Andrew Tate believed someone ‘wanted to hurt him’, bodyguard claims
The bodyguard also said that his boss believed that ‘somebody wanted to hurt him’
Europe
Far-right activists go on trial accused of plot to assassinate Macron
Alleged plotters planned to attack president during visit to north-east France in 2018, say prosecutorsMembers of a far-right group are to go on trial in Paris on Tuesday accused of plotting to assassinate Emmanuel Macron as part of an attempted coup…
Live: Von der Leyen vows EU will back Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’
Europe will stand with Ukraine “for as long as it takes”, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday as Western delegates discussed the need to bolster support for Kyiv in its fight against Russia’s inva…
Andrey Medvedev: High-ranking Wagner Group member seeks asylum in Norway
A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, has sought asylum in Norway
Belarus puts exiled opposition leader Tikhanovskaya on trial for treason
Belarus put exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on trial in absentia on treason charges on Tuesday, in what the outspoken critic of veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko said would be a “farce”.
Ukraine first lady headlines first big day at Davos meeting
Ukraine’s first lady will give a rare international address as the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in the snowy Swiss town of Davos gets into full swing
Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin suffering ‘profound’ problems with ‘dysfunctional’ long-range missiles
Missiles stuggling to indentify tarets, MoD adds
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Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 328
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Mosc…
Netherlands to send Patriot missile system to Ukraine; six children among dead in Dnipro strike – as it happened
Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte in Washington; death toll from Saturday’s Russian missile attack on a residential building rises to 45. This live blog is now closedRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceRescue workers have this morning found the body of a child…