Ukraine-Russia Conflict
Ukraine-Russia: News and updates on the battle for Kyiv after Putin invasion
As the reality of war slips from public consciousness, Ukraine served as a reminder of a bigger struggle, writes IAN HERBERT... they achieved more at Euro 2024 than anyone will
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IAN HERBERT IN DUSSELDORF: At Ukraine's Euros base in the spa town of Wiesbaden, they were taking down the images, loaded with significance.
Your essential guide to England's first opponents: Meet the Serbian players, their stunning WAGs including Miss Earth contestant, fearsome 'strong boy' fans known for smashing heads and setting off flares at matches and 'national treasure' manager
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As England's opening clash against Serbia in Euro 2024 approaches, here is your essential guide to our rival team including the players, WAGs and fearsome fans
Why have so many US-made Abrams tanks been destroyed in Ukraine?
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Ukraine is believed to have lost several American-made M1A1 Abrams tanks on the battlefield. In this video, MailOnline asks an expert: Does the tank still have a place on the battlefield?
Why have so many US-made Abrams tanks been destroyed in Ukraine? Expert asks whether tank warfare still has a place on the battlefield after Russia knocks out several of the £3.3 million war machines
+7Ukraine is believed to have lost several American-made M1A1 Abrams tanks on the battlefield. In this video, MailOnline asks an expert: Does the tank still have a place on the battlefield?
Moment team of Putin propagandists are sent flying while filming after being blasted by motion-detecting mine dropped by Ukrainian drone in Russian border town
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An explosion was caught on camera as the pro-war channel Rossiya-24's crew were filming in Shebekino, Russia dressed in military fatigues.
Carol Alt, 63, candidly reveals her gown was tight because she 'gained weight' but she STILL manages to look sensational... 42 years after SI cover
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'I have to admit, I had gained weight since my fitting with Zang so the dress popped, but he was with me so it worked!' said the iconic Vogue model after attending Patti LaBelle's birthday party.
Ukrainian man, 29, tried to invade the pitch at Wembley during the Champions League Final as part of a 'prank' to get £250,000 from a Moscow-based vlogger
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Yevhenii Lubnenko, 29, pleaded guilty to going on to the playing area at a football match contrary to Section 4 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991. He was banned from UK matches for three years.
What happened to Ruja Ignatova and where is the 'missing cryptoqueen' now?
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In 2022, Ruja Ignatova, now 44, was put on the list after feds said the self-professed 'crypto queen' scammed investors out of more than $4billion, with a Ponzi scheme though now-defunct OneCoin.
Man, 84, who is the only resident of Europe's highest and most isolated village opens up about why he keeps living there even after everyone left
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Irakl Khvedaguridze, 84, is the only licensed doctor in the remote Tusheti region of Georgia, which covers about 380 square miles. While everyone has left his village, Bochorna, Irakl has remained put.
Inside the 115-year-old factory in Joe Biden's hometown aiming to churn out 36,000 shells a month for Ukraine to fire at Russian troops
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In Joe Biden's sleepy hometown hums a 115-year-old factory working around the clock to turn massive heavy steel rods into 155mm artillery shells - the same used on frontlines of Ukraine.
NATO countries to create a 'drone wall' to monitor threats from Russia
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Finland, Norway, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will pool resources to ensure thousands of military grade and consumer drones can patrol the skies.
Russia says NATO 'provoking' Ukraine into prolonging 'senseless war'
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The Kremlin on Thursday accused NATO of 'provoking' Kyiv into prolonging the conflict in Ukraine.
Russia says NATO 'provoking' Ukraine into prolonging 'senseless war'
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The Kremlin accused NATO of 'provoking' Kyiv into prolonging the conflict in Ukraine, whose officials have been appealing its allied to target Russia with Western-supplied weapons.
NATO countries will create a 'drone wall' using thousands of UAVs to patrol alliance's eastern border and monitor threats from Russia and Belarus - as Europe is warned it is returned to 'darkest days of the Cold War'
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Finland, Norway, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will pool resources to ensure thousands of military grade and consumer drones can patrol the skies
Russia says NATO is 'provoking' Ukraine into prolonging the 'senseless war'... which Putin started
+7The Kremlin accused NATO of 'provoking' Kyiv into prolonging the conflict in Ukraine, whose officials have been appealing its allied to target Russia with Western-supplied weapons.
