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Head of US foreign affairs committee says warning was given, but it is unclear ‘at what level’, supporting claims reported from Egyptian sources

The British government is resisting calls to label China a threat to the U.K.

UK is reviewing its security measures after the US claimed to have downed a Chinese spy balloon

The former head of Britain's MI6 recently said Russian President Vladimir Putin could be replaced by someone more extreme

The story of the Ukrainians’ long-heralded counter-offensive on the city of Kherson is one of symbol as much as substance. Their forces have attacked across a 50-mile front, targeting five or six key strongpoints, to cut off and destroy Russian forces in Kherson, the first major strategic city seized by…

Editorial: As Kyiv struggles to take the initiative, the humanitarian crisis grows

Nina Khrushcheva, an academic whose great-grandfather was leader of the Soviet Union during the 1962 standoff, warned the conflict in Ukraine is more dangerous because neither side appears prepared to "back off"

Nina Khrushcheva, whose great-grandfather was the Soviet Union leader during the 1962 standoff, said the present conflict is more dangerous.

Former MI6 boss Sir Alex Younger has said that Vladimir Putin "gambled" with his invasion of Ukraine and warned the Kremlin leader "doesn't have a reverse gear"