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UK lacks plan to defend itself from attack, warn MPs

Public should be told nature of threat posed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says defence committee chairThe UK lacks a plan to defend itself from a military attack, MPs have warned as the government promised to boost readiness with new arms factories.The challenges facing the government and d...

19/11/2025 08:15 The Guardian
Moscow passes laws to boost defences against Ukrainian strikes

Vladimir Putin authorises the guarding of fuel sites by reservists, internet blackouts and tighter sentencing for acts of sabotageRussia has passed sweeping laws to bolster its defences at home against Ukrainian drone strikes and sabotage operations, reflecting the Kremlin’s expectation of a protr...

19/11/2025 07:09 The Guardian
Ukrainians working for Russia were behind rail blasts, alleges Polish PM

Donald Tusk says two saboteurs crossed border from Belarus hoping to cause divisive ‘catastrophe’Polish authorities have identified two Ukrainian men, allegedly working for the Russian intelligence services, as the key suspects in two cases of rail sabotage, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tus...

18/11/2025 19:21 The Guardian
Sheinbaum again dismisses Trump’s threat of sending troops to Mexico: ‘We do not want intervention’

Mexico’s president responds to Trump’s latest warning that he could authorize strikes against drug cartels in countryMexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has again dismissed Donald Trump’s threat of military action against drug cartels inside her country, telling reporters: “It’s not g...

18/11/2025 17:46 The Guardian
House Democrats Press for Vote to Bar Military Action in Venezuela

The effort would invoke the War Powers Act, which expedites action on measures limiting the president’s war-making authority. It faces long odds in the G.O.P.-led House....

18/11/2025 16:14 New York Times
Trump has ‘blurred’ line between military and politics, ex-officers warn

Former leaders’ report cautions against politicizing armed forces as national guard deployments raise tensions in USWith months of escalation between US cities and the Trump administration amid the deployment of national guard troops, former military officials released a report on Monday about the...

17/11/2025 21:52 The Guardian
Far-right group with links to neo-Nazi leader offers online military training

Experts say Observations Group’s connections to the Base and Rinaldo Nazzaro present ‘urgent danger’In the underworld of accelerationist neo-Nazis, where talk of attacks against western governments are commonplace, the spread of illegal weapons manuals and tradecraft on drone warfare are proli...

17/11/2025 12:00 The Guardian
Australia is selling arms at a weapons fair in Dubai. Are they destined to be used in Sudan atrocities?

Australian companies have exported nearly $300m weapons over five years to the UAE, which has denied shipping weapons to a paramilitary group in SudanFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn a cavernous conference hall at the...

15/11/2025 19:00 The Guardian
China advises against travel to Japan amid escalating row over PM’s Taiwan comments

Sanae Takaichi says the use of force against Taiwan could warrant a military response from TokyoChina has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to Japan, escalating a diplomatic feud sparked by comments from Tokyo’s new prime minister about a hypothetical attack on Taiwan.Sanae Takaichi told Ja...

15/11/2025 03:46 The Guardian
Venezuela’s Maduro urges Trump to avoid Afghanistan-style ‘forever war’

Authoritarian leader calls for US to make peace amid military buildup and strikes against alleged drug smugglersExplainer: is US preparing to attack Venezuela?Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump not to lead the US into an Afghanistan-style “forever war”...

14/11/2025 12:35 The Guardian
Hegseth announces military operation to remove ‘narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere’– live

A massing of forces in the region have prompted widespread speculation that military action against Venezuela are imminentIs US preparing to attack Venezuela and how has Maduro regime responded?Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela riseTrump news at...

14/11/2025 02:53 The Guardian
Tenured professor sues University of Kentucky for banning him from law school over comments on Israel

Exclusive: Ramsi Woodcock, who calls for an ‘end’ to Israel and military intervention against it, says the university violated his first amendment rightsA tenured law professor sued the University of Kentucky on Thursday after he was banned from teaching and from the law school for comments he m...

13/11/2025 18:55 The Guardian
Ukraine’s Dilemma as Pokrovsk Teeters: Save Lives or Keep Holding On

Military analysts and some Ukrainian commanders worry that Kyiv may be repeating the mistake of staying in an embattled city longer than it should, aiming to inflict far more casualties than it suffers....

13/11/2025 17:27 New York Times
Stakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean

Expert says military action may be ‘imminent’ in Venezuela, while others suspect deployment is a negotiating tacticExplainer: Is US preparing to attack Venezuela and how has Maduro regime responded?When Donald Trump started sending warships, marines and reaper drones to the Caribbean in August t...

12/11/2025 15:38 The Guardian
Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city

Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutritionThere are grave fears for civilians who survived the capture of El Fasher by a Sudanese paramilitary group last month, as the UN warned relief operations were on the brink of collap...

12/11/2025 14:37 The Guardian
Australia's top spy accuses Chinese hackers of targeting critical infrastructure

Hackers working for the Chinese military and government have been probing Australia’s key infrastructure and telecoms network, warns spy chief....

12/11/2025 11:01 Skynews
World must ‘honour 1.5C’, small island states insist at Cop30 summit – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. You can read the full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil hereIn the run-up to Cop30, the Guardian published a series of articles looking at the ten biggest polluters of greenhouse gas, and their plans to clean up. Here’s a piece my colleague Jonathan Wat...

11/11/2025 21:01 The Guardian
Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise

USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989The US navy has announced that the USS Gerald R Ford, regarded as the world’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, has entered the area of responsibility of the US Southern Comman...

11/11/2025 17:47 The Guardian
As the Russia War Continues, Ukraine Faces a Major Draft Evasion Problem

Ukraine faces a major draft-evasion problem, but no place is quite like Vylkove, a Danube River town where men of draft age have all but vanished, many of them trying to avoid military service....

10/11/2025 15:38 New York Times
Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones

Incursions halted flights at Brussels and Liège airports last week with Russia said to be the most likely culpritBritain is deploying Royal Air Force specialists to help Belgium counter drone threats to the country’s airports after disruptive sightings last week that some politicians blamed on Ru...

09/11/2025 12:31 The Guardian
US and China seek to project power with huge and expensive aircraft carriers

China launches £5.4bn ship capable of carrying 60 aircraft that Beijing values as much for maintaining its global influence as for its use in warfare In port, the 80,000-tonne Fujian aircraft carrier would be impossible to miss. More than 300 metres long and capable of carrying about 60 aircraft, t...

08/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Putin's right-hand man made him look weak - it may have cost him his seat at Kremlin's top table

In Soviet times, Western observers would scrutinise video footage of state occasions, like military parades on Red Square, to try to learn more about Kremlin hierarchy....

07/11/2025 18:09 Skynews
Senate blocks Democrats’ bid to check Trump power over Venezuela strikes

Resolution fails 49-51 with only two Republican senators voting in favor as president increases military buildupThe US Senate on Thursday blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have forced Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to launch strikes in Venezuela, allowing the preside...

07/11/2025 00:10 The Guardian
Israel carries out wave of airstrikes on southern Lebanon

Three towns attacked despite truce with Hezbollah in what Israeli military says was effort to prevent group rearmingThe Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon in what it described as an attempt to prevent Hezbollah rearming.Israeli warplanes struck the towns of Kfa...

06/11/2025 19:19 The Guardian
Sudanese militia group accused of war crimes agrees to a ceasefire

International mediators broker three-month halt to civil war as further evidence emerges of mass civilian killingsA Sudanese paramilitary group accused of killing thousands of unarmed civilians in an ethnically motivated massacre has agreed to a truce.The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is facing...

06/11/2025 18:38 The Guardian
Belgium to strengthen air security centre and consider anti-drone measures in response to airspace disruptions – Europe live

Security services believe state actor, ‘probably Russia’, to be behind drone flights at military bases and airportsEU’s digital spokesperson Thomas Regnier said the European Commission “takes note of the decision taken in France” regarding the Chinese online retailer Shein (10:42), noting...

06/11/2025 14:50 The Guardian
Belgium to hold security meeting after drone sightings at airports and military bases

Source says Russia ‘very probably’ responsible amid surge in incursions into European airspace since mid-SeptemberBelgium’s national security council will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday after drone sightings at airports caused chaos for travellers and raised security concerns.Arrivals a...

06/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian
British military announces first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles – eight years late

First 50 vehicles, costing nearly £10m each, finally ready to deploy to Nato’s eastern flank, where drones now dominateBritain’s military has announced the first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles, eight years behind schedule and amid questions about their relevance as cheap drones dominate the...

06/11/2025 00:01 The Guardian
How Venezuela’s Military Might Respond to U.S. Attacks

Venezuela has an arsenal of Russian weapons and armed civilian cells that could mount a guerrilla war. But a coup against President Nicolás Maduro? Don’t count on it....

05/11/2025 19:03 New York Times
Russian forces appear to tighten grip on strategic city of Pokrovsk

Military analysts say situation in Pokrovsk has deteriorated, while Kremlin says it plans to explore resumption of nuclear testingMoscow’s forces appear to be tightening their grip on Pokrovsk, with street fighting raging across the ruined city in eastern Ukraine, as the Kremlin announced plans to...

05/11/2025 16:28 The Guardian
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