Following the recent hybrid attacks, Meit Fohlin, the regional government chief, said she meets “every week” with the coast guard, police, firefighters, army, hospital, water and energy operators to map out responses to every possible scenario — ranging from energy shortages to supply blockades to an armed attack on the local harbor. “We have to … Read more
Russia’s Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory BBC Death toll in student dorm strike rises to 10, Russian-installed official says Reuters Ukraine war briefing: Putin promises revenge after blaming Kyiv for Luhansk attack he says killed six The Guardian Ukraine: UN alarmed by reports of deadly strike on dormitory in occupied Luhansk UN News Melnyk … Read more
BREAKINGBREAKING, Xi and Putin hold talks just days after US President Donald Trump made an official visit to China. Published On 20 May 202620 May 2026 A meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin has started in Beijing, Chinese state media reports. Xi welcomed Putin on Wednesday to the Chinese … Read more
Trump announced the establishment of the board — which he touted as “the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place” — on Friday as a key part of his 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas. The committee, chaired by Trump, will oversee the transitional governance of … Read more
Circumstances of death ‘clear but quite extraordinary’published at 12:36 GMT 12:36 GMT Harriet RobinsonLive Page Reporter Image source, Handout Dawn Sturgess fell ill on 30 June 2018, Lord Hughes says in his statement. Earlier in the day her partner, Charlie Rowley, had given her a small bottle of what he thought was Nina Ricci perfume, … Read more
United States President Donald Trump sanctions Russia’s two biggest oil companies – after scrapping a summit with President Vladimir Putin on the Ukraine war. The European Union has also announced new measures targeting Russian oil and assets. Will they bring an end to the war any closer? Presenter: Bernard Smith Guests: Anatol Lieven – Director … Read more
The leaders from the four Kyiv allies had traveled to the Ukrainian capital together by train for a visit of more than nine hours with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The visit came shortly after Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected calls for an extended ceasefire as long as the West doesn’t stop its military support for … Read more
China’s Xi Jinping likens ‘US hegemony’ to ‘fascist forces’ ahead of Vladimir Putin summit Financial Times China’s Xi arrives in Moscow in show of support for Putin after Ukrainian drones target capital Reuters Xi’s Visit to Russia Complicates China’s Courtship of Europe The New York Times Xi Jinping begins four-day Russia visit after Ukrainian drones attack Moscow The Guardian … Read more
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia ordered his forces to “stop all military activity” against Ukraine from Saturday evening through Sunday, declaring an “Easter truce” that appeared aimed at showing an impatient Trump administration that Moscow was still open to peace talks. “We will assume that the Ukrainian side will follow our example,” Mr. Putin … Read more
Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, dressed in fatigues, visited a command post near the front in Kursk late Wednesday to cheer on his military’s ejection of Ukrainian forces from much of the territory they had been occupying in the Russian border region. The Russian leader’s pointed visit came a day after a U.S. delegation met … Read more