Press play to listen to this article Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Monday that there were no plans yet for a new summit with US President Joe Biden, contradicting claims by the Elysée Palace and the White House, which had said overnight that the leaders agreed “in principle” to meet provided Russia did not … Read more
The US has warned the United Nations that it believes Russia has plans to kill large numbers of critics, dissidents and “vulnerable populations” in Ukraine or send them to camps after an expected invasion. Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker, the US representative to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, recently … Read more
Parts of the UK will be battered by gale-force winds and heavy rain with a severe yellow weather warning in place – destroying the half-term plans of many. The alert has been issued for large swathes of northern Britain and parts of Northern Ireland from 6pm on Wednesday until 6pm on Thursday with winds predicted … Read more
Boris Johnson plans to hold further talks with world leaders as they work to bring Russia “back from the brink” of war with Ukraine as the crisis enters a “critical juncture”. The Prime Minister will continue with diplomatic efforts this week, despite No 10 assessing that all information suggests Moscow could be planning an invasion … Read more
The Palace has started drawing up plans for Prince Charles’ coronation under the codename Operation Golden Orb, according to reports. Insiders suggest his ceremony will be significantly less lavish than the Queen’s, which reportedly cost £1.5m the equivalent of £46m in today’s money. Charles is to be crowned King alongside Queen Camilla, and it is … Read more
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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
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican-controlled Senate voted Monday to erect a monument to conservative US Supreme Court Justice and Georgia native Clarence Thomas after heated debate and objections from several Black senators, one of whom called Thomas a “hypocrite and a traitor.” The monument would be financed by private donations and would be erected somewhere … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. registered one billion American depositary shares that hadn’t been registered before, suggesting SoftBank Group Corp. may intend to sell some of its shares. Most Read from Bloomberg Japan’s SoftBank backed Alibaba before its initial public offering so a large portion of its holdings in the company are not registered … Read more
American sources say the Kremlin had already sourced corpses and was about to start casting to find actors to portray atrocities to justify future military action Russia was planning on releasing a fake video reportedly showing Ukraine military attacking Russians ( Image: Future Publishing via Getty Images) Russia planned a ‘graphic’ fake video with corpses … Read more