14 h. ago Russia’s desperate recruitment drive as Putin frees prisoners and lures foreigners to war

Moscow has largely relied on what it describes as voluntary enlistment

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16 h. ago Russia offers cash bonuses, frees prisoners and lures foreigners to replenish its troops in Ukraine

Russian authorities use various strategies to recruit new troops to replenish its supply of soldiers for its nearly 4-year-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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5 d. ago Terrified Francis had a mine strapped to his chest and made to be a suicide bomber. Now, we reveal the very glamorous Russian who has made millions sending foreigners to their deaths in Ukraine

Francis's legs are trembling with fear as he tries desperately to avoid eye contact with the Russian soldier who is strapping the landmine to his chest.

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7 d. ago Russia declares ‘Starmer is preparing for WW3’ in chilling warning to NATO

European leaders, including Sir Keir Starmer, are openly 'preparing for war against the Russian Federation', Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed

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1 week ago Dad's Army! Veterans aged up to 65 to be recalled to serve as Russia threat grows

Ageing former soldiers are to be recalled in a desperate bid to prepare Britain for possible war against Russia. Veterans as old as 65 will return due to threat of conflict with Kremlin.

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1 week ago British diplomat expelled from Russia after ‘baseless’ accusation of being a spy

Moscow’s allegation that unnamed diplomat is affiliated with UK secret service comes ‘out of desperation’, Foreign Office saysA British diplomat has been expelled from Russia over what the UK Foreign Office described as “malicious and baseless accusations” of being a spy.The diplomat, who was not named, had two weeks to leave the country, the Russian foreign ministry said after it received information “regarding the affiliation of a diplomatic employee at the embassy with the British secret service”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Beirut's Commodore Hotel, a haven for journalists during Lebanon's civil war, shuts down

Beirut’s Commodore Hotel, once a hub for foreign journalists during Lebanon’s civil war, has closed amid the country’s economic crisis

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2 w. ago Trump's free speech tsar compares UK to Putin's Russia over threats to ban X 'to protect Brits from AI bikini pictures'

Sarah Rogers, President Donald Trump's free speech tsar, has compared the United Kingdom's threat to block X to Vladimir Putin's Russia.

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2 w. ago Rangers transfer news as Kieron Bowie arrival addressed and fee 'revealed' while Neil and Mundle door opens

Danny Rohl is ramping up his January recruitment drive after leading the Glasgow giants back into the title race

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2 w. ago Rangers in double Sunderland transfer swoop as Danny Rohl closes in on FOUR box office signings

The Ibrox side have 'enquired' about Romaine Mundle and Dan Neil as the recruitment drive ramps up

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2 w. ago Russian who fled Putin dies in mystery window fall as cryptic note found on phone

Exiled journalist Evgeny Safronov, 38, fled Russia amid Vladimir Putin's crackdown on press freedom - and has now been found dead after falling from the window of his flat

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2 w. ago Huge recruitment drive in Cardiff schools with more than 150 new jobs

With almost 500 new specialist places being made available over the next two years, the council will employ more teaching assistants, primary and secondary teachers

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2 w. ago Met police hired black child rapist to boost diversity, report reveals

Damning review reveals thousands of police officers and staff were not properly checked amid recruitment drive

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2 w. ago Met Police 'failed to keep London safe' by not properly vetting up to 22,000 recruits including serial rapists

Damning review reveals thousands of police officers and staff were not properly checked amid recruitment drive

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3 w. ago Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik

It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAEI never thought it possible that you could look back on the Iraq war, and the foreign invasions of the “war on terror” in general, and feel some measure of nostalgia. For a time when there were at least concerted attempts to justify unilateral interventions and illegal wars in the name of global security, and even a moral duty to liberate the women of Afghanistan or “free the Iraqi people”.Now, as the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, is in essence abducted and Venezuela taken over by the US, there is barely any effort to situate the coup in any reasoning other than the US’s interests. Nor are there any attempts to solicit consent from domestic or international law-making bodies and allies, let alone the public. The days of the US trying to convince the world that Saddam Hussein did in fact have weapons of mass destruction despite secret...

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