Letting Russia win in Ukraine would be ‘absolutely chilling’, sê Boris Johnson
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Boris Johnson has argued that continued international support for Ukraine is a price worth paying, saying that to let Russia prevail would be “absolutely chilling” for nearby countries and usher in a period of global ...
Israel and Saudi Arabia ‘in talks over joint defence against Iran’
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Top military officials from Israel and Saudi Arabia have met in secret US-brokered talks to discuss defence coordination against Iran, volgens 'n verslag. Delegations from Riyadh, as well as Qatar, the United Arab ...
Boris Johnson urges world leaders to hold firm on Ukraine
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Boris Johnson has urged other world leaders to hold firm in their long-term support for Ukraine, amid increasing concern in Downing Street that some countries could become swayed by calls for Kyiv to cede territory to...
Historian says don’t compare Ukraine invasion with his book on first world war
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A leading historian of the outbreak of the first world war has urged admirers of his work among Germany’s political elite to stop drawing comparisons to the conflict in Ukraine, warning any parallels between 1914 en ...
Russia has launched widespread shelling and airstrikes, Ukraine officials say
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Russia launched artillery bombardments and airstrikes on the cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk on Saturday, hitting a chemical plant where hundreds of civilians were trapped, a Ukrainian official has said. Ser...
Why the west risks condemning Ukraine to slow strangulation
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Speaking at a private dinner in London recently, a senior serving British military officer argued that the west had no choice but to see Ukraine as just one phase in a decade-long battle with Russia. “If Ukraine wins,...
Takeover of UK defence supplier Ultra Electronics set to be approved
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The UK government is set to wave through a £2.6bn takeover of a British defence manufacturer in a deal that will move a US private equity investor a step closer to controlling a significant supplier of nuclear submari...
Sunak urges banks to keep funding oil and gas firms after windfall tax
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Rishi Sunak has asked Britain’s biggest banks to keep the money taps flowing to the oil and gas sector after slapping it with a windfall tax. In a bruising meeting in Aberdeen on Thursday, the chancellor told oil and ...