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
Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have brought the first signs of progress since the Russian invasion began on 24 February. Russia says it will “drastically reduce” military... Read more
In the besieged city of Kharkiv, Polina is fighting for her life. She’s only five days old, and weighed just less than one-and-a-half pounds [just over 600 grams] when she was born. Prematur... Read more
The West should consider measures to stop Russia using its gold reserves, the prime minister has said. Boris Johnson’s comments came as the UK announced sanctions on 65 more groups and... Read more
Madeleine Albright, a Czech immigrant who went on to become the first female secretary of state in US history, has died aged 84. A long-time foreign policy veteran, Albright became America’s... Read more
Ukrainian troops are counter-attacking Russian forces in some areas of the country, with reports that they have gained ground near the capital, Kyiv. Local authorities in the town of Makariv... Read more
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