16 h. ago Warning Putin could shoot down a passenger plane over Europe: Experts say Russia could accidentally or deliberately destroy civilian jet following Poland drone incursion

Airlines may review their risk assessments in Poland after the country was forced to shoot down drones in its airspace with the backing of military aircraft from NATO allies.

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19 h. ago UK drone programme as NATO allies condemn 'deliberate' drone strikes and experts warn of Russian 'test'

Doubts expressed over Russian denial as NATO chief vows to defend ‘every inch’ of territory

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19 h. ago The Nato night team were watching the drones pounding Ukraine. But then one squadron banked starboard

The graveyard shift inside Nato's Allied Air Command in Ramstein, Germany. For the watchkeepers, just another night staring into the electronic abyss of monitors and screens.

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24 h. ago How Russia's drone attack on Poland that was 'months in the planning' triggered a rapid response among NATO allies

The graveyard shift inside Nato's Allied Air Command in Ramstein, Germany. For the watchkeepers, just another night staring into the electronic abyss of monitors and screens.

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32 h. ago Poland ‘closer to military conflict than at any time since WW2’ as Nato allies weigh response to Russian drones

Donald Tusk says Poland dealing with a large-scale provocation after at least 19 violations of Polish airspacePoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the country is closer to military conflict “than at any time since the second world war” as Warsaw and Nato allies weighed a response to an incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace.Poland scrambled its own and Nato air defences, shooting down at least three drones, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine spread to Nato territory early on Wednesday in the most significant way since the full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago NATO allies held Article 4 consultations after Russian drone incursion. Here's what that means

NATO allies have held talks about Russian drones entering Polish airspace

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40 h. ago Poland says it shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace during bombardment of Ukraine

Poland says that it and its NATO allies had shot down Russian drones that violated Polish airspace in what it called an “act of aggression” as Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine

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47 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian drone alert in Poland before Belarus border closure

Warplanes scrambled after warning from Ukraine; Poland to seal border over Russian and Belarus’s ‘very aggressive’ Zapad war games. What we know on day 1,295Warplanes were scrambled early on Wednesday after Ukraine’s air force warned that Russian drones had entered Nato-member Poland’s airspace. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness,” Poland’s operational command said. The Ukrainian air force said drones were heading west and threatening the city of Zamosc in Poland. Ukrainian media reported that one was heading towards the western Polish city of Rzeszow, and said airports were being temporarily closed.Poland will close its border with Belarus on Thursday as a result of the “very aggressive” Zapad military exercises taking place in Belarus involving Russia, Donald Tusk has announced. The Polish prime minister said it was also a response to a growin...

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48 h. ago Fighter jets are scrambled as Russian suicide drones enter Nato airspace over Poland: Commercial planes are diverted as Allies tackle threat

Earlier, the Ukrainian Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app that drones were heading west and threatening the city of Zamosc in Poland.

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60 h. ago I’m a travel expert and this is how I get around London during tube strikes

I’m a travel expert and this is how I get around London during tube strikes  The Independent

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4 d. ago Putin 'plotting to invade Suwalki Gap' as key signs point to 'NATO's Achilles heel'

Military expert Philip Ingram has claimed if Vladimir Putin should take the Sulwalki Gap between Poland and Lithuania, it could spell disaster for NATO and its allies

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4 d. ago Travel expert reveals how to get to the airport during the London tube strikes

A travel expert has warned 'alternative transport gets overwhelmed' as he shares his crucial advice for how to get to the airport during the London tube strikes this week. 

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5 d. ago ‘Existential crisis’: how Google’s shift to AI has upended the online news model

Media sites are taking action on several fronts as traffic referrals dry up and AI companies plunder their contentWhen the chief executive of the Financial Times suggested at a media conference this summer that rival publishers might consider a “Nato for news” alliance to strengthen negotiations with artificial intelligence companies there was a ripple of chuckles from attendees.Yet Jon Slade’s revelation that his website had seen a “pretty sudden and sustained” decline of 25% to 30% in traffic to its articles from readers arriving via internet search engines quickly made clear the serious nature of the threat the AI revolution poses. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘Europe is the core – America joined as an offshoot’: the historian challenging what ‘the west’ means

Was the ‘western alliance’ dreamt up to further American and British interests? Georgios Varouxakis argues that the idea is older, quintessentially European, and even anti-imperialistFor your book The West: The History of an Idea, you spent 12 years researching what people mean when they talk about “the west”. At a time when America’s president shows more admiration for autocratic Russia than for Nato-allied countries in Europe, are we witnessing the end of the west as an idea?I certainly wouldn’t write off the west. What we are seeing is a challenge to a version of the west that had America as its leader. But it doesn’t have to signal the end. The west is crucial to Europeans, and they have been the core of it. America joined at some point as an offshoot; it has been isolationist before, and it may become isolationist again. So we may see a different version of the west for a while, with its core in Europe, as it historically has mostly been. But America will surely return sooner o...

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1 week ago NATO fighter jets scrambled as Vladimir Putin unleashes nuclear

NATO was forced to scramble Polish and other Allied warplanes due to the intensity of overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine

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1 week ago Simple daily activity could help protect against little known deadly syndrome that strikes thousands of Brits after a bereavement, experts discover

Exercising through the trauma of bereavement can protect against 'broken heart syndrome', a study suggests.

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2 w. ago UK and EU summon top Russian diplomats after strikes hit British Council and EU offices in deadly attack on Kyiv

Overnight raid kills more than a dozen people as European leaders condemn ‘deliberate’ targeting of civilians and institutionsUkrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko has now responded to the overnight Russian attacks on Kyiv, criticising Moscow for “horrific and deliberate killing of civilians.”“The Russians are not choosing to end the war, only constant expansion of atrocities,” she said.“Overnight in Kyiv, dozens of buildings were hit: residential houses, office centers, civilian enterprises. Among them also the building where the European Union Delegation to Ukraine is located. Russians now believe that they have paralyzed Ukraine’s allies with feigned plans for ‘negotiations’ and endless delays that only serve as methods to buy time with the true goal only of preventing sanctions.“My thoughts are with all those affected by the senseless Russian strikes on Kyiv which have damaged the British Council building. Putin is killing children and civilians, and sabotaging hopes of peac...

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2 w. ago RAF scrambles spy planes as Britain joins huge NATO hunt for Russian sub 'suspected of threatening US aircraft carrier' off Norway

In what defence sources are calling a 'highly unusual surge' of activity, NATO allies have deployed at least 27 specialist submarine-hunting sorties in a bid to track the vessel.

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3 w. ago Britain 'will send troops to defend Ukraine's skies and ports under security deal'

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, chief of the defence staff, is taking part in NATO talks as military leaders from across the alliance gather to discuss what support can be offered to Kyiv.

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3 w. ago Trump hiked tariffs on US imports. Now he’s looking at exports – sparking fears of ‘dangerous precedent’

Experts warn of destabilized trading relations after White House strikes deal with Nvidia to take a 15% cut of certain AI chip sales to Chinese companiesApple CEO Tim Cook visited the White House bearing an unusual gift. “This box was made in California,” Cook reassured his audience in the Oval Office this month, as he took off the lid.Inside was a glass plaque, engraved for its recipient, and a slab for the plaque to sit on. “The base was made in Utah, and is 24-karat gold,” said Cook. Continue reading...

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