3 h. ago Senior Tories attack Trump over ‘new axis’ after US sides with China, North Korea and Russia

Lord Heseltine leads condemnation of Trump warning that his actions will ‘act as an incentive’ to those who endanger world peace

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4 h. ago US criticised as it joins North Korea, Belarus and China in refusing to condemn Putin

Political grandees slam Donald Trump, telling him ‘former great presidents will be turning in their graves’ as he refused to call Russian president Vladimir Putin a dictator

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4 h. ago US condemned as it joins new ‘axis of evil’ North Korea, Russia and China in refusing to condemn Putin

Political grandees slam Donald Trump, telling him ‘former great presidents will be turning in their graves’ as he refused to call Russian president Vladimir Putin a dictator

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5 h. ago China threatens reprisals after the UK slaps sanctions on Beijing

Britain yesterday launched a major wave of sanctions targeting supporting those who aided at Vladimir Putin 's bloody war effort, on the third anniversary of the conflict.

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6 h. ago Chinese fishing fleets using North Korean forced labour, report claims

Report by British environmental group says North Korean workers trapped at sea for years and subjected to severe restrictions

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15 h. ago US joins North Korea, Russia and Belarus at UN in refusing to blame Putin for Ukraine war

US president Donald Trump also refused to call Russian president Vladimir Putin a dictator

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20 h. ago US votes against UN resolution condemning Russia for war as Macron and Trump meet at White House

US accused of ‘betrayal’ as it votes alongside Russia and North Korea against UN resolution condemning war

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22 h. ago UN assembly condemns Russia’s Ukraine invasion despite US opposition

Vote came shortly after G7 leaders failed to agree on a joint statement condemning Russia’s war

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22 h. ago UN Security Council passes US resolution calling for ‘swift end’ to war in Ukraine

Move that was backed by Russia and China deals further blow to western unity

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24 h. ago Britain hits Putin's cronies and Kremlin 'shadow fleet' alongside allies in China and North Korea with sanctions blitz seeking Ukraine war 'concessions

On the third anniversary of the unprovoked Russian invasion, Sir Keir said the UK would go after Russia 's so-called 'shadow fleet' as well as companies providing Moscow with military components.

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25 h. ago North Koreans forced to work on Chinese tuna ships for years without seeing land – report

They weren’t allowed to leave the vessels or use phones, shipmates say

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34 h. ago The UN will vote to demand Russia pull troops out of Ukraine. But the US wants a softer approach

On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote on dueling resolutions

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3 d. ago North Korean prisoners held by Ukraine had 'no idea' they would be fighting for Russia... and thought they were going on a training exercise

The two men held by Ukraine said they had 'no idea' that they would be 'participating in combat' supporting Russian troops, and believed they were heading on a training exercise.

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4 d. ago No matter how distasteful we find Trump and Vance over Europe, they speak a blunt truth | Simon Jenkins

The US has chosen the worst possible moment and the worst possible way to say it, but it is right to call for a realignmentIt’s tough being rightwing these days. You have to find something nice to say about Donald Trump. That is hard. He thinks Kyiv started the Ukraine war and its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is a “dictator”. But what about JD Vance? The US vice-president thinks that Europe’s “threat from within”, which is putting “free speech in retreat”, is worse than any threat from Russia or China. These men are deranged. What more is there to say?The answer is quite a lot. John Stuart Mill warned that “he who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that”. We must try to understand the case they are making, whether we agree with it or not. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Chess: Carlsen wins again as he qualifies for the $1.5m Saudi Esports World Cup

The Norwegian world No 1 is in pole position at the Chessable Masters despite endgame lapsesMagnus Carlsen’s dominance of online chess has continued this week as the world No 1 is in pole position for the concluding stages of the Chessable Masters, the first leg of the annual Champions Tour which the Norwegian has won every year since it was launched in 2020. For 2025, the tour is also a qualifier for the Esports World Cup at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in July-August, where the chess prize fund will be $1.5m.Carlsen began with a smooth 3-1 victory against Russia’s Andrey Esipenko, then defeated China’s Yu Yangyi by 2.5-0.5. He was leading 2-1 in his semi-final against India’s world No 5, Arjun Erigaisi, when they reached white king at f8, white rook at g7 and white pawn at g5 against black king at f5 and black bishop at c4. Now 1 g6 Kf6 2 Rc7! attacking the bishop and following up with 3 g7 wins, but Carlsen missed it, only drew with rook against bishop, allowed Erigaisi to equ...

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5 d. ago ‘Not what I expected’: Russian soldiers sent to North Korea for medical care

Wonsan resorts offer troops time-off to recover, but some wonder if move is a pretence for military trainingAfter two years fighting for Russia on the frontlines in Ukraine, Aleksei returned to his home town of Vladivostok last summer to recover from a shrapnel wound to his leg.Looking to speed up his recovery and take a break from the city, he asked his military unit in Russia’s far east to see if he could secure a state-sponsored stay at a sanatorium – a health resort offering a mix of medical treatment and rest. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago In the global clash between democracy and oligarchy, the US is switching sides | Robert Reich

As Trump empowers Russia and the far right, he is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the worldSince the end of the second world war, liberal democracies have stuck together – led by the US. On the opposite side have been authoritarian states, led mainly by the Soviet Union, followed, after the demise of the Soviet Union, by Russia and China.But all this is rapidly changing. Russia and China have morphed into oligarchies, run by small groups of extraordinarily wealthy people. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago North Korea reopens to foreign tourists for first time since pandemic

Foreign visitors set to return to Rason Special Economic Zone this week as Pyongyang cautiously reopens borders

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5 d. ago Zelenskyy to meet US envoy after fallout with Trump as European leaders rush to contain crisis – live

Ukrainian president says he will meet US envoy Keith Kellogg on Thursday; UK and French leaders plan Washington visit in effort to influence US-Russia talksTrump calls Zelenskyy a dictator amid fears of irreconcilable riftLavrov also speaks about Russia’s alliances with Belarus, North Korea, China and Iran, and countries in Africa.He says the “comprehensive partnership with China” was “at an unprecedented level and exceeding any prior alliances of a classic type,” with both leaders attending important anniversaries in each other’s countries.I will tell you something that is a key issue for us at this stage of international development, and that is our move towards a multipolar world. It is a historic process, and it is to do with the subjective trend of new power centres appearing on the world map.Our partners in the Global South and in the east are unique civilisations and religions and are members of various integration associations, but all of them are united by a desire towards ...

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5 d. ago Trump criticized for ‘dangerous’ comments calling Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as European leaders rush to contain crisis – live

German leader condemns US president attack as ‘wrong’ while UK and French leaders plan Washington visit in effort to influence US talks with RussiaLavrov also speaks about Russia’s alliances with Belarus, North Korea, China and Iran, and countries in Africa.He says the “comprehensive partnership with China” was “at an unprecedented level and exceeding any prior alliances of a classic type,” with both leaders attending important anniversaries in each other’s countries.I will tell you something that is a key issue for us at this stage of international development, and that is our move towards a multipolar world. It is a historic process, and it is to do with the subjective trend of new power centres appearing on the world map.Our partners in the Global South and in the east are unique civilisations and religions and are members of various integration associations, but all of them are united by a desire towards development, progressive development without external pressure At the same ...

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