8 h. ago Vladimir Putin claims EU leaders are 'burglars' as he slams 'robbery' in astonishing rant

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused European Union leaders of "burglary" in an astonishing rant in his annual TV address

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8 h. ago Vladimir Putin claims EU leaders are 'burglars' in astonishing rant

Vladimir Putin has criticised the EU for using Russia's frozen assets to fund Ukraine, saying, "theft is [in] secret...here it is done in the open"

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10 h. ago Dubai hit by severe floods as UAE city experiences worst rainfall in 76 years

Dubai has been hit by major floods as torrential rain leaves streets filled with water, with authorities urging people to stay indoors as the weather is expected to continue through Friday

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26 h. ago I flew from Glasgow to Dublin for one night to visit the city's new Christmas market

There's nothing quite like flying off with your friends to a new country - but is it really worth all the effort for just one night?

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50 h. ago Putin claims speculation of war with the West is ‘hysteria’ – two weeks after threatening Europe

Russian president said Moscow is not seeking war with Europe despite escalation of hybrid attacks

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6 d. ago Top Putin aide issues chilling WW3 threat to UK and NATO over Zelensky peace talks

Vladimir Putin's sycophant aide Kirill Dmitriev claimed NATTO was undermining President Donald Trump's peace plan and accused it of wanting to start WW3 rather than see him succeed

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7 d. ago Zelensky is praised for 'b*lls of steel' as he taunts Putin and stands within a mile of Russian guns in city Moscow claimed to control

Vladimir Putin faced humiliation from his own side today after 'b*lls of steel' Volodymyr Zelensky stood one mile from Russian positions to show his forces control Kupyansk.

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7 d. ago Inside Conor McGregor's lavish wedding as star marries Dee Devlin in secret Vatican ceremony

UFC star Conor McGregor has married long-time partner Dee Devlin in an intimate Vatican City ceremony, nearly two decades after the couple first met in Dublin

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1 week ago Kremlin says European claims Putin wants to attack NATO and restore the USSR are 'complete stupidity'

Opponents say Putin's Russia is decaying in a potent brew of absurdity and repression that is comparable to the Leonid Brezhnev-era of the Soviet Union.

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1 week ago Storm Bram: Flights, trains and ferries cancelled across UK after severe weather warning

British Airways delayed first wave of departures from London Heathrow to Belfast City, Dublin, Edinburgh and Manchester

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1 week ago UK city's Christmas lights dubbed 'embarrassing' as Brits notice unlikely detail

A UK city's Christmas lights have been dubbed "embarrassing" after Brits spotted an unlikely detail. It's since caused quite a stir, and has left people divided

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1 week ago 'Hollowed out' UK 'under attack' and not ready for WW3 with Putin's Russia

As tensions rise between Russia and the West, one former NATO chief has revealed that Britain would struggle when faced with the Russian army as he said we were "underprepared"

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1 week ago Nato scrambles fighters as Putin savages Ukraine with one of the harshest missile and drone onslaughts of the war while US claims 'constructive discussions' in peace talks

Russian forces unleashed 51 missiles and 653 drones overnight into Saturday - even as Washington insisted 'constructive discussions' had been held in peace talks.

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1 week ago 'Putin killed my girlfriend' claims partner of poisoning victim Dawn Sturgess

Charlie Rowley has called for Vladimir Putin to be put on trial after an inquiry ruled the Russian president was 'morally responsible' for the 2018 novichok attack that killed his girlfriend Dawn Sturgess

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2 w. ago Putin claims 'everything is possible' as he is asked about immortality claim

Previously Russian president Vladimir Putin has allegedly been in talks about achieving immortality – and has now spoken out on his grand plans by suggesting 'anything is possible'

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2 w. ago Vladimir Putin takes aim at UK as he claims he 'hardly understands' why its 'great'

The Russian leader argued that most of Europe is edging towards recession while countries outside the traditional Western bloc are surging ahead

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2 w. ago Putin accused of the 'same old sabre rattling' after claiming Russia is 'ready for war' with Europe ahead of peace talks with the US

UK ministers lashed out at the dictator over comments made ahead of a round of US-led peace talks that failed to agree a way to end Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine .

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2 w. ago Russia ‘ready’ for war if Europe starts it, Putin says, as US peace talks end without progress

Kremlin aide says Ukraine crisis is no closer to resolution after Witkoff talks, as Russian president accuses European powers of sabotaging peace Russia and the US did not make progress toward a peace deal for Ukraine during their talks, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin has said, hours after the Russian president issued threats that Russia was ready for war with Europe.In remarks to Russian media, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that after a five-hour meeting with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the two sides were “neither further nor closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine. There is a lot of work to be done.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says, as US peace talks end without progress

Kremlin aide says Ukraine crisis is no closer to resolution after Witkoff talks, as Russian president accuses European powers of sabotaging peace Russia and the US did not make progress toward a peace deal for Ukraine during their talks, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin has said, hours after the Russian president issued threats that Russia was ready for war with Europe.In remarks to Russian media, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that after a five-hour meeting with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the two sides were “neither further nor closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine. There is a lot of work to be done.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says as peace talks with US begin

Russian president accuses European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine as he meets with Witkoff and KushnerRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has accused European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine and threatened that Russia was ready for war as Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived for talks at the Kremlin on Tuesday evening.Moments before the closed-door meeting with Witkoff and Kushner, Putin made a series of hard-edged remarks. Speaking to reporters, he accused European governments of sabotaging the peace process and said that “European demands” on ending the war in Ukraine were “not acceptable to Russia”. Continue reading...

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