US considers Ukraine to strike targets inside Russian territory
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hinted that the U.S. might allow Ukraine to use American weapons to strike Russian territory due to changing battlefield conditions.
U.S. considers allowing Ukraine to strike targets inside Russian territory with American weapons in major shift in the war
+10U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hinted that the U.S. might allow Ukraine to use American weapons to strike Russian territory due to changing battlefield conditions.
Russian soldiers killed after Ukrainian missile blitz hits Donetsk
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Footage captured a huge fireball explosion in the Kyivsky district of the city. It has been claimed that there was no sound from the missile before the strike in the early evening.
Moment Russian military facility is destroyed in fireball from Ukrainian missile in occupied Donetsk city as Vladimir Putin urges West not to let Ukraine use its missiles to hit Russia
+7Footage captured a huge fireball in the Kyivsky district of the city, with a huge plume of smoke rising over the buildings.
Trump tells donors at funder he 'would have bombed' China and Russia
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The former president said at a fundraiser he would have bombed Moscow if Russia invaded Ukraine or bombed Beijing if China invaded Taiwan.
Trump tells donors at ritzy fundraising event that he 'would have bombed' China and Russia
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The former president said at a fundraiser he would have bombed Moscow if Russia invaded Ukraine or bombed Beijing if China invaded Taiwan.
The 12 jurors who will decide Trump's fate: What we know about the panel that will determine if he is guilty or not guilty
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Twelve Manhattan residents have Donald Trump 's fate in their hands as the historic hush money case against the ex-president now heads to jury deliberations.
'Russian' hackers target Christie's and threaten to publish private details of half a million clients on the dark web - after taking down luxury auction house's website for 10 days
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The hack of the London-based firm was confirmed this week as ransomware group RansomHub, which is believed to have links to Russia , claimed responsibility.
generals warns British army 'in decline' and too small to fight Russia
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As more soldiers are leaving the army than being recruited, troop numbers have dwindled to a historic low of just over 73,000 - its smallest size for 300 years.
Britain's army is 'in decline' and too small to fight Russia, European generals warn - as troop numbers plummet to historic low of just 73,000
+4As more soldiers are leaving the army than being recruited, troop numbers have dwindled to a historic low of just over 73,000 - its smallest size for 300 years.
Cardi B hits back at Candace Owens for wanting pornography ban saying it's a 'psychological weapon intended to weaken our men' - as WAP rapper argues it can be educational
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The 31-year-old rapper - born Belcalis Marlenis Cephus - who recently said she won't vote for Biden or Trump chimed in after the comments made by the 35-year-old conservative commentator.
Victory for Putin as Georgia's parliament overrides presidential veto and passes divisive 'foreign agents' legislation - despite mass protests against the bill described as 'the Russian law'
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Tens of thousands of protestors descended on the capital, Tbilisi, on Tuesday as the ruling Georgian Dream party passed the bill that will torpedo those European hopes.
Putin warns West with 'grave consequences' for strikes in Russia
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It comes just weeks after Lord Cameron faced backlash from the Kremlin over lifting restrictions on Ukraine using British-supplied weapons to fire into Russia.
Putin threatens West's 'densely populated territories' with 'grave consequences' for allowing weapons sent to Ukraine to be used in strikes against Russia in latest veiled nuke threat from the Kremlin
+13It comes just weeks after Lord Cameron faced backlash from the Kremlin over lifting restrictions on Ukraine using British-supplied weapons to fire into Russia.
Brixton chicken shop refugee, 57, who 'ran trafficking ring smuggling Sri Lankans across the English Channel' will be extradited to France
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Sathasivam Sivagankan, 57, who lived in Colliers Wood, South West London, was granted asylum after he came to the UK in 2001 with his wife and two children.
Russia's most modern tank suffers 'disco head' glitch while under fire
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The bizarre fault has struck the T-90 tank - a third-generation Russian main battle vehicle that has been dubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the 'best tank in the world.'
Russia's most modern tank suffers 'disco head' glitch that sees its turret spinning out of control while under fire
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The bizarre fault has struck the T-90 tank - a third-generation Russian main battle vehicle that has been dubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the 'best tank in the world.'
