27 h. ago Russia issues WW3 threat to UK and reveals what would lead Putin to attack

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has revealed what could trigger Russia to 'go to war with Europe' in a thinly-veiled threat to the UK

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55 h. ago Superflu spreads across Europe: UK hospitals declare critical incidents and schools shut, cases surge in France and demand for face mask and medicine skyrockets in Spain

Daniel Elkeles, boss of NHS Providers, said Britons should start wearing a face mask on public transport and in offices if they are coughing and sneezing but are well enough to go to work.

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56 h. ago Government warns schools grappling with 'superflu' should only close in extreme circumstances as mutant strain spreads across Europe and more UK hospitals declare critical incidents

Headteachers are being told to consider the impact on education and wellbeing before an emergency shutdown due to the 'superflu' outbreak and to do their best to minimise disruption.

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4 d. ago Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall

The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions People in Britain who think they are governed by fools should take a closer look at the Russian and US presidents. Vladimir Putin is systematically ruining his country. His war of choice in Ukraine is an economic, financial, geopolitical and human calamity for Russia that worsens by the day. For his own murky reasons, Donald Trump, another national menace, offered him a lifeline last week. Yet Putin spurned it. These two fools deserve each other.On the table in Moscow was a “peace” deal that, broadly speaking, rewarded Russia’s aggression by handing over large chunks of Ukrainian land, compromised Kyiv’s independence and weakened its defences against any future attack. The Trump deal, if forced through, would have split the US and Europe; ruptured Nato, perhaps fatally; reprieved Russia’s pariah economy; and probably toppled Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government.Simon Tis...

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7 d. ago Zelensky’s plane ‘followed by military drones’ before Dublin visit in ‘hybrid attack’

The incident echoes similar drone incursions in Europe in recent weeks

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9 d. ago These are three UK places to avoid if WW3 breaks out and stay away from the coast

Former US Air Force nuclear specialist has warned which UK places to avoid in the event of World War 3, after Russia issued a chilling warning that NATO strikes could lead to full-scale nuclear war

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9 d. ago 'I was Air Force's nuclear specialist – avoid these three UK areas if WW3 erupts'

A former US Air Force nuclear specialist has warned which UK places to avoid in the event of World War 3, after Russia issued a chilling warning that NATO strikes could lead to full-scale nuclear war

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3 w. ago Poland closes last Russian consulate after ‘act of state terrorism’ on railway

Foreign minister orders closure of Gdańsk consulate and says four people now arrested after sabotage attackEurope live – latest updatesPoland’s foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, has described last weekend’s sabotage attack on Poland’s rail system as “an act of state terrorism” ordered by Russia, as he announced that Poland was closing the last remaining Russian consulate in the country.“The clear intention was to cause human casualties,” he said of the weekend bomb attack. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Poland detains several people in connection with rail sabotage as foreign minister condemns Russian ‘state terrorism’ – Europe live

Radosław Sikorski says Poland will respond to the weekend’s incidents ‘not only diplomatically’, and will withdraw consent for last Russian consulate in the countryThe Dutch economy minister said he had moved to take effective control of Nexperia to ensure Europe was not locked out of chip production “in an emergency”.He said the decision to lift the legal move to prevent Nexperia from moving intellectual property and physical assets from its European factory in Hamburg and its corporate headquarters in Nijmegen was the “right step” after consultation with the European Commission and others.“The Netherlands has considered it the right moment to take a constructive step by suspending the order under the Goods Availability Act, in close consultation with European and international partners. The Netherlands will continue to engage in constructive dialogue with the Chinese authorities in the period ahead.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ukrainians working for Russia were behind rail blasts, alleges Polish PM

Donald Tusk says two saboteurs crossed border from Belarus hoping to cause divisive ‘catastrophe’Polish authorities have identified two Ukrainian men, allegedly working for the Russian intelligence services, as the key suspects in two cases of rail sabotage, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said.The men are alleged to have planted a military-grade explosive device and attached a steel clamp to rail tracks in two incidents on a strategic rail route used for aid deliveries for Ukraine. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ukrainians working for Russia were behind rail blasts, says Polish PM

Donald Tusk says two saboteurs crossed border from Belarus hoping to cause divisive ‘catastrophe’Polish authorities have identified two Ukrainian men, allegedly working for the Russian intelligence services, as the key suspects in two cases of rail sabotage, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said.The men are alleged to have planted a military-grade explosive device and attached a steel clamp to rail tracks in two incidents on a strategic rail route used for aid deliveries for Ukraine. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Two Ukrainian men believed to be working with Russia identified as suspects in Polish rail sabotage attacks – Europe live

Donald Tusk warns Polish parliament of an ‘escalation’ of Russian intelligence activities ‘across the whole of Europe’Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk has just told lawmakers that the authorities investigating the rail sabotage incidents over the weekend identified two main suspects.He says the suspects are Ukrainian men, who crossed into Poland from Belarus this autumn, and are believed to have been working for Russian intelligence services. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Poland says ‘everything indicates’ Russia was behind rail sabotage incidents – Europe live

Security spokesperson says the incident at the weekend was a terrorist attack ‘initiated by special services from the East’In a further confirmation of the inquiry lines in Poland, the Polish security services minister’s spokesperson Jacek Dobrzyński has just confirmed that “everything indicates” that Russian intelligence services were behind the rail sabotage incidents in Poland over the weekend.“The fact is that everything indicates that this ... we can already confidently call it a terrorist attack, was initiated by special services from the East,” he later added. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Poland says ‘all traces lead to Russia’ being behind rail sabotage incidents – Europe live

Deputy prime minster says investigators are looking at a device found near the blast sitePoland’s deputy prime minister and defence minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, said that looking at the rail sabotage incidents over the weekend in the broader context of hybrid threats facing European countries “all traces lead east, to Russia.”Speaking on Radio Zet this morning, he also confirmed media reports that investigators were looking at a device was found near the blast site which they believe may have been intended to capture “the explosion or observe the site” of the blast. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Polish prime minister says weekend rail line explosion near Warsaw was act of 'sabotage'

Poland's prime minister says a railway line bringing passenger trains into Warsaw from southeastern Poland was an act of sabotage

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