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Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks darken Odesa, Kupiansk hit by deadly bombing

Ukrainian drone strike 700km across border takes Russian refinery out of service; EU prepares to step up military aid. What we know on 1,093 Continue reading...

20/02/2025 01:11 The Guardian
Knife crime strategy needs to focus on stopping supply as well as possession, says policing minister – UK politics live

Diana Johnson defends Labour’s knife crime plan amid crisis in prison capacity in England and WalesPolicing minister Diane Johnson said this morning that the UK would “play our part” on security guarantees for Ukraine.Refraining from directly criticising US president Donald Trump, who claimed...

19/02/2025 10:19 The Guardian
PM does not rule out vote on Ukraine peacekeeping role for UK troops

Spokesperson says Keir Starmer’s previously stated view that military action needs consent of MPs has not changedKeir Starmer has not ruled out holding a parliamentary vote on committing UK troops to a peacekeeping role in Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, after calls from some within Labour an...

17/02/2025 20:28 The Guardian
'We've seen heads cut off bodies': Final battles for liberation of Sudan's capital proving to be most brutal

From the crowded northwestern market spilling over with returnees, vendors and soldiers, to the barren stalls of central Omdurman still devastated by brutal battles, people here are praying for news of a military victory after almost two years of war....

17/02/2025 14:54 Skynews
Rare George Washington letter from key point in revolutionary war goes on sale

First US president drew hope from citizens’ response to devastating British attack in handwritten letterA letter written by George Washington, providing rare understanding of his confidence in regular Americans to fight and win the revolutionary war, has been put up for sale on Presidents Day.The...

17/02/2025 11:00 The Guardian
Ukraine recaptures frontline village amid signs of slowing Russian advance

Pischane in Donetsk back under Kyiv’s control as Zelenskyy renews call for fighting to end ‘with just and lasting peace’Ukrainian forces have recaptured a village on the frontline in the country’s east, amid signs Russia’s advance may be slowing down and as Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed his...

16/02/2025 17:25 The Guardian
Zelenskyy says Russia will ‘wage war on Nato’ if US support for Ukraine wanes

Ukrainian president tells NBC’s Meet the Press that Putin’s next targets may be Poland and LithuaniaVolodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday predicted Russia would “wage war against Nato” if the US stepped back from its support of Ukraine – and that he had seen intelligence suggesting that the Russia...

16/02/2025 15:04 The Guardian
Nothing quite makes the point about military irrelevance than being left out of the room

Not invited to American talks with Russia on the future of Ukraine, European leaders are holding a hastily convened meeting of their own on Monday....

16/02/2025 13:39 Skynews
JD Vance takes centre stage - but fears of wider European war persist

With tripods and light-stands bashing the legs of world leaders, or at the very least their staff, TV crews squeeze up and down staircases overloaded with suits and military braids at an annual security conference in Munich....

15/02/2025 00:21 Skynews
Russian ships carrying military hardware filmed in English Channel

New video captured by the Sky News helicopter shows Russian ships carrying military equipment through the English Channel. ...

14/02/2025 20:53 Skynews
US deports 119 immigrants of varying nationalities to Panama

People from Afghanistan, Iran, China and other countries flown out as Trump’s deportation effort intensifiesUS politics – live updatesThe US has sent undocumented immigrants from several Asian countries whose governments have refused to accept them to Panama, in a move signalling an intensificat...

14/02/2025 16:09 The Guardian
Trump’s Gaza plan unites jihadist and far-right circles, experts warn

Trump’s threat to take over Gaza is galvanizing two of the most dangerous and organized extremist movementsAs Donald Trump continues to threaten to take control over the Gaza Strip, an unlikely consensus has emerged across hardcore jihadist and far-right circles: both strongly oppose any new US mi...

14/02/2025 12:00 The Guardian
Vance Mentions Sanctions, Military Action to Push Russia to End Ukraine War

Vice President JD Vance told The Wall Street Journal that it was too early to talk about specific territorial or security arrangements....

14/02/2025 05:32 New York Times
The heartlessness of the deal: how Trump’s ‘America first’ stance sold out Ukraine

The US president does not care who controls east Ukraine, so long as he can access the rare earth minerals underneathEurope live: latest news updates from the Munich security conferenceIn Donald Trump’s world, everything has its price.There is no place for sentiment in his politics. Common values...

13/02/2025 22:28 The Guardian
Sudan says plan for first Russian naval base in Africa will go ahead

Two countries’ foreign ministers meet in Moscow and agree there are no obstacles to long-delayed plan A plan for Russia to establish its first naval base in Africa will go ahead, Sudan’s foreign minister has confirmed, after years of delays over the Red Sea military port.If the agreement is impl...

13/02/2025 14:49 The Guardian
Some Migrants Sent by Trump to Guantánamo Are Being Held by Military Guards

The Times has obtained a list of 53 Venezuelan men the Trump administration has put in a wartime prison built to hold Al Qaeda suspects....

