30 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: mass production of Ukrainian ‘Octopus’ interceptor drones begins

Defence ministry says locally developed technology tested in combat and shown to work against Russia’s deadly Shaheds. What we know on day 1,361See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkraine says it has started mass production of its new domestically developed interceptor drones to strengthen air defences. The first three manufacturers had begun production and 11 more were preparing to set up production lines, the defence ministry said on Friday. The drones would be based on a domestically developed technology called “Octopus” to intercept Shahed drones. It had been tested in combat and proved to be working “at night, under jamming and at low altitudes”, the ministry said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the goal is to manufacture up to 1,000 of the interceptors a day. Russia has been steadily increasing the number of drones it uses in a single strike on Ukraine.Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia’s latest attack against Ukraine as “deliberate, calculated and wicked” aft...

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40 h. ago Russian attacks on Kyiv ‘calculated and wicked’, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president calls for more air defence from Europe and US after six killed and dozens injured in strikes across capitalVolodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia’s latest attack against Ukraine as “deliberate, calculated and wicked”, after six people were killed and dozens injured in a wave of night-time strikes across the capital Kyiv.Shortly after midnight air raid sirens sounded and residents made their way to shelters or lay between two walls in their apartments. Soon afterwards the whine of Shahed drones could be heard in the sky, with heavy machine gun fire from Ukrainian air defences. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Shocking video shows Kyiv’s night sky light up during ‘massive’ coordinated strike by Russia

Russia launched a renewed attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Friday (14 November), causing widespread damage.

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51 h. ago Ukraine launches huge blitz on Russian port blasting missile launchers & oil depot – as Kyiv endures night under siege

UKRAINIAN forces launched a huge attack targeting a critical Russian oil depot and port in the Black Sea. Footage showed the Russian oil port Novorossiysk up in flames as Kyiv blitzed the key oil port with drones, causing massive damage. The Ukrainian strike is said to have targeted several key facilities required for oil export...

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4 d. ago Shocking moment a stolen pickup truck smashes into a Tesco store before driver steals more than £3000

Driver Robin Vaughan stole more than £3,000 in cash as well as a bag of parcels, at around 12,40am on June 16.

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4 d. ago Video footage captures shocking moment gunman in Mercedes shoots teenager

The victim has posted a video to social media, saying 'can't keep me down'

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5 d. ago Olympics drug cheat Marion Jones was the world's fastest woman in 2000. Now a shocking video shows her struggling just to walk down a flight of stairs

She was the toast of the sporting world when she won gold after gold at the Sydney Olympics - but now Marion Jones, 50, has revealed her health struggles in a shocking video.

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6 d. ago Teary Caroline Flack says 'they put me in a cell' in shocking unseen video

A new video Caroline Flack recorded hoping to use for her own documentary has now come to light years after her death

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8 d. ago Russia mounts massive revenge strike in overnight attack on Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders massive wave of drone and guided bomb attacks on Ukraine's civilian population in revenge for Kyiv's secret units smashing his oil refineries

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9 d. ago Beaver Supermoon: See the biggest full Moon of 2025 light up the sky again tonight

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1 week ago 8 Bonfire Night things you can do to help your dog cope with fireworks

Many dogs can be stressed and frightened during the loud bangs of fireworks as they light up the sky this week

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1 week ago Ukraine mounts massive 'revenge strike' drone attack on Russia

Waves of Ukrainian explosive drones smash Russian oil, petrol depots and substations across Russia causing huge blackouts - as Kyiv tries to put the Kremlin on the back foot back home

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2 w. ago Readers' Letters: Don't light up the sky with any standard of fireworks

Letting members of the public have access to fireworks is, well, just bad all round really, says reader

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2 w. ago Ukraine reports fresh Russian attacks amid reports Moscow used ‘secret’ missile in recent months – Europe live

The development of the 9M729 cruise missile prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow during his first termUkraine has reported another series of attacks from Russia overnight, including a strike on the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, which injured at least 11 residents, local authorities said.The Sumy region borders Russia and has been under constant attack from drones and missiles, Reuters reported. The emergency services said on the Telegram messenger service that Russia had struck a residential multistorey building, private houses and infrastructure facilities. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Drones, oil and escalation: Ukraine’s deep strikes impact Russia, altering war calculations

In rural Ukraine, attack drones are assembled in secret to strike deep into Russia

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2 w. ago Mysterious light flashes in 1950s sky photos have long been linked to UFOs – scientists now have an explanation

Short-lived flashes were first seen in a sky survey before launch of Sputnik satellite

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3 w. ago Massive explosion as Putin's forces destroy key Kyiv power station

The attack, which will knock out power to heating just as the Ukrainian winter approaches, saw an inferno lighting up the night sky above Kyiv’s left bank, following the missile strike

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3 w. ago Fears for Britney Spears' safety amid shocking new video: 'She's spiraling'

It appears Britney is in trouble once again. Swerving her car into the wrong lane after a night out, she is 'spiraling' out of control in sad echoes of her infamous 2007 breakdown, friends say.

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3 w. ago New sanctions and weapons will not stop Russia. It’s time for Ukraine’s allies to change their flawed strategy | Christopher S Chivvis

A negotiated settlement would be unfair and frustrating. But after nearly four years of fighting, it may be the best optionOn Wednesday, President Trump imposed substantial new sanctions on Russia’s giant oil and gas companies, and lifted restrictions on the use of certain long-range missiles by Ukraine, which will now be able to strike more freely into Russia itself. These moves come on the heels of Trump’s conversations last week with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after which the US president expressed his frustration at both side’s intransigence. Trump had hoped to end this war long ago. Will this be enough?When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the US and its allies chose a strategy that aimed to use Washington’s awesome political, economic and military power to impose such high costs on Russia that the Kremlin would sue for peace on Ukraine’s terms. This “cost-imposition” strategy makes sense in theory. The problem is that, in practi...

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3 w. ago Naked man attacks motorists and tries to pull driver from van in terrifying footage

The shocking video shows the man acting aggressively in the middle of Rochdale Road, in Bury, Greater Manchester just before 11am yesterday (Oct 22)

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