The Latest Breaking News from Annalena Baerbock

Ukraine army chief says A-50 spy plane and Il-22 command aircraft downed near Sea of Azov; some prisoners of war given life sentences by Russia

Here is the situation as the war enters its 691st day.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy heads to Davos amid multinational push to find a formula for peace; Ukrainians urged to build DIY drones for the military

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Switzerland on Monday, his office said, as Ukraine tries to ensure stable support from allies as the war against Russia nears its second anniversary.

Thousands of people have gathered in Germany for demonstrations against the far right, among them Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his foreign minister

Germany’s top diplomat says China’s actions in the South China Sea violate the rights of Asian coastal states like the Philippines and threaten freedom of navigation, but adds that the territorial disputes have to be resolved peacefully because “the world doesn’t need another crisis.”

The German government has approved the export of air-defense missiles to Saudi Arabia, underlining a softening of its hard line of recent years toward arms exports to the kingdom

This blog has now closed. You can read our full report on the Middle East crisis here and all our coverage of the Israel-Gaza war here.

Former defence secretary says relentless attacks against Palestinians risk ‘fuelling the conflict for another 50 years’

UK foreign minister David Cameron and German counterpart Annalena Baerbock say goal must be peace lasting ‘generations’

Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron said the goal must be a lasting peace in the escalating Gaza conflict.