US secretary of state Antony Blinken and defence secretary Lloyd Austin visit Kyiv as Russian invasion enters third month; large fire breaks out at Russian oil depot 100km north of Ukraine border Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 61 of the invasion Ukrainian cities take heavy shelling as top […]
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Emmanuel Macron has beaten Marine Le Pen in the presidential runoff and will serve another term as president of France. Macron won 58.6% of the vote, while Le Pen, who improved her 2017 performance, fell short at 41.5%. Find out how the race unfolded department by department. Live coverage and […]
Far-right leader hails ‘victory in itself’ and vows to fight on after winning more than 40% of the vote It was third time unlucky for Marine Le Pen, who failed to convince French voters to elect her president on Sunday. She detoxified her far-right National Rally party and threw out […]
Macron faces a second term at least as challenging as his first, if not more so Assured of another five years in the Élysée after beating his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen, on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron faces a second term at least as challenging as his first, if not more […]
President acknowledges divisions after historic 12 million votes for Le Pen’s anti-immigration party The pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron has vowed to unite a divided France after winning a second term as French president in a decisive victory against the far-right’s Marine Le Pen, who nonetheless won more than 12 million […]
The inevitable end to the brutal siege shows Russia’s logistical strengths – but also why invasion is ultimately so futile Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The city of Mariupol is now effectively in Russian hands. Although some Ukrainian troops continue to hold out at the Azovstal steelworks, the Russians have felt […]
Exclusive The Ukrainian president’s adviser, Oleg Ustenko, tells of his fury at how Europe’s refusal to act is piling more misery on Ukraine • Russia-Ukraine war: latest developments Before Russia’s tanks, daubed with their infamous Z, rolled into Ukraine, Oleg Ustenko’s advice to president Volodymyr Zelenskiy had focused on pension […]
President tells press conference he will meet with US secretary of state and defence secretary on Sunday Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Ukraine will ask the US for more heavy weapons to defeat Russia, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, before what he said was a “very significant” visit to Kyiv by […]
Ukraine’s ministry of defence says its forces carried out an attack on a Russian command near Kherson Women and children beg for help in video from Mariupol steel factory Pro-war memes and Z symbols: Russian influencers at war Ukrainian soldiers discuss life on the southern front The artists of Ukraine […]
‘We can’t wait for successor to emerge,’ they claim, as Partygate revelations have become ‘too damaging’ Plans to ditch Boris Johnson as Tory leader and prime minister “sooner rather than later”, without waiting for a clear and obvious successor to emerge, are being advanced by a growing number of senior […]