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A bit more from our interview with ex-Nato chief Lord Robertson now. Earlier this week, the outgoing head of the British Army, General Sir Patrick Saunders, suggested British men and women could face a call-up to the army in the event of a war with Russia. Sky News asked Lord Robertson if Britain could end…
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Vladimir Putin made his first remarks on the crash of Il-76 plane, which went down on Tuesday. He used his time to accuse Kyiv of deliberately or accidentally shooting down the plane. “I don’t know if they did it on purpose or by mistake, but it is obvious that they did it,” he said. 74…
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America is reportedly planning to station nuclear weapons in the UK in response to the growing threat from Russia. They would be kept at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk under the proposals – which are detailed in The Telegraph. It says Pentagon documents reveal contracts for a new facility and “show the US intends to place…
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Russian forces are increasingly attacking Ukrainian soldiers with a suffocation grenade, according to the Ukrainian defence ministry’s information agency. RG-Vo grenades, a form of tear gas, were used for the first time and on 81 occasions in December, Army Inform cited a weapons research centre spokesperson as saying. It can kill a person within five…
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The Kremlin has denied reports that Vladimir Putin was “putting out feelers” to the United States for possible talks on ending the war in Ukraine. Bloomberg reported the president was “testing the waters” on whether Washington was ready to engage in talks and might consider dropping key demands on Ukraine’s security status. It cited two…
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Germany will respect the International Court of Justice’s ruling on emergency measures in Gaza, a government spokesperson has said. The ICJ is expected to start delivering its ruling as part of the genocide case brought against Israel by South Africa shortly. “At this point, I would wait for the judgement and not talk about what…
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It’s not surprising the British and Americans have had another go at striking the Houthis in Yemen. But it’s just not necessarily all that clever. Allied naval vessels have been threatened, the argument goes in London and Washington, the commercial shipping of other countries hit or hijacked. It is essential something is done about it,…
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The UK plans to announce new sanctions targeting Houthi financing in the coming days, Rishi Sunak has said. It came as the PM made a statement to parliament in the wake of last night’s joint UK and US airstrikes on Houthi targets. “We took extensive steps to address this threat to international security before taking…
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Israel will not agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas that leaves its hostages in Gaza or the Islamist group in power of the region, an Israeli spokesman has said. Eylon Levy told reporters today the goals of the war were unchanged and that they were the “destruction of Hamas’ governing and military capabilities in…
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We’ve been reporting over the last few days on the UK and US launching airstrikes in Yemen targeting the Houthis. The strikes were in response to repeated Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. But an analyst has warned periodic bombing by the West “cannot be sustained and won’t bring stability to a vital…
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Qatar’s prime minister has offered stinging criticism of Israel and the international community over the situation in Gaza. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani warned Hamas’s 7 October attack and Israel’s response in Gaza shows the region could not return to the way it was before the conflict erupted. “Gaza is not there anymore. I…
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The US military has carried out a new strike in Yemen, two American officials have told Reuters. The strikes targeted four anti-ship ballistic missiles in a Houthi-controlled part of the country, they said. It marks the latest action against the Iran-backed group over its attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea. The US and…
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Sagiv Jehezkel, the Israeli footballer who was held for questioning in Turkey after he displayed solidarity with Hamas hostages during a match, has landed in Tel Aviv. The player told police he was calling for an end to the war when, after scoring a goal, he displayed a bandage on his wrist with the words…
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UK airstrikes on Yemen destroyed 13 Houthi targets, Rishi Sunak has said in his first statement about the attacks to MPs in the Commons. The prime minister said Iran-backed Houthi militants launched over 25 “illegal and unacceptable attacks” on commercial shipping in the Red Sea since 19 November. He said on 9 January “they mounted…
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‘Vessel hit from above’ near Yemen We have more detail now on the “incident” off Yemen reported by the UK Maritime Trade Operations (see 1.39pm post). It says a vessel was hit from above by a missile near the Yemeni city of Aden. We’ll bring you more as we get it. US-owned cargo ship hit,…
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Air defenses shot down Russian missiles in at least five regions across Ukraine, according to local officials from those provinces. However, no details were given on whether any targets were hit, and far less information about the attack than usual was provided by officials. Ukraine’s air force warned during the attack that Russia had fired…
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