Queen Letizia stuns in chic trouser suit as she meets with President Zelensky alongside husband King Felipe in Madrid
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Queen Letizia, 51, looked stunning in a chic trouser suit as she welcomed Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to the Palace in Madrid today, alongside her husband King Felipe.
Duchess of Edinburgh calls for justice for wartime-rape victims, condemning 'heinous crimes…used to demean, destroy and degrade' following visit to Ukraine
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After listening to survivors of sexual violence bravely share their stories during her visit to Ukraine, Sophie condemned the 'heinous crimes ' that are being used to 'demean, destroy and control' citizens.
One last touch of my daughter's hand... after Putin's missiles pierced her tiny heart: Mother holds her four-year-old child as she is laid to rest in Ukraine after shrapnel struck her vital organs
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Little Zlata's hand was cold to the touch, but her mother, Nadiia, never wanted to let go. She knew that this would be the last time she would ever feel her daughter's palms.
France's First Lady Brigitte Macron laughs along with the wife of Germany's president as they share a joke after wreath-laying ceremony at Holocaust memorial in Berlin
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France's First Lady Brigitte Macron shared a joke with her German counterpart as the pair accompanied their husbands to a wreath laying ceremony at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial.
Shocking footage shows moment Russian rockets strike DIY hypermarket
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A video shows the moment one of two Russian guided bombs exploded through the roof of the DIY store in what appears to be a terrorist attack on civilians in eastern Ukraine.
Shocking CCTV footage shows moment Russian rockets strike DIY hypermarket in Kharkiv in attack that left 14 people dead and many others wounded
+26A video shows the moment one of two Russian guided bombs exploded through the roof of the DIY store in what appears to be a terrorist attack on civilians in eastern Ukraine.
As Rishi Sunak pledges to re-introduce National Service, how peacetime conscription for 18 to 21-year-olds kept post-war Britain safe in an ever-changing world before it ended in 1960
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A new vow by the Prime Minister to bring back National Service comes amid striking parallels with when it was first introduced in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Think YOU could handle a gun... and maybe even survive in a warzone? MailOnline's Stella Radeva embarks on Eastern Europe Kalashnikov course used by private military operatives around the world - with amazing results
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MailOnline video journalist Stella Radeva reveals all about her intensive military training with ex-British soldier Simon Feek, who prepares people to go to the frontlines of Ukraine and beyond
Duchess of Edinburgh says she was 'touched' by President Zelensky and Olena Zelenska's concern for the King's health during her trip to Ukraine - with royal handing them a letter from her brother-in-law
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In conversation with The Times, Sophie praised Olena for her 'grace and determination' in 'championing all Ukrainians affected by this conflict.'
Deadly aftermath of Putin's 'vile' attack on Kharkiv hardware store as emergency teams search for 16 shoppers still missing as death toll rises to 12 so far
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Twelve people are dead and at least 16 are still missing after new images show the deadly aftermath of a 'vile' strike carried out by Russia on the Epicentr DIY hypermarket in Kharkiv on Saturday.
Now the election battle REALLY begins! Rishi's bombshell plan to bring back National Service triggers nationwide debate as supporters say it will get teens 'out their bubble' while Farage brands it a 'joke'
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Under plans that will be in the Conservative manifesto all 18-year-olds would have to do paid military service for a year or unpaid community work one weekend a month.
British security services drafted into General Election task force to protect politicians from violent attacks - and counter online interference from Russia, China and Iran
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The Mail on Sunday can reveal the secret Whitehall Joint Election and Security Preparedness (JESP) unit - which includes MI5, MI6 and GCHQ - will monitor extremist threats candidates may face.
Prime Minister reveals radical plan to force 18-year-olds to serve in the military for 12 months - or give up weekends to carry out civil duties
+9According to plans unveiled by Rishi Sunak, school-leavers would be obliged to spend a year in a full-time Armed Forces role or volunteering with organisations such as the police or NHS.
As Prime Minister announces radical new National Service plan... RISHI SUNAK says he would be very happy to see his own two daughters do their National Service
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RISHI SUNAK: Do you want to build on what we have done together and create a secure future with the Conservatives, or risk going back to square one with Labour?
Putin chairs top meeting after looking frail and off-colour during talks in Belarus with ally Lukashenko - amid rumours over despot's bad health
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Vladimir Putin today chaired a top meeting after he yesterday looked fraid and off-colour during talks in Belarus with the nation's president and his ally Alexander Lukashenko to discuss the war in Ukraine.
Two hundred shoppers are feared dead after warmonger Putin bombs hardware store in Kharkiv in 'vile' attack
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Six people have been confirmed dead after two guided bombs hit a DIY hypermarket in a residential area of the city of Kharkiv.
Russian forces 'capture another village in Ukraine' as war machine grinds on - after Kremlin claimed Putin 'wanted a ceasefire along current battlelines'
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The Russian defence ministry said that troops had 'taken control of the village of Arkhangelske', located to the north of the city of Donetsk.
Inside Ukraine's top secret drone base raining death inside Russia: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS watches Russian soldiers' last days on Earth from a hidden nerve center no reporter has ever visited. And is astonished by what he sees...
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I am in a base not far from the front lines in the Kharkiv Oblast, or region, of eastern Ukraine. And I'm watching through the camera of a drone - looking for targets to kill.
Putin wants a ceasefire in Ukraine 'because the war costs too much, he can sell his territorial gains as a victory at home - and any further advance would require mass mobilisation'
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Russian sources yesterday claimed that their president is ready to 'freeze the war' in Ukraine if a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines can be agreed.
Mysterious Russian radio signal that's been transmitting for 40 years baffles scientists - amid claimed links to UFOs and nukes
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The mystery of UVB-76, a decades-old Russian mystery broadcast, has left some believing it might be used for anything from spying to communication with secret alien overlords
Only a tiny handful of survivors remain from a turning point in history and as world leaders prepare to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, ROBERT HARDMAN reveals what he learned when he toured Britain to capture the last voices of D-Day
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ROBERT HARDMAN: No one is entirely sure how many Normandy veterans are still with us. In theory, anyone old enough to have been on active service on June 6, 1944 would be at least 98 now.
Vladimir Putin looks weak and frail amid ongoing rumours over the Russian President's health - as he holds talks in Belarus over the Ukraine war
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The ageing Russian tyrant was hosted by Lukashenko in the Belarusian capital on Friday, where Putin questioned Volodymyr Zelenskyy's legitimacy
There's a moose on the loose! Old woman is sent flying when lost animal charges into her after her pet pug scared it
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Lunging with its legs extended, the calf bursts into frame before plowing into the woman, smashing her face with its bulky shoulder and knocking her to the ground.
Migrant stuns reporter by revealing how easy it is to get into the US
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Moments after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a migrant from Turkey expressed bewilderment over how easy it was to enter.
Migrant stuns TV reporter by revealing how easy it is to get into the U.S.... and why HE is worried about 'psychopaths' and 'killers' getting in
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Moments after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a migrant from Turkey expressed bewilderment over how easy it was to enter.
The former London public schoolboy romancing Joe Biden's youngest granddaughter: Rugby-playing engineering student Rafael Hajjar joins Natalie Biden, 19, at White House state dinner
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Joe Biden 's granddaughter Natalie stepped out with her boyfriend for the first time last night at a lavish White House state dinner.
US intelligence expecting North Korean 'October surprise'
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U.S. intelligence is bracing for provocative and escalatory actions by North Korea in advance of the November elections, as Pyongyang continues its embrace of Russia.
Moment 'Ukrainian traitor steals tank and defects to Russia'
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Maxim Likhachev, 39, is now suspected of being a long-time Russian plant in the Ukrainian army, and carrying out 'sabotage' work in favour of Vladimir Putin 's forces.
U.S. fears Putin and Kim Jong-Un are planning a military October surprise to spark chaos before the election... as Russia supplies North Korea with nuclear technology
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U.S. intelligence is bracing for provocative and escalatory actions by North Korea in advance of the November elections, as Pyongyang continues its embrace of Russia.
Moment 'Ukrainian traitor drives stolen tank across the front line and defects to Russia': Soldier 'had been passing information to Putin's men and caused three of his own brigades to suffer heavy losses'
+9Maxim Likhachev, 39, is now suspected of being a long-time Russian plant in the Ukrainian army, and carrying out 'sabotage' work in favour of Vladimir Putin 's forces.
Putin ready to halt the war in Ukraine with ceasefire on one condition
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Russia's Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine if a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines can be agreed, Russian sources claim.
UN top court will decide today on Israel order to halt Rafah offensive
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Pretoria has urged the International Court of Justice to order an 'immediate' stop to Israel's campaign and facilitate access of humanitarian aid.
Joe Biden welcomes Kenya's PM to a state dinner with star guests
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President Joe and Jill Biden welcomed Kenya's president to the White House for a glamorous state dinner featuring a bevy of family members, celebrities and political types.
Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with ceasefire that recognises current battlefield lines - but will fight on if the West does not respond
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Russia's Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine if a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines can be agreed, Russian sources claim.
UN's top court will decide TODAY whether it will order Israel to halt its Rafah offensive and withdraw from Gaza following request from South Africa
+7Pretoria has urged the International Court of Justice to order an 'immediate' stop to Israel's campaign and facilitate access of humanitarian aid.
How Queen Victoria (born 205 years ago today) became the monarch after three uncles died without heirs - but her 63-year reign defined an age
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Queen Victoria - as she became aged 18 in 1837 after three of her uncles died without surviving heirs - went on to rule for 63 years, seven months and two days.
RISHI SUNAK: This election is about who you TRUST to deliver for our United Kingdom
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We have delivered for Scotland, the SNP has failed. But now the UK's economy has stabilised, it's right to give you this choice: who will best lead this country to a secure future?
Joe and Jill Biden welcome Kenya's president and wife to state dinner as Don McLean, 78, bring MUCH younger girlfriend and first granddaughter Natalie appears with her British beau
+35President Joe and Jill Biden welcomed Kenya's president to the White House for a glamorous state dinner featuring a bevy of family members, celebrities and political types.
Jordanian migrant who tried to storm one of the most secure bases in the U.S. illegally crossed the border WEEKS ago and another overstayed his visa, shocking new details reveal
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Two Jordanian nationals who attempted to breach a critically important military base are in the U.S. illegally, as fears over foreign espionage escalate.
Hope you're collecting air miles, Rishi! Sunak makes his third campaign stop of the day as PM jets into Inverness on his UK-wide election tour after challenging Keir Starmer to SIX TV debates
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After stunning Westminster with the announcement he is sending the country to the polls on 4 July, the Tory leader embarked on a blitz of campaigning.
Trump pledges Russia will release jailed WSJ reporter if he's elected
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Donald Trump has posted on social media that he will use his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to get Wall Street reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison.
Trump pledges Russia will release jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich if he is elected: 'Putin will do that for me but not for anyone else'
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Donald Trump has posted on social media that he will use his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to get Wall Street reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison.
Biden rolls out the red carpet for Kenya's President William Ruto and vows to 'unite' against ISIS and al-Shabaab ahead of lavish state dinner
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President Joe Biden delivered short remarks as he welcomed President Ruto of Kenya and warned that violence has 'toppled too many democracies' in both their regions.
Russian troops sent flying as boat is blown up by Ukrainian drone
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*WARNING: Graphic content: The vessel and the seven Putin troops on board were thrown high in the air with the force of the explosion.
Pictured: Unemployed 'Russian spy', 64, accused of trying to pass sensitive information about an MP to Moscow's intelligence service - as he appears in court
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Howard Phillips, 64, from Harlow, Essex, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court wearing a grey prison-issue tracksuit and spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address.
Russian troops are sent flying when patrol boat is blown up by Ukrainian drone… forcing them to swim into deadly trap
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*WARNING: Graphic content: The vessel and the seven Putin troops on board were thrown high in the air with the force of the explosion.
Rishi 'called general election early to kill off' Nigel Farage's Reform bid: Brexit champion 'was ready' to run for Commons until PM revealed he was calling July 4 snap election, leaving him only six weeks to win a seat
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Rishi Sunak received a massive boost this morning as Nigel Farage declared he will not be standing on July 4.
No rain on his parade: Rishi Sunak lays down the gauntlet by challenging Labour's Keir Starmer to SIX TV debates - as PM laughs off sodden general election launch by posing with a brolley
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The Prime Minister has let it be known he is willing to face-off against Sir Keir every week during the six-week battle ahead of polling day on 4 July.