Moscow frees US-Russian ballet dancer jailed over charity donation, US says Secretary of state Marco Rubio says Ksenia Karelina is returning to US after reports of prisoner swap The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2025
‘Devastating’: Business groups warn Trump tariffs will deal major blow to UK firms Experts also warned of more turbulence in the financial markets as investors react to the sweeping measures affecting global trade The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025
Trump’s tariffs to be ‘devastating’ for UK firms, business groups warn Experts also warned of more turbulence in the financial markets as investors react to the sweeping measures affecting global trade Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2025
Business leaders urge Highland Council to delay tourist tax Highland Council has said the money could be used to support infrastructure, particularly due to the impact of the popular NC500 road trip The National (Scotland) · Mar 27, 2025
Deadly Russian drone attack in Ukraine before next US talks in Saudi Arabia Russia launched an attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people, in a residential area. Al Jazeera · Mar 22, 2025
Russia Hopes For 'Progress' At Saudi Talks: Negotiator Moscow is hoping to achieve "some progress" at talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday, a Russian negotiator told state media some 48 hours before the United States meets delegations from both Ukraine and Russia in a bid to halt the three-year conflict. International Business Times · Mar 22, 2025
‘They came across as muppets’: Christo Grozev on being target of Bulgarian spy ring Investigative journalist called ‘modern-day Sherlock’ by Alexei Navalny on unsettling photos, reprisals and being exiled from Vienna The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2025
Russia expels two British diplomats for alleged spying UK rejects accusations after FSB says it ‘identified signs of intelligence, subversive work’ carried out by officials. Al Jazeera · Mar 10, 2025
Spy claims by Kremlin against British diplomat and spouse of another in Moscow are 'baseless,' says No10 The timing of the expulsions raises suspicions of a tit-for-tat move by the Kremlin Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025
Russia expels British diplomats over spying claims It is the latest in a series of Russian and UK expulsions. Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025
‘They wanted to kill me’, says lawyer targeted by Russian spy ring Kirill Kachur, 33, was being hunted by the team who had been tasked with kidnapping him and sending him back to Moscow, either dead or alive. Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025
Two church figures arrested in plot to blow up Russian priest known as Putin’s confessor Ukraine has taken responsibility for a number of assassinations in Russia since the start of the war The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2025
Giving entrepreneurs better mortgage and pension access ‘could boost economy’ Solving the ‘finance conundrum’ that entrepreneurs find themselves in could help to unlock growth to get the economy on track, the FSB said. Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025
Calls to make it easier for entrepreneurs to buy homes ‘Getting this right will enable entrepreneurs to do what they do best – innovate, adapt and create’ The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025
Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025 Small firms to cut jobs amid cost woes and new worker rights, finds poll A poll by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) revealed that 33% of companies expect to reduce their workforce.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2025 European defence stocks rise by €18bn to record high ahead of Ukraine peace talks – as it happened Shares in BAE Systems, Rheinmetall and Saab soar, as Keir Starmer offers to put British ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine
The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2025 UK firms mull biggest layoffs in a decade as business confidence slumps Impending tax rises from autumn budget fuel collapse in sentiