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Pakistan and India on high alert amid airport shutdowns and security drills in major cities

Tensions mount as Pakistani PM vows retaliation for military strikes by India that killed dozens across the countryTensions are high across India and Pakistan, with airports shut down and security drills under way in major border cities, after warnings by Pakistan that it intended to retaliate for W...

08/05/2025 07:07 The Guardian
The witnesses: second world war survivors from across Europe share their stories

On the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe, survivors, including veterans from both sides, remember what happenedEighty years ago today, on 8 May 1945, the second world war in Europe came to an end with the unconditional surrender of Germany’s armed forces. The number of...

08/05/2025 04:00 The Guardian
Vance says Russia asking ‘too much’ in ceasefire talks with Ukraine

Trump says ‘it’s possible that’s right’ about the vice-president’s remarks amid frustrations with RussiaJD Vance has said that Russia is asking for “too much” in its negotiations with Ukraine in the latest sign of growing frustration from Washington with ceasefire talks to end the war...

07/05/2025 20:28 The Guardian
India’s Pakistan strikes show how warfare has been normalised again

All-out war is unlikely but shifting of goalposts amid Gaza and Ukraine conflicts suggests Kashmir crisis could escalateKashmir crisis live – latest updatesIndia’s string of attacks on Pakistan overnight – a response, Delhi says, to the killing of 26 in a terror attack in Kashmir last month ...

07/05/2025 17:49 The Guardian
Xi Jinping begins four-day Russia visit after Ukrainian drones attack Moscow

Chinese leader is scheduled to attend Victory Day parade and hold talks with Vladimir PutinXi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for the start of a four-day visit during which he will attend Russia’s military parade commemorating the anniversary of the end of the second world war, known in Rus...

07/05/2025 16:20 The Guardian
Pakistan PM authorises ‘corresponding action’ after India strikes kill 26 | First Thing

UN calls for maximum restraint from two nuclear powers. Plus, Israeli minister accused of ethnic cleansing for vowing ‘Gaza will be entirely destroyed’Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.At least 26 people, including several children, have been killed and 46 i...

07/05/2025 11:07 The Guardian
Wednesday briefing: Pakistan vows response to ‘act of war’ after India’s cross-border strikes

What you need to know about Indian strikes in response to terrorist attack in Kashmir last monthGood morning. Shortly after midnight local time, India said it had conducted strikes on nine sites in Pakistan, reportedly killing at least 26 people, in response to a recent militant attack on tourists i...

07/05/2025 06:06 The Guardian
Sudan to cut ties with United Arab Emirates over alleged RSF support

UAE insists it does not provide arms to paramilitary group as Sudanese ambassador recalledSudan’s security and defence council has declared that it will break diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates over its alleged backing of the paramilitary Sudanese Rapid Support Forces.During a tele...

06/05/2025 20:02 The Guardian
Hegseth order to cancel weapons to Ukraine 'caught White House off guard'

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth cancelled military aid to Ukraine without a direct order from Donald Trump about a week after he was sworn in as president, according to a report....

06/05/2025 19:27 Skynews
Ukrainian drones target Moscow for second night as foreign leaders arrive

Russia says its defences shot down two drones en route to capital, where preparations are under way for Victory Day paradeUkrainian drones targeted Moscow on Tuesday as the first foreign leaders landed in the capital ahead of a major military parade marking the end of the second world war.Sergei Sob...

06/05/2025 16:39 The Guardian
Pentagon stopped Ukraine military aid shipments in February without Trump’s approval

Order to cancel 11 military aid flights – which were quickly reinstated – originated in defense head Pete Hegseth’s officeUS politics live – latest updatesRoughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the US military issued an order to three freight airlines operati...

06/05/2025 16:29 The Guardian
Sudan's paramilitary launches drone attacks on wartime capital

Sudan's paramilitary has launched drone strikes on targets including the airport, the port and a hotel in the country's wartime capital....

06/05/2025 15:47 Skynews
Hamas says no sense in truce talks after Israel’s new Gaza plan, senior official says – Israel-Gaza war live

Benjamin Netanyahu announced new ‘intensified’ offensive aimed at ‘conquering’ Gaza StripChina’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said Beijing is “highly concerned about the current Palestine-Israel situation”.“We oppose Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza, and hopes...

06/05/2025 10:38 The Guardian
Hamas says it will not engage with Israel again until ‘hunger war’ in Gaza ends

‘No sense’ in considering new truce proposals, says group, hours after Israel agrees plan for ‘conquest’ of territoryMiddle East crisis – live updatesHamas has said it is no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel’s “hunger war...

06/05/2025 09:08 The Guardian
Xi Can’t Trust His Own Military

An unending purge in China’s top military ranks raises serious questions over the country’s readiness for offensive war....

06/05/2025 06:07 New York Times
Tuesday briefing: The levers Labour might pull to counter a growing threat from Reform

In today’s newsletter: Can a partial U-turn on the winter fuel allowance help the party set a new agenda – and keep support for Nigel Farage at bay?Good morning. After Reform UK’s resounding success in last week’s local elections, Keir Starmer has faced relentless questions over how Labour w...

06/05/2025 06:05 The Guardian
‘You feel the huge weight of history’: the room where Nazi Germany surrendered

Military armistice ending second world war was signed in this nondescript Reims schoolhouse before VE DayFor a building that witnessed one of the pivotal moments of European history, it is oddly unremarkable: a nondescript red-brick schoolhouse on an unexceptional street on the wrong side of the rai...

06/05/2025 04:00 The Guardian
Romania’s pro-EU prime minister resigns as Trump ally eyes presidency

Marcel Ciolacu quits after coalition candidate fails to make it to run-off against nationalist George SimionRomania’s pro-EU prime minister, Marcel Ciolacu, has announced his resignation after his governing coalition’s candidate came third in the first round of a presidential election decisively...

05/05/2025 16:57 The Guardian
Announcement of Israel’s Gaza occupation plan is carefully timed

By going public now Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to squeeze Hamas for concessions and please the far rightIsrael to expand military operations in Gaza to establish ‘sustained presence’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe announcement of Israel’s plan to launch imminently a new, expanded offensiv...

05/05/2025 16:47 The Guardian
UK marks VE Day 80th anniversary with large crowds and military pomp

Royal family and war veterans watch 1,300-strong military procession in London while street parties held around UKVE Day 80th anniversary ceremony – live updatesAs Big Ben chimed at noon and with the Cenotaph, the symbol of sacrifice, draped in the union flag for the first time since its unveiling...

05/05/2025 15:48 The Guardian
Sudan fails in attempt to make UAE accountable for acts of genocide

Largely expected decision by international court of justice marks second diplomatic victory for Gulf stateAn attempt by Sudan’s government to make the United Arab Emirates legally accountable for acts of genocide in West Darfur has been rejected by the international court of justice after the judg...

05/05/2025 15:29 The Guardian
Dossier of alleged Sudan war crimes handed to Metropolitan police

Lawyers say evidence file outlines atrocities including torture and rape carried out by the Rapid Support Forces in the country’s brutal civil conflictScotland Yard has received a dossier of evidence documenting myriad alleged war crimes committed by a paramilitary group during the conflict in Sud...

05/05/2025 07:00 The Guardian
Far-right Trump ally secures decisive win in first round of Romania’s presidential election rerun

George Simion will face centrist Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan in runoff voteAn ultranationalist who opposes military aid to Ukraine, has vilified the EU’s leaders, and calls himself Donald Trump’s “natural ally” has won the first round of Romania’s rerun presidential vote and will face a c...

05/05/2025 02:05 The Guardian
Starmer praises ‘selfless dedication’ of armed forces before VE Day anniversary

PM writes of ‘debt that can never be fully repaid’ in letter marking 80 years since end of second world war in EuropeKeir Starmer has praised the “selfless dedication” of those who have served in the military before the anniversary of VE Day as the government unveiled a new £50m support sys...

04/05/2025 22:13 The Guardian
Romanians vote in election that could propel ultranationalist Trump ally to power

George Simion, 38, comfortably ahead in polls as first round of voting begins in presidential electionRomanians are voting in a presidential election rerun that could propel to power an ultranationalist who opposes military aid to Ukraine, has fiercely criticised the EU’s leadership and describes...

04/05/2025 04:00 The Guardian
Message From the Russian Military: ‘We Lost Your Son’

Russia lacks any formal, organized effort to account for legions of missing soldiers. That often leaves relatives in limbo, fending for themselves with scant government information....

03/05/2025 10:27 New York Times
Ukraine troops to join British forces for VE Day procession

Ukrainian troops will be taking part in the UK's military procession to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in London on Monday....

03/05/2025 00:01 Skynews
Israel says airstrikes in Syria are ‘message’ to protect Druze minority

Syria says at least one civilian killed in latest strikes, while most Druze leaders rebuff Israeli protectionIsraeli warplanes have carried out a series of airstrikes outside Damascus and across Syria, after warnings from Israeli officials that the country would intervene to protect the Syria’s mi...

02/05/2025 22:33 The Guardian
Paramilitary Fighters Massacre More Than 100 Civilians, Doctors’ Group Says

The Sudan Doctors Network said that the Rapid Support Forces had killed at least 21 children on Thursday, the latest violent spasm in Sudan’s civil war....

02/05/2025 19:33 New York Times
Trump administration readies first sale of military equipment to Ukraine

State department certifies licence for ‘$50m or more’ in defence hardware and services after minerals deal signedThe Trump administration will approve its first sale of military equipment to Ukraine since Donald Trump took office, in an indication that the minerals deal signed by the two countri...

01/05/2025 17:47 The Guardian
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