The D-Day commemorations in Normandy took place against a sombre backdrop. Ukraine’s war for national survival has been raging for over two years, and the Middle East is on fire. While the Second World War is in our thoughts this week, we should soon be turning our thoughts on World War Three. The UK’s strategic...
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Putin threatens deployment of missiles to strike the West
‘Russia doesn’t have imperial ambitions – it’s bol—cks’ In the press conference with the heads of major Western news agencies Putin denied that he had “imperial ambitions” to expand Russia’s borders. ”They’ve come up with this idea that Russia wants to attack Nato,” he said, banging his fist on the table. “Have you lost your...
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Ex-Russian soldier accused of planning France terror attack
According to Ministry of Defence figures, France has supplied more than £2 billion-worth of military hardware to Ukraine, including anti-tank and missile systems. The suspect, who is facing a range of terrorism-related charges, was born in the war-torn Donbas region of Ukraine, and is a Russian speaker. Despite his injuries, he is cooperating with agents...
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Trump ally Nigel Farage gets doused with milkshake by UK OnlyFans model
Her milkshake brings Farage to the yard. A British OnlyFans model threw a milkshake at Trump ally Nigel Farage, the new leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, after his first public speech promoting his bid for parliament. Farage, who is now running to represent the seaside town of Clacton, was addressing local voters on Tuesday...
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Britain to send 1,000 first-person view drones to Ukraine
Britain is pushing to deliver 1,000 first-person view drones to Ukraine as part of an international coalition in support of Kyiv. According to a tender notice posted on the Government’s website, industry providers have been invited to submit bids to provide drones and equipment that can be fitted with armour-destroying munitions. The appeal, worth £300,000,...
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Gibraltar will retaliate if Spain imposes full border checks
“People in Gibraltar need to understand that the alternative to a treaty is potentially the full application of the Schengen border code with all of the massive difficulties that that would entail, and for us to do it reciprocally,” Mr Picardo said. “In other words, if the Schengen border code is applied to Gibraltar and...
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China says MI6 recruited state workers to spy for UK
China on Monday accused Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) of recruiting a couple who worked for the central government to spy for the UK, adding to months of mutual espionage allegations between Beijing and Western powers. The Ministry of State Security said in a post on its official WeChat that MI6 operatives convinced a man...
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British-Iranian jailed for meeting country’s former Queen
A British-Iranian woman has been held in solitary confinement in Iran for more than 200 days on charges of meeting with the former Queen of the country, according to her family. Nasrin Rooshan was detained in Iran in relation to her meeting with Farah Pahlavi, wife of the exiled former Shah, and also for taking...
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Army’s ‘embarrassingly’ small tank fleet would last two weeks in war with Russia
Sir Richard, who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said in 1997 Britain could field a war-fighting division of 20,000 well-equipped troops. But he said that a decade of cuts had left the Army “decimated”, which now required “real emergency treatment” . ‘Ammunition in short supply’ Speaking on the BBC’s Today programme, he said;...
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Ukraine-Russia war live: US tells Ukraine it can’t use its Atacms missiles inside Russia
Ukraine could strike troops, air bases and logistics hubs inside Russia after Joe Biden authorised American weapons to be fired across the border. The partial lifting of the ban on firing US-supplied weapons into Russia, which applies only to the defence of Kharkiv and does not change a ban on long-range deep strikes further inside...
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Biden bows to international pressure to allow Ukraine to use US weapons on Russia
The opinion of Nato allies is shifting towards allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike military targets on Russian soil, the Czech foreign minister said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, Jan Lipavsky said there was a growing belief that it was better to allow Kyiv to destroy Russian aircraft before they can take-off armed...
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Russia hoping to ‘knock sense’ in Britain and West as it carries out nuclear drills
Russia is hoping that nuclear drills will “knock sense” into the West and dissuade Nato countries from sending fighter jets to Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Belgium’s recent pledge to send 30 US-made warplanes to Kyiv by 2028 is a “signal action”. Speaking to the RIA state agency, he said: “They are trying...