russia's despot-in-charge Vladimir Putin has been snapped alongside several people in an image that just gets weirder and weirder the longer you look at it . . . so we did

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7 h. ago Zelenskyy calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly Kyiv missile strike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging greater international pressure on Moscow following a deadly Russian missile strike that hit a Kyiv apartment building this week, killing 23 people

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8 h. ago Putin sends warning to Germany over Ukraine supplies: ‘Serious damage’

Vladimir Putin has warned Germany against supplying Ukraine with missiles, stating that it would do “serious damage” to the two nations’ relationship.

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9 h. ago Putin says he would only meet Zelenskyy in ‘final phase’ of talks – Europe live

Putin’s comments come as fighting continues and Ukraine says Russia avoiding peace talksFor what it’s worth, Russia’s Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he was ready to meet with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy but only during a “final phase” of negotiations “so as not to sit there and divide things up endlessly, but to put an end to it”.But his broader comments were not really conciliatory, and will do little to raise hopes of a negotiated settlement.“The strikes were carried out against military industries, not residential quarters.” Continue reading...

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30 h. ago PIC OF THE DAY: Golden toilet plonked outside royal palace after £4.75m loo stolen

A fully-functioning 18-carat toilet, which had been installed as an artwork at the Oxfordshire country house where Sir Winston Churchill was born, was stolen, but now a replacement has emerged

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33 h. ago Europeans may as well start learning Russian if Ukraine does not get more support, Kaja Kallas warns – Europe live

EU foreign policy chief says Russia is a direct threat to Europe and has plan for long term aggressionMeanwhile, Russian president Vladimir Putin is set to take questions from international journalists on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Associated Press reported.Putin scheduled a roundtable session with senior news leaders of international news agencies, including the Associated Press.On Ukraine, the European Union is doing its part here too, not least because Ukraine is Europe’s first line of defence. We know that Russia responds to strength and nothing else.We have to do more for Ukraine, for our own security too.To quote my friend Nato secretary general Mark Rutte: if we don’t help Ukraine further, we should all start learning Russian. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago G7 leaders are paralysed by their fear of upsetting Donald Trump | Rafael Behr

Tyranny is contagious – and western governments’ reluctance to name the threat is helping it spreadThere is no founding charter or admissions process to the self-selecting group of “leading” economic powers that currently numbers seven. It was the G8 from 1997 to March 2014. Then Russia annexed Crimea and had its membership suspended, establishing the rule that participating nations should not seize their neighbours’ land.The White House used to condemn that sort of thing on the grounds that “it violates the principles upon which the international system is built”. These days, not so much. On Sunday, shortly after arriving for a G7 meeting in the Canadian resort of Kananaskis, Donald Trump told his host, the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, that Vladimir Putin’s expulsion from the club had been a “big mistake”.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnistOne year of Labour, with Pippa Crerar, Rafael Behr and moreOn 9 July, join Pippa Crerar, Rafael Behr, Frances O’Grady and Salma Shah as...

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44 h. ago Ukraine left in lurch as Trump rushes out of G7 without meeting Zelenskyy

US president said he had to leave to focus on Israel-Iran conflict, without addressing Russia-Ukraine ceasefireUkrainian diplomats have been left frustrated – and in some cases embittered – at Donald Trump’s refusal to make Ukraine a priority after Volodymyr Zelenskyy flew 5,000 miles to the G7 conference in Canada only for the US president to return home the night before the two leaders were due to meet. Trump said he needed to focus on the Israel-Iran conflict.In a further blow for Kyiv the US vetoed a joint statement on Ukraine from the summit, on the grounds that the wording was too anti-Russian and could compromise negotiations with Vladimir Putin. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Coalition of the willing to reconvene ‘in weeks’ as UK pushes Russian oil cap

The Prime Minister on Tuesday announced a series of measures aimed at ramping up pressure on Vladimir Putin.

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46 h. ago UK pushes for lower Russian oil cap as PM denies coalition of the willing is dead

The Prime Minister said he ‘strongly’ believes that restrictions on the price of Russian crude oil should be increased.

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52 h. ago PIC OF THE DAY: Keir Starmer falls at Donald Trump's feet in embarrassing G7 moment

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was captued swooping to the floor to save the day for Donald Trump, in a moment akin to a parent catching the food of helpless toddler

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52 h. ago UK hits Russia with new sanctions in effort to ‘starve war machine’

Those sanctioned include two UK residents – Vladimir Pristoupa and Olech Tkacz.

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59 h. ago Russian media say top official is in Pyongyang again to meet North Korean leader

Russian state media has reported that a top Russian security official traveled to Pyongyang for the second time this month for another meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the latest display of the countries’ deepening ties amid President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine

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68 h. ago Vladimir Putin's Russian war machine to be hit by new UK sanctions

Keir Starmer is expected to announce the fresh package of sanctions as he appears at the G7 summit in Canada to ratchet up pressure on the Russian leader

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2 d. ago G7 leaders struggle for unity: Trump warns kicking Russia out was a mistake and sparked Putin's invasion of Ukraine

Tensions erupted at the G7 summit after Donald Trump sensationally claimed that expelling Russia from the group in 2014 was a 'big mistake' and even blamed it for Vladimir Putin 's invasion of Ukraine.

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2 d. ago Vladimir Putin could attack Britain by 'blocking out the sun' as warning issued

Defence experts have stressed that Vladimir Putin could use geoengineering disrupt the UK by transforming weather systems.

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3 d. ago Iran plots Israel retaliation that would hit the world 'worse than Putin's war and Covid

Iran's plot to retaliate against Israel for starting the latest round of escalating violence in the Middle East may hit the world worse than Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Covid-19 combined

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3 d. ago Rare moment baby barn owl runs like a human captured on camera in Pic of the Day

Hundreds of thousands of images are snapped and uploaded online every day, and the Daily Star has chosen its favourite with an iconic image of a baby barn owl pulling at our heart strings

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer says G7 will discuss Russia sanctions at summit if Putin holds out on ceasefire talks

Leaders will hold talks on the war in Ukraine and spiralling conflict in the Middle East as they gather at a major global summit in Canada.

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