Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been jailed for two and a half years for hiding £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts. The 54-year-old six-time Grand Slam champion... Read more
Any country trying to intervene in the Ukraine war will face a “lightning-fast” response, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. “We have all the tools no-one can boa... Read more
Poland and Bulgaria have accused Moscow of “blackmail” after the Russian energy giant Gazprom said it had cut off gas exports to the countries. Poland’s deputy foreign mini... Read more
Russian energy giant Gazprom says it has halted gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria over the countries’ refusal to pay for supplies in roubles. The firm said services will not be restor... Read more
Emmanuel Macron has done something no other French president has achieved before: winning re-election while still being in charge of his own government. The centrist president’s victor... Read more
TikTok has emerged as one of the leading platforms for snappy false videos about the war in Ukraine which are reaching millions. With a user base of more than one billion people – more... Read more
Emmanuel Macron has won five more years as France’s president after a convincing victory over rival Marine Le Pen, who nevertheless secured the far right’s highest share of the v... Read more
The two candidates for the French presidency have gone head to head in their only televised debate, ahead of Sunday’s second-round run-off vote. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has fall... Read more
Boris Johnson has denied deliberately misleading MPs over breaking lockdown laws after he was fined by police. The PM repeatedly apologised for attending a 2020 birthday party in Downing Str... Read more
More than 40 people have been arrested after violent clashes in Sweden between police and people angry at plans by a far-right group to burn copies of the Quran. Three people were injured in... Read more
Moscow says it will respond to any Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory by striking Kyiv with more missiles. The “number and scale” of attacks will go up if its own settlements... Read more
A Russian warship that was damaged by an explosion on Wednesday has sunk, Russia’s defence ministry has said. Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, was being towed to... Read more
Pope Francis condemned the “massacre of Bucha” and kissed a Ukrainian flag he said was sent to him from the town during his weekly audience at the Vatican’s auditorium.... Read more
On Day 40 of the invasion evidence was mounting of atrocities carried out in areas of Ukraine abandoned by Russian forces. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of geno... Read more
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