13/02/2025 02:44 New York Times
US no longer ‘primarily focused’ on Europe’s security, says Pete Hegseth

US defence secretary says Europe should lead in defending Ukraine and that restoring pre-2014 borders is unrealisticDonald Trump’s newly appointed defence secretary told allies on his first international trip that the US was no longer “primarily focused” on European security and that Europe wo...

12/02/2025 15:00 The Guardian
US defence secretary signals dramatic shift in American military policy away from Europe

US troops will not be used to secure the peace in Ukraine following any ceasefire deal with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump's new defence secretary has declared, as he signalled a dramatic shift in American foreign and defence policy away from Europe....

12/02/2025 11:41 Skynews
Tuesday briefing: Will Labour’s own ‘go home’ moment work – or lead to more desperate measures?

In today’s newsletter: As the Home Office trails a tough new stance against illegal immigration, Daniel Trilling explains what an alternative approach might look likeGood morning. Last night, the Home Office published footage of a group of men being escorted from a bus onto a deportation flight. W...

11/02/2025 06:51 The Guardian
First Thing: Trump to announce 25% aluminum and steel tariffs as China’s levies kick in

US allies criticize Trump’s plans as harmful for all parties. Plus, the Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ curseGood morning.Donald Trump has said he will announce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the US on Monday that would affect “everybody”, including its largest trading partner...

10/02/2025 11:02 The Guardian
Israeli military withdraws from Netzarim corridor in Gaza

Israel says it will not agree to full withdrawal until Hamas’s military and political capabilities have been eliminatedMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli forces have withdrawn from the strategic corridor that divides northern and southern Gaza, as part of a ceasefire plan that has brought...

09/02/2025 17:01 The Guardian
Middle East crisis live: Israel sends negotiators back to Qatar for next stage of ceasefire talks

Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his vow to eliminate Hamas and free remaining hostages; five Thai hostages released a week ago finally arrive homeSee all our Middle East coverageThe Israeli military has completed the withdrawal from the Netzarim Corridor, that bisects the northern and southern halves of...

09/02/2025 09:39 The Guardian
Sudanese army says it is close to retaking Khartoum from paramilitaries

Army making rapid advances across the country and closing in on RSF-held Republican Palace in capitalSudan’s brutal civil war appears to be approaching a decisive phase as the country’s military reported sweeping gains in the symbolic battle for the capital.As a ruinous conflict, often character...

07/02/2025 14:44 The Guardian
Russian oil under attack as Ukraine targets fuel used by Putin's military

Ukraine has ramped up long-range drone strikes into Russia, targeting oil facilities that fuel warplanes, ships and military vehicles as well as oil refineries that help power the economy....

07/02/2025 09:59 Skynews
Trump doubles down on Gaza takeover proposal despite bipartisan opposition

President says territory would be ‘turned over’ to US by Israel as it emerges idea was not discussed with aidesDonald Trump has restated his proposal to take over Gaza amid widespread opposition – even from his own supporters – saying the territory would be “turned over” to the US by Isr...

06/02/2025 16:39 The Guardian
Donald Trump’s toxic remarks on Gaza reveal lack of joined-up thinking

US president has already caused trouble abroad and at home with incoherent ideas about Middle East politicsMiddle East crisis – the latest updatesThe suggestion by the US president, Donald Trump, that Gaza’s Palestinian population could be “cleaned out” and moved to Egypt and Jordan, repeate...

05/02/2025 10:55 The Guardian
Foundations laid for tribunal to try Putin for Ukraine invasion, EU says

Tribunal’s creation was first proposed days after the full-scale invasion, but lawyers have struggled to find the right courtroom for nearly three yearsInternational lawyers have “laid the foundations” for a special tribunal to try Russia for the crime of aggression, the EU has said, hailing a...

04/02/2025 22:45 The Guardian
Talks on second phase of Gaza ceasefire deal have started, says Hamas – Israel-Gaza war live

Hamas says it is ready to discuss details of second phase of ceasefire and hostage releases; Trump sees Gaza as ‘demolition site’, says US official The second Israeli soldier killed in the attack at a military checkpoint in the West Bank earlier today has been named as 43-year-old reservist Avra...

04/02/2025 19:41 The Guardian
Ukraine open to exchanging minerals for US military aid, says Zelenskyy

Germany’s Olaf Scholz criticises Trump’s transactional foreign policy as ‘very selfish, very self-centred’Ukraine is open to “investment” from allies as long as they help it fight Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, after Donald Trump demanded Kyiv supply the US with rare earth r...

04/02/2025 17:57 The Guardian
Briton, 18, killed by Russian drone minutes into first mission in Ukraine – report

James Wilton, from Huddersfield, had no military experience before volunteering to fight against RussiaAn 18-year-old British man was killed in a Russian drone strike, just minutes into his first mission after volunteering to fight in Ukraine.James Wilton, from Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, was 1...

03/02/2025 14:28 The Guardian
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