Ukraine’s former military chief has claimed that “World War Three has already begun”, with China, Iran, and North Korea now “standing openly beside Putin”. Valery Zaluzhny, the ex-commander-in-chief who was sacked by Volodymyr Zelensky, said that the involvement of Russia’s allies means the conflict is now on a global scale. “I believe that in 2024…
A man cycling the length of Wales in a handbike to raise funds for a local 12-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with cancer has said he is “looking forward to getting to the finish line”. Darren Williams, 37, suffered a life-changing spinal injury after a road accident in 2014 and has since learned to…
A hunky Vladimir Putin poses alongside China’s Xi Jinping in the latest edition of Russia’s FSB security service annual calendar. The FSB calendars have become something of a staple over the years, often producing artwork that triggers wry laughs and mockery in equal measure. The 2025 edition is, just as it was in 2023 and…
A British businessman has been charged with murder in Hong Kong after an Indonesian housekeeper was found dead at the bottom of a waterfall. The 34-year-old, who has not been named, was arrested with his wife at a train station on Tuesday as they returned from mainland China. According to police, he went to Waterfall…
Local services to “get Britain working” will get a £240 million funding boost in the Budget, the Prime Minister has said. The Government will seek to “tackle the root causes of economic inactivity”, Sir Keir Starmer said in a speech ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first financial statement on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer…
Sir Keir Starmer has said the Chancellor will announce £240 million in funding for local services to help get people back to work at this week’s Budget. Rachel Reeves will deliver her first Budget on Wednesday, as the Government tries to bridge what it has called the £22 billion “black hole” in the public finances….
Journalism is the “lifeblood of democracy” and publishers should have control over and seek payment for their work as AI (artificial intelligence) technology continues to transform the economy and way of life, the Prime Minister said. In an article marking the launch of the News Media Association’s Journalism Matters campaign, Sir Keir Starmer said news…
Green candidates could thwart the Tories in council elections next year, a senior councillor has said. At the Conservative Party’s conference in Birmingham, Phil Broadhead told activists that voters had “got a lot of their anger out of their system” at July’s general election. The Conservative Councillors’ Association chairman described Nigel Farage’s Reform UK as…
“If Belarus is attacked, nuclear weapons will be used,” the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced, APA reports citing BelTA. According to him, an attack on Belarus would mean the beginning of the third world war. He thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for amending the nuclear doctrine, according to which an attack…