The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

UK foreign secretary plays down idea of Trump taking control, in speech exposing differences with president-elect

Ukrainian leader appeals for sustained military support as US president-elect seeks ‘new chapter’ in Europe

‘We’ve come such a long way that it would honestly be crazy to drop the ball now,’ says Ukrainian leader

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U_S_ Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used their final meeting in Germany to press the incoming Trump administration to not give up on Kyiv’s fight, warning that to cease military support now “will only invite more aggression, chaos and war.”

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The foreign secretary has used his first major speech of 2025 to go after Putin’s aggression in tearing up the world order and back Trump’s demands for significant increases in defence spending

Rystad Energy releases data days after Ukraine stopped flows of Russian gas through its pipelines

City minister under pressure to explain why she benefited from property paid for by people linked to regime of aunt Sheikh Hasina

Mr Lammy told the BBC that he believes Mr Trump’s comments earlier in the week about Greenland come from his concerns about US economic security.

The Cabinet minister also suggested that Donald Trump’s timetable for a peace deal was slipping towards Easter

Victor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sells millions. Has he become a Kremlin apologist?