4+ hour, 10+ min ago   (695+ words) US authorities secretly removed an American diplomat from Britain after he was accused of possessing indecent images of children, reportedly flying him from London to a US military base without notifying British police in advance. The diplomat is understood to…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (536+ words) Poland has warned that Russia’s latest drone strikes in western Ukraine are being treated with the “utmost seriousness”, after attacks hit targets just kilometres from the NATO member’s border and a passenger train travelling towards Warsaw. Polish Interior Minister Marcin…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago   (686+ words) Donald Trump’s questioning of Britain’s ability to defend the Falkland Islands against a renewed Argentine invasion is “completely incoherent”, senior Conservative Tom Tugendhat has said, as tensions over the South Atlantic territory intensify. Tugendhat criticised what he described as the…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago   (628+ words) The US has approved the sale of four Black Hawk military helicopters to Argentina in a $140mn (£103mn) deal, sharpening the focus on Washington’s position in the long-running Falklands dispute with Britain. The State Department said the UH-60L helicopters would strengthen Argentina’s…...

3+ hour, 14+ min ago   (699+ words) Ukrainian forces have regained the battlefield initiative in 2026, virtually erasing Russia’s net territorial gains since March and launching counteroffensive operations across several strategically important sectors, according to the Institute for the Study of War. The assessment marks a significant shift…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (747+ words) Territorial control remains the central obstacle to a negotiated end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, US presidential special envoy Jared Kushner said on Sunday, underscoring the gap between Washington’s push for a settlement and Kyiv’s refusal to surrender territory. Speaking…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago   (808+ words) Kemi Badenoch is preparing to put the abolition of inheritance tax at the centre of the Conservatives’ next election platform, as the party seeks to challenge Labour on the economy while fending off the growing threat from Reform UK. The…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (786+ words) MI5 director general Sir Ken McCallum has warned that Britain faces a more complex national security threat than at any point since the September 11 attacks, urging the country to “build defences” against both radical Islamic extremism and hostile states. In an…...

3+ day, 14+ min ago   (646+ words) Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has defended the government’s decision to reprioritise Army training, insisting that military exercises have not been halted despite growing concern over pressure on the defence budget. Mark Francois, the Conservative MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, questioned…...

3+ day, 20+ min ago   (629+ words) A Labour minister has refused to rule out the party committing to rejoin the European Union in its next general election manifesto, reopening a politically sensitive question over Britain’s long-term relationship with the bloc. Hamish Falconer, a Foreign Office minister,…...