Drone attack at Snake Island results in apparent destruction of landing craft as counter-offensive in north gathers pace Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The Ukrainian port city of Odesa was hit by renewed Russian missile strikes on Saturday, as military authorities in Kyiv claimed one of their drones had sunk a […]
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Equipment will include anti-battery radar systems, plus GPS jamming and night-vision devices An extra £1.3bn in military support is to be handed to Ukraine by the UK, in a significant increase in support for the country as it continues to resist Russia’s illegal invasion. In a package that marks the […]
After repeated military setbacks, the Russian president will have to repackage the conflict to keep his people on-side On the brink of its May 9 Victory Day celebrations, Russia looks very far from triumph in its war in Ukraine. And all of its options going forward are fraught with danger. […]
Drunks, thieves, spies and hedgehogs are all in a night’s work for the men backing up city’s overstretched police force ● Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The call came around midnight. There was a suspicious man poking around a rundown complex of garages and workshops, police had heard a gunshot and […]
Leader Mary Lou McDonald raises issue of unification as nationalists become biggest party in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland has slipped into political crisis after Sinn Féin’s triumph in the assembly election triggered calls for a referendum on a united Ireland and the Democratic Unionist party vowed to block the formation […]
Scale of Tory backlash tempered by mixed picture for Labour, while Lib Dems and Greens perform well Local elections: live coverage Full election results as they come in Boris Johnson’s leadership is facing fresh peril after senior Conservatives blamed him for losing swaths of the party’s southern heartlands to the […]
Michelle O’Neill likely to be first minister after party tops first-preference votes with 29% Northern Ireland election 2022: live results Sinn Féin is on course to be the biggest party at Stormont after a symbolic breakthrough for Irish nationalism in Northern Ireland’s assembly election. The party topped the first-preference vote […]
Party wins control of Cumberland and Rossendale councils but fails to make breakthrough on scale it hoped for Local elections: live coverage Full election results as they come in Labour activists still shudder at the thought of recent campaigns in many “red wall” areas. In Hartlepool, one recalled seeing canvassers […]
Boris Johnson’s Conservatives may face electoral drubbing amid Partygate and cost of living crisis. Follow latest news and reaction as counting begins Conservatives brace for losses as votes counted in local elections One of the trickiest contests for Labour is in Sunderland, where it risks losing control of the council […]
An estimated timetable for Thursday night and Friday, and how the numbers stack up in close races Polls will close at 10pm in Thursday’s local elections, in which the Conservatives expect to face a drubbing from voters over the rising cost of living and Partygate. Here are some of the […]