29 h. ago Chilling World War 3 warning as former British Army officer predicts nuclear hell

General Sir Richard Shirreff, whose military career spanned nearly four decades, believes we are on the verge of World War 3 - and the expert, now an author, has explained why

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45 h. ago Red tape warriors versus the red army: The EU's attempt to be an alternativer to NATO is as stupid as it is dangerous, writes NILE GARDINER

NILE GARDINER: For all his show of contempt for the West, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has one great fear.

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55 h. ago Celebrities call for rethink of ‘shameful’ Government welfare cuts

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that the current system is ‘morally and economically indefensible’.

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68 h. ago Starmer ramps up Ukraine planning with 'coalition of the willing' military talks

Sir Keir Starmer has been trying to assemble a coalition of nations that would be willing to help enforce any peace deal that could be reached between Kyiv and Moscow.

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2 d. ago Starmer insists Putin fears British nuclear weapons ahead of crunch talks on ‘coalition of willing’

The PM’s remarks come ahead of a crucial meeting of military figures taking place in the UK on Thursday amid plans to put a peacekeeping force in Ukraine

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer says Vladimir Putin respects UK nuclear weapons

Keir Starmer is expected to join dozens of military chiefs from the so-called coalition of the willing today for crunch talks on how to shore up potential ceasefire in Ukraine

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3 d. ago Fears Labour's £5bn benefits cuts will fail because people 'game' disability tests

Keir Starmer insisted there is no choice about reforming the 'shocking' system arguing that 'those who can work should work'.

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4 d. ago Vladimir Putin shows off 'poor man's nuclear weapon' as WW3 fears grow

Vladimir Putin's forces have deployed the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower which uses munitions that disperse a fuel aerosol and explode the resulting gas cloud

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5 d. ago Starmer willing to keep British peacekeeping troops in Ukraine 'for years' amid fears of Trump concessions in looming call with Putin

Officials said that UK troops' mission in the country's under any ceasefire agreement would be open-ended because of the need to deter Vladimir Putin from resuming fighting.

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6 d. ago 10,000 troops and minehunters to form part of PM's 'coalition of the willing' peacekeeping force in Ukraine

The Prime Minister held a virtual meeting with other world leaders on Saturday following which he announced proposals would move into an 'operational phase'.

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7 d. ago Military chiefs to meet in London as ‘coalition of the willing’ talks continue

Sir Keir Starmer announced that plans for a peacekeeping operation would move into an ‘operational phase’.

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer says Vladimir Putin will have to negotiate on Ukraine 'sooner or later' as PM begins fresh talks with coalition partners

Addressing a video call with 25 world leaders, he told the Russian despot that the 'world is watching' after Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to a 30-day ceasefire.

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8 d. ago PM hosts talks on Ukraine peacekeeping force as Putin warned not to play games

Sir Keir Starmer will host another round of talks with the ‘coalition of the willing’ on Saturday morning.

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8 d. ago David Lammy demands Putin accepts Ukraine ceasefire with 'no conditions' as he attends G7 summit ahead of PM's 'coalition of the willing' talks

David Lammy said the G7 allies were united that Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to shift the goalposts.

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9 d. ago Europe has 'no choice' but to prepare for war with Russia in the next decade, warns expert

Fears are growing in Europe that an emboldened Putin would use a peace deal as an opportunity to reinforce his military to attack Ukraine once against before turning his attention to the Baltic States

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9 d. ago Starmer insists there is a 'moral case' for cutting disabled benefits as he faces mounting rebellion from Labour backbenchers over plan to save £5bn

The Prime Minister denied Britain would be 'returning to austerity' under changes designed to save £5billion and get hundreds of thousands of people back into work.

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9 d. ago Starmer insists ‘there’s no return to austerity’ despite benefits and civil service cuts

The government has axed NHS England and is expected to unveil billions of pounds of cuts to benefit spending

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9 d. ago Poland 'requests US nukes' over Putin invasion fears as WW3 tension grows at NATO border

Polish President Andrzej Duda called on Trump to move American nuclear weapons kept in Western Europe or the US to Poland - in a bid to to deter Russian aggression potentially sparking WW3

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1 week ago Greenland votes for change but coalition talks will govern how it reacts to Trump | Miranda Bryant

The tone of relations with the US may depend on whether second-placed Naleraq ends up inside the governmentIt was an election that was fought on the global stage with sporadic commentary from Donald Trump. But in the end, it was domestic issues that drove Greenlanders to the polls to vote overwhelmingly for change.Ever since his son, Donald Trump Jr, touched down in a Trump-branded plane at Nuuk’s new airport in January, the US president has made no secret of his renewed desire to gain control of the Arctic island, refusing to rule out economic or military force to do so. Continue reading...

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1 week ago WW3 fears remain as Donald Trump grants Putin 'breathing space' to make calculated move

EXCLUSIVE: Marco Wyss – a Professor of International History and Security – has claimed that the recent actions of United States President Donald Trump will only embolden Putin

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