The Latest Breaking News from John Kirby

The basketball star has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

A group of progressive Democrats has retracted a letter to the White House urging President Joe Biden to engage in direct diplomatic talks with Russia

Former PM dominates debate as contest to replace Liz Truss begins, only six weeks after he left office. Plus, the lettuce that outlasted Truss

Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia is planning a “false-flag” attack on a hydroelectric power plant in southern Ukraine that would cause a “large-scale disaster”.

Lloyd Austin and Sergei Shoigu also agree to maintain lines of communication; Ukrainian president says Russia delaying ships’ passage

The United States said on Thursday that Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming strand to a war that has heightened geopolitical tensions. Ukrainian citizens endured the first day of nationwide scheduled power outages since the war…

Moscow has resorted to the plot because “nuclear blackmail did not work”, the office of President Zelensky claims

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to warn Russia not to blow up a dam that would flood a large area of southern Ukraine, as his forces prepared to push Moscow's troops from the occupied city of Kherson.

Iranians brought trainers and technical support to Crimea to help Russians use drones ‘with better lethality’, White House says