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Macron and Kremlin spar over outcome of meeting on Ukraine

Macron and Kremlin spar over outcome of meeting on Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron and the Kremlin delivered contradictory statements Tuesday on the outcome of a high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine. The two leaders met for more than five hours in Moscow on Monday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, triggered by Putin massing more than 100,000 troops near the country’s borders. … Read more

Ukraine crisis: UK and UK 'working on plans for dramatic parachute drop' to deter Russia

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division secure equipment aboard a C-17 transport plane for deployment to Eastern Europe amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia

Exclusive: It comes amid fears Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine, with 126,000 on the country’s eastern flank and 80,000 Moscow and Belarus soldiers to the north Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division secure equipment aboard a C-17 transport plane for deployment to Eastern Europe amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia ( Image: REUTERS) … Read more

Poland braces for ‘up to a million people’ fleeing war in Ukraine

Poland braces for ‘up to a million people’ fleeing war in Ukraine

Press play to listen to this article WARSAW — Poland is preparing for a massive influx of refugees if Russia attacks Ukraine. “We have to be prepared for the worst-case scenario and [we have] been taking steps so as to be prepared for a wave of up to a million people,” Deputy Interior Minister Maciej … Read more

Boris Johnson warns Putin he will send fighter jets and warships over Ukraine crisis

Boris Johnson has issued a warning to Vladimir Putin, right

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that he is considering sending RAF Typhoon fighters and Royal Navy warships to eastern Europe as he warns Vladimir Putin against a Russian invasion of Ukraine Boris Johnson has issued a warning to Vladimir Putin, right ( Image: Alexei Nikolsky/TASS) Boris Johnson is weighing up sending fighter planes and … Read more

Olaf Scholz’s hard lessons in German leadership

Olaf Scholz’s hard lessons in German leadership

Press play to listen to this article BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is finding out the hard way that there’s a lot more to leading Germany than being an Angela Merkel tribute act. Scholz meets Joe Biden at the White House on Monday as part of a US trip intended to repair the battering that … Read more

Tesco boss' concern over 5% rise in food costs as energy crisis set to hit poorest

Tesco boss' concern over 5% rise in food costs as energy crisis set to hit poorest

Tesco boss John Allan has warned the “worst is still to come” for those on the lowest incomes. The supermarket giant chairman said today that a five per cent hike in the weekly food shop will “squeeze” the poorest in Britain. He admitted some people will have less to spend on luxuries, the Mirror reportsamid … Read more

Macron vows ‘de-escalation’ but hints at concessions to Putin

Macron vows ‘de-escalation’ but hints at concessions to Putin

Press play to listen to this article PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is optimistic he can secure a de-escalation over Ukraine when he travels to Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, but hinted that Western countries could have to make concessions to the Kremlin. His bullish prognosis of a diplomatic … Read more

Ukraine crisis: Children aged 10 ready to die fighting Russian troops if Putin invades

Yaroslav Pikaliyk, 10, takes part in the military exercise

Exclusive: Youngsters train using wooden rifles alongside adult volunteers as they prepare to defend Ukraine from threatened invasion from the east by Putin’s Russian army Yaroslav Pikaliyk, 10, takes part in the military exercise ( Image: Andy Commins/Daily Mirror) Wielding his wooden assault rifle, 10-year-old Yaroslav Pikaliyk proudly stands alongside adult volunteers as they train … Read more

Biden vs. Trump: The Makings of a Shattering Constitutional Crisis

Biden vs. Trump: The Makings of a Shattering Constitutional Crisis

Trump’s case is no different — except that he will be facing similar challenges in all 50 states. While not all states will address this issue the way North Carolina does, they all require their election authorities to make an evidence-based decision about whether candidates are eligible to run for a particular office. It isn’t … Read more

'The situation is dire': Inside Afghanistan's 'fast unraveling' humanitarian crisis

'The situation is dire': Inside Afghanistan's 'fast unraveling' humanitarian crisis

The problem is a protein deficiency, she said, adding that her other four children, aged 3 months, 5, 8 and 11 years, have not been hospitalized but are not much healthier than Nisar Ahmed. “We don’t see any meat, not even in a month,” she said. According to the United Nations, Sakina and her family … Read more