The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Armed forces minister James Heappey said the use of chemical weapons would ‘get a response’.

Some countries could act ‘outwith Nato’ if chemical agents were used in Mariupol, says UK defence minister

Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday that Russia's bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal in the face of stiff Ukrainian opposition and significant losses. Russian troops, thwarted in their push toward Ukraine's capital, are now…

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Britain is urgently looking at reports from Mariupol as a UK minister warned 'the use of chemical weapons is abhorrent, does cross a line, and all options are on the table for how we respond'

‘Europe needs to pull its socks up’, says PM’s father

The UK and allies are urgently seeking to clarify whether claims of a chemical attack are true

The Foreign Office said the UK will work with allies to 'investigate war crimes and ensure justice is done'

Government 'working urgently with partners to verify details'

Soldiers were reportedly left dizzy and unable to breathe after a ‘poisonous substance of unknown origin’ was dropped on them from a Russian drone.

Britain has sanctioned two leading Bosnian-Serb politicians

Roxanne Tahbaz says her father Morad is still ‘withering away in prison’, after he was briefly allowed out on furlough last month.