Scores rescued from theatre in Mariupol as Biden plans to warn Chinese president against providing military support for Russia Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Continue reading…
Channel One worker Marina Ovsyannikova says she has ‘broken the life of our family with this gesture’ but does not want to leave Russia Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates A Russian editor who protested against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine during a state TV news broadcast says she is quitting her […]
Bernard Jenkin tells committee he ‘can’t believe’ Boris Johnson nominated the son of a KGB officer for a peerage A senior Conservative MP has raised concerns about the lack of checks on wealthy Russians donating money to the party, and expressed disbelief at Boris Johnson nominating the son of a […]
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to speak for first time since war began; UK military intelligence says logistics and counterattacks hampering Russian advance Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 23 of the invasion Six countries including UK accuse Russia of war crimes Survivors leaving basement of Mariupol theatre, say […]
British foreign secretary says there is ‘very strong evidence’, and France says Putin is only pretending to negotiate Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Russia has been accused by the UK, the US, France, Albania, Ireland and Norway of war crimes in Ukraine, as Paris claimed Vladimir Putin was only pretending to […]
Plane carrying mother-of-one and fellow British-Iranian detainee Anoosheh Ashoori lands at RAF Brize Norton Debt, sanctions and a cold tent: how the hostages were freed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has touched down on British soil for the first time since she was detained in Iran six years ago. Wearing a blue dress […]
Russian forces ‘purposefully and cynically destroyed’ theatre, say local officials; Nato countries stand firm on decision not to impose no-fly zone over Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 22 of the invasion Zelenskiy invokes Pearl Harbor and 9/11 in plea for US help Biden calls Putin a war […]
Release of Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori mixed serpentine statecraft, brutal realpolitik and occasional stubborn idealism ‘A long time coming’: Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori’s families joyful at release The long, necessarily cloak-and-dagger struggle to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori is a story that started in New York and – […]
News that Zaghari-Ratcliffe is finally on her way home to her family in the UK after six years in prison in Iran fills the front pages with joy The beaming smile of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe features on the front pages of the national papers on Thursday after she was freed following […]
The charity worker and fellow detainee Anoosheh Ashoori were treated cruelly by Iran. But the UK is far from blameless She’s free! In a world overwhelmed by woeful tidings, the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after six years of hell in Tehran provides a rare moment of joy. Yet when the […]