Biden Says Risk of Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ Is Highest Since 1962 Crisis

The president’s blunt warnings, highly unusual for an American president, were delivered informally to a group of Democratic donors in New York City....

President Biden: Nuclear 'Armageddon' threat highest since Cuban Missile Crisis

US President Joe Biden has said the world is facing the biggest threat of nuclear "Armageddon" since the days of President Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis....

Putin and M.B.S. Are Laughing at Us

Putin’s motivation for OPEC’s price hike is no mystery....

Ninety Years Ago, This Book Tried to Warn Us

A 1933 novel on the Nazi rise to power is still relevant today....

Witness in Oath Keepers Sedition Trial Says Leader Promoted Violent Approach

“It sounded like we were going to war against the United States government,” a former member of the militia group testified....

The Triumph of the Ukrainian Idea

Only a strong liberal nationalism can defeat the authoritarians....

Ukraine Wants ATACMS, Long-Range Missiles the U.S. Says It Doesn’t Need

Ukrainian officials have asked for a weapon that can strike targets 190 miles away. But the Pentagon — wary of widening the war — says the ones it has provided are powerful enough....

Russian mercenaries ‘exploiting Africa to fund war in Ukraine’

US ambassador to the UN said Wagner Group are trafficking natural resources from African nationsThe United States has accused Russian mercenaries of exploiting natural resources in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and elsewhere to help fund Moscow’s war in Ukraine, a charge Russia rejected as...

Two Russians flee Ukraine draft by crossing Bering Sea by boat to Alaska

Individuals landed at beach on remote island to avoid compulsory military service and have appealed for asylum, reports sayTwo Russians have crossed the Bering Strait by boat in order to avoid conscription to fight in Ukraine and landed on a remote Alaskan island where they have appealed for asylum,...

Blunt Criticism of Russian Army Signals New Challenge for Putin

An official in a Russian-occupied region of Ukraine suggested Russia’s defense minister should shoot himself because of his army’s failings, an unusually blunt and public rebuke of Kremlin leadership....

Zelenskiy asks gathering of European leaders for security guarantees

Ukrainian president addresses first meeting of the European Political Community in Prague attended by leaders of 44 countriesUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has appealed to European leaders across the continent for security guarantees in support of his bid to join Nato, as he described R...

WA authorities deny claims palliative care patient was alive when taken to morgue

Allegations relate to 55-year-old man who was moved from a ward to the morgue on 5 September without his time of death recordedWest Australian officials have denied claims a palliative care patient may have been alive when he was transferred to a Perth morgue.The state coroner’s court is examining...

Ukrain Police Find Bodies of 534 Civilians in Recaptured Territory

The police have discovered 22 locations that they suspect were used as torture chambers in areas recently reclaimed from Russian control, a Ukrainian official said....

Trudeau intervenes as sexual abuse scandal rocks Canada’s ice hockey body

Prime minister hints at setting up new governing body after major firms pull support for Hockey Canada over handling of allegationsJustin Trudeau has warned Canada’s ice hockey governing body that it has “lost the confidence” of Canadians and could be easily replaced by a new organization, ami...

UK power cut warning prompts fear for people using life-saving machines

Energy companies urged to prioritise at-risk consumers, including those on dialysis, as National Grid warns of rolling blackoutsRolling power cuts enforced this winter if gas supplies run extremely low could endanger thousands of people who use life-saving machines at home, health leaders have warne...

France Seeks to Weather an Energy Crisis as Russia Cuts Gas Supplies

The government unveiled its biggest energy conservation measures in decades, part of an effort in Europe to save power as Russia cuts gas supplies....

NHS England could face £7bn budget shortfall next year, finance chief warns

Julian Kelly says potential sharp increase in funding gap due to Covid, bill for NHS staff pay rises and inflation in supply costsGP services, cancer care and mental health treatment may face cuts because of an NHS budget shortfall of up to £7bn next year, the health service’s finance chief has s...

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin must lose or he will invade other European countries, Zelenskiy says – as it happened

This live blog has now closed, you can read more on this story hereTwo people have been killed after an alleged Russian missile attack hit Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia in the early hours of Thursday morning. Regional governor, Oleksandr Starukh, said one woman was confirmed to have...

US reportedly believes Ukraine authorised Moscow car bomb

Russia welcomes report on killing of pro-Putin journalist Darya Dugina in August, as Kyiv denies involvementRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesThe Kremlin has welcomed a news report that US intelligence believes a bomb attack that killed a Russian commentator and journalist outside Moscow in Augus...

Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza accused of ‘high treason’

Opposition activist who has spoken out against war in Ukraine faces 20 years in prison if convictedRussia-Ukraine war – latest newsThe Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has been imprisoned in Moscow since April, is being investigated for “high treason”, as the authorities st...

Capping rents will hit social housing safety efforts in England, say landlords

G15 group of big housing associations warn 5% cap would also hinder green ambitions and new-buildsEfforts to make social housing safer, greener and more livable will be significantly delayed if ministers cap rent rises at 5% next year, according to landlords who fear the move would cost them £3.5bn...

‘The last thing we need is flare-ups’ over Northern Ireland, says US official

State department counsellor Derek Chollet calls for transatlantic unity and better UK-EU relationsThe last thing the west needs now is another flare-up over Northern Ireland, Derek Chollet, the US Department of State counsellor, has warned.Delivering a strong call for improved relations between the...

NSW government document changed to make impacts of raising Warragamba Dam wall ‘less definite’

Exclusive: review finds consultants were directed to make changes so impacts on biodiversity ‘would be indirect’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastA key government document outlining the impact of the $1.6b...

How would three-hour power cuts work if enacted in Great Britain?

Rota disconnection strategy is aimed at equally sharing out available power via planned local shutdownsPeople in England, Scotland and Wales are braced for the possibility of rolling power cuts this winter after a warning on Thursday from National Grid. The electricity and gas system operator has sa...

Brittney Griner’s wife says basketball star could be moved to Russian labor camp

Olympic champion serving nine-year sentence on drug chargeCherelle Griner says her wife is at ‘weakest moment in life’WNBA star Brittney Griner is at her “absolute weakest moment in life right now” as she faces a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentenc...

Brittney Griner’s Wife Says They’ve Had 2 Phone Calls Since Arrest

Cherelle Griner described the second conversation with her wife, the W.N.B.A. star detained in Russia since February, as “the most disturbing phone call I’d ever experienced.”...

Ukraine says it has retaken more villages in the east and south of the country.

‘I live under rugs’: people try to keep central heating off as UK bills soar

Five Britons discuss their attempts to keep warm and reduce costs after the energy price cap riseFollowing the energy price cap rise on 1 October, many consumers are holding off putting the central heating on in an attempt to cut back on costs.Five people in the UK discuss how rising bills are affec...

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 225 of the invasion

Missile strike on Zaporizhzhia residential buildings; Putin appears to admit severe losses in Ukraine; IAEA chief heads to KyivSee all our Ukraine coverage Continue reading...

Democrats seek revenge after Opec+ cuts oil production ahead of midterms – live

Three lawmakers come out with bill that essentially declares Saudi Arabia is no longer an ally of WashingtonSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailWhen it comes to the midterms, one of the most important races is taking place in Georgia, where Democratic senator Raphael Warnoc...