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Shaun Pinner, 48, and Aiden Aslin, 28, have been taken captive by Russia

The Prime Minister told European and north American leaders that sanctions and arms are needed as Vladimir Putin launches a ‘major Russian offensive’.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday offered a "wholehearted" apology for attending an illegal party during lockdown - but insisted he didn't knowingly break rules or mislead Parliament. Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons "it did not occur to me" that the birthday gathering, complete with a…

The Labour leader also attacked Tory ministers for 'parroting' the PM's 'absurd defences' over Partygate hours after Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis likened Covid fines to speeding tickets

From the Prime Minister being "ambushed with a cake" to the birthday party not being like "a rave in Ibiza", Mr Johnson's backers have been desperately trying to downplay the scandal

‘We are better than this – or at least, we used to be’, says David Davis

UK national Security official tells ministers the battle for the Donbas could be an ‘attritional’ conflict

Ministers were warned that the conflict is entering an ‘attritional’ phase which could last ‘several months’.

Britain is sending more weapons to Ukraine, a minister disclosed on Tuesday, after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said a “battle for the Donbas” had begun.

Prime Minister expected to make statement on Tuesday afternoon in Commons

Sir Keir Starmer said he wants the PM to "apologise and then excuse himself"