Analysis: By demanding extradition of alleged PKK members, Turkish president could have one eye on elections After initial hesitation about the seriousness of Turkey’s objections, its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has doubled down on his threat to veto Finland’s and Sweden’s applications for membership of Nato, saying there is no […]
Poorest predicted to be hit hardest by obesity crisis as government accused of ‘kicking the can down the road’ More than 42 million adults in the UK will be overweight or obese by 2040 and at higher risk of 13 types of cancer, an “alarming” report reveals, as health leaders […]
Fate of soldiers leaving Azovstal steel site unclear and numbers not confirmed by Ukraine Ukraine-Russia war – latest updates More than 900 Ukrainian troops who were at Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal steel plant have been sent to a prison colony on Russian-controlled territory, Moscow has said, as their fate remains uncertain. […]
Ukraine says there will be prisoner swap but some Russian officials have said forces could be tried or executed Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The fate of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who have ended weeks of resistance at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol remains unclear, after the fighters surrendered and were […]
Analysis: western military planners believe Russian president is operating at ‘level of a colonel or brigadier’ amid push into Donbas Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates It is Vladimir Putin’s war – or least that’s how the west characterises it. Not only was the decision to invade Ukraine made by the Russian […]
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Surrounded and bombarded by Russian troops, the ‘apocalyptic’ siege that defined the brutality of Putin’s war appears over Cut off from the world and low on food and ammunition, many of the hundreds of defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mauripol were wounded, some missing limbs. Their capitulation had […]
MP arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct Boris Johnson’s party has been engulfed in fresh scandal as it emerged a Conservative MP had been arrested on Monday on suspicion of serious sexual offences, including rape. The unnamed man’s arrest on […]
The battle for Ukraine’s second city is near its end, but suburbs are still under attack as Putin’s forces make a fighting withdrawal Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Standing atop the damaged roof of his house on the main road north from Kharkiv going to villages occupied by Russian forces until […]
Fighters evacuated from steelworks in Mariupol; Ukrainian troops push back Russian forces from Kharkiv as far as Russian border The evacuation of wounded Ukrainian troops from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol is under way, Volodomyr Zelenskiy confirmed, with more than 260 fighters transported out of the plant. The troops have […]