Community leaders say some military veterans have already decided to return home in response to Russian incursion Ukraine crisis: live updates A small but growing number of Ukrainians living in Britain are making plans to go back to their homeland to fight the Russian army if its invasion of the […]
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Change will see many paying for their degree until retirement in what has been called a ‘lifelong graduate tax’ Students in England will have to pay back university loans over 40 years instead of 30 under swingeing reforms designed to save the Treasury tens of billions of pounds. The number […]
Biden denounces Putin’s recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as ‘so-called countries’ and unveils new sanctions Ukraine crisis – live updates Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will support the territorial claims of its proxy states in east Ukraine, dramatically increasing the likelihood of a larger war in the near future in […]
US and UK curbs on Russian banks and oligarchs are welcomed by Ukraine as strong ‘first move’; Zelenskiy rules out a general mobilisation Ukraine’s president calls up reservists as Russian moves troops in Why holding back could be part of Biden’s strategy Likelihood of war escalates as Putin vows to […]
The president has threatened tougher steps for further provocation, preserving the potency of sanctions as a deterrent Numerologists will be fascinated that Joe Biden began his Ukraine speech on Tuesday at 2.22pm on 22.2.22. The US president, however, was more concerned with his own calculation of the economic and political […]
Putin has sent soldiers on a ‘peacekeeping mission’ but is likely to threaten Ukraine with a broader war Ukraine crisis – live updates UK politics – live updates The Russian president has recognised the independence of two Russian-controlled territories in east Ukraine. They call themselves the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s […]
Alison Thewliss said plan for APPG sponsored by alcohol firms shows need for transparency An MP rejected an approach from a lobbyist group who told her it planned to set up an all party parliamentary group for the night-time economy, which was to be sponsored by alcohol firms. Alison Thewliss […]
Russian president has recognised Luhansk and Donetsk regions as independent states: Zelenskiy says ‘we are not afraid’. Follow the latest updates Putin orders troops into Donetsk and Luhansk on ‘peacekeeping duties’ Western governments dismayed by Putin’s sending of forces into Ukraine What would Russian recognition of breakaway Ukraine regions mean? […]
Boris Johnson announces plans after Vladimir Putin backs independence for breakaway states and sends troops into Ukrainian territory Ukraine-Russia crisis latest news – live updates Boris Johnson will chair a meeting of the UK’s emergency Cobra committee on Tuesday morning to sign off a package of sanctions against Russia after […]
Bellingcat founder Elliot Higgins says Russia’s propaganda films have got worse but that Russian viewers, especially the older generation, tend to believe fake TV footage Ukraine-Russia crisis latest news – live updates The video shows a ghostly scene. A night-time battle is taking place in a forest. There are flashes […]