Former US Embassy guard who spied for Russia and Iran jailed
The mam was found guilty of five espionage-related charges and acquitted of gross corruption
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UK border chief ‘frustrated’ at French failure to curb small boat crossings
Martin Hewitt tells MPs ‘political instability’ is factor in failure to roll out more interventionist tacticsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s border chief has expressed frustration that the French authorities have not been able to roll out tac…
Museum makes appeal to Taylor Swift after fans flock to see ‘Ophelia’ painting
A German museum has seen hundreds of additional visitors due to a scene in Swift’s new video
European NATO allies pledge to buy more US arms for Ukraine
A further 10 European NATO allies signed up to join the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) scheme during a meeting of the alliance’s defence minister in Brussels on Wednesday, in a bid to make up for a recent shortfall in supply to Kyiv.
French prime minister survives two no-confidence votes
Closeness of first vote highlights difficulties Sébastien Lecornu facesEurope live – latest updatesThe French prime minister has survived two votes of no-confidence that had sought to threaten to topple his fragile, minority government days after it wa…
Zelensky turns to Trump as Russia continues to bombard Ukraine’s energy sites
Russia has launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at energy sites
Russia bombards Ukraine’s gas sites as Zelenskyy flies to US for Trump meeting
Strikes cause outages in eight regions before Washington talks to discuss US providing Kyiv with cruise missilesA massive Russian drone and missile attack has hit gas facilities in eastern Ukraine as the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, flew t…
Trump claims Modi told him that India would stop importing Russian oil
US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him earlier Wednesday that he would stop Russian oil imports.
US war department threatens Russia
The US War Department stands ready to do its part and “impose costs” on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, War Secretary Pete Hegseth has stated.
NATO keeps massive forward military presence on Russia’s doorstep: Defense chief
NATO is keeping a large-scale military presence near Russia’s borders, Moscow’s Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has stated, pointing to what he called the bloc’s increased training and reconnaissance activities.