81 m. ago Ukraine war briefing: We bomb their warplanes, they bomb our civilians, says foreign minister

Repeated shutdowns at Moscow airports due to drone threat; military airfields and fuel depots inside Russia hit. What we know on day 1,200Russia’s missile and drone barrage against Kyiv on Friday killed at least six people, Ukrainian officials said. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, said three emergency workers who went to a bomb site were “killed in a repeat Russian strike”. Two died in an attack on the northern city of Chernihiv and at least one more in the north-western city of Lutsk. Eighty people were injured in attacks across Ukraine.Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, said Russia had “‘responded’ to its destroyed aircraft by attacking civilians in Ukraine Multi-storey buildings hit. Energy infrastructure damaged.” Ukrainian spies last weekend destroyed Russian strategic bomber aircraft on the ground using quadcopter drones hidden on top of trucks in Operation Spiderweb.Russian aviation authorities restricted flights at Moscow regional airports on Friday nig...

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8 h. ago Naive American tourist hilariously falls for ‘genius’ London restaurant prank: ‘Talk about a mis

Naive American tourist hilariously falls for ‘genius’ London restaurant prank: ‘Talk about a mis-steak’  New York Post

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13 h. ago Two London restaurants are among the best in the world for 2025

Two London restaurants are among the best in the world for 2025  Time Out

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13 h. ago Voices: The very important meeting that took place while the world watched the Musk

ICYMI: It was a meeting that may prove of more lasting significance for the wider world than the verbal fireworks between the US president and Tesla chief, writes Mary Dejevsky

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15 h. ago Popular central London restaurant accused of exploiting illegal workers amid 'modern slavery' claims

Fei Er Cottage has failed to pay a £180,000 fine for hiring illegal workers, the Home Office said

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16 h. ago National Fish and Chips Day: The very best in London, from Masters Superfish to the Fryer’s Delight

From cod to haddock, skate to plaice, here’s where to go in London when you need a fishy fix

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16 h. ago Trump tells Putin: ‘It might be better to let Russia and Ukraine fight for a while’

Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine should be left to “fight for a while,” with other nations leaving them to it.

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19 h. ago American tourist in the UK reveals he was lured into Angus Steakhouse after being fooled by viral prank

American tourist Liam Nelson, from New York, revealed he's after falling for cheeky British prank which aims to keep foreigners away from London 's best restaurants.

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29 h. ago Russia accuses UK of involvement in Ukraine drone strike that risks 'World War 3"

Sunday's surprise attack targeted Russian airbases holding bombers.

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30 h. ago TikTok viral restaurant accused of exploiting illegal workers and 'modern slavery'

TikTok viral restaurant accused of exploiting illegal workers and 'modern slavery'  London Evening Standard

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32 h. ago TikTok viral London restaurant accused of exploiting illegal workers and 'modern slavery'

Fei Er Cottage has failed to pay a £180,000 fine for hiring illegal workers, the Home Office said

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32 h. ago Russia blames UK for Ukraine drone attack that 'risks escalation to World War 3'

Russia's UK ambassador said that Ukraine's recent drone attacks on airbases for nuclear bombers could escalate the conflict to "World War III" as he suggested that the UK was involved

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35 h. ago The Stafford: Devon chef Michael Caines to make London debut with restaurant at top hotel

The chef will oversee a new fine dining concept, replacing the Game Bird

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40 h. ago At Top New Restaurant Fat Badger, the Cotswolds Comes to London

At Top New Restaurant Fat Badger, the Cotswolds Comes to London  Bloomberg

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50 h. ago North Korea's Kim says he'll 'unconditionally support' Russia's war against Ukraine

North Korea says that leader Kim Jong Un told a top Russian official that his country will “unconditionally support” Russia’s war against Ukraine

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52 h. ago Kremlin and Trump aides raise nuclear war fears after Ukraine drone strike

Vladimir Putin has warned Russia will respond to Kyiv’s attacks on nuclear-capable aircraft at airfieldsAs Vladimir Putin pledges to retaliate against Ukraine for last weekend’s unprecedented drone attack, Kremlin advisers and figures around Donald Trump have told the US president that the risk of a nuclear confrontation is growing, in an attempt to pressure him to further reduce US support for Ukraine.Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and an important intermediary between the Kremlin and Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, called the Ukrainian drone strike an attack on “Russian nuclear assets”, and echoed remarks from Maga-friendly figures warning of the potential for a third world war. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Putin tells Trump Russia ‘will have to respond’ to Ukraine drone attack

US president says phone call with Russian leader won’t lead to ‘immediate peace’ as Moscow rules out ceasefireDonald Trump has spoken for more than an hour with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, but he conceded the talks would not lead “to immediate peace” in Ukraine, and warned that Russia would respond to Ukraine’s successful attacks this week on its airfields.The US president, who repeatedly claimed he could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours during his election campaign, did not attempt to discourage the Russian leader from retaliation, according to his description of the discussion on his Truth Social platform. He noted instead that Putin had offered to participate in US talks with Iran about its nuclear programme, which Trump claimed Tehran had been “slowwalking”. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Restaurants worth travelling for: From Le Clarence to Longueville Manor, where to visit this summer

No bigger summer break? Spend your weekends taking gastronomic road trips, say the ES Features team

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57 h. ago There is a terrifying new war brewing in Europe that'll make the Ukraine crisis look like a playground scuffle... and we are just one spark or mistake away from oblivion: BOB SEELY

As the world's attention is fixed on Ukraine, a far more dangerous crisis is brewing in the Baltic - one that could explode this summer.

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59 h. ago UK defence secretary confirms plans for drone deliveries as Ukraine military aid meeting opens – Europe live

John Healey says Europe needs to continue supporting Ukraine ‘for our security today, tomorrow and for future generations’Opening, Nato’s Rutte reiterates the aim of achieving a “durable and lasting peace” in Ukraine as he praises president Trump’s “effort to get there."“Let’s pray that we will get there as soon as possible, but in the meantime, [it’s about] making sure that you have what you need to stay in the fight and to make sure that whenever it ends, Putin will know that he should never, ever again, try to attack Ukraine so again,” he said. Continue reading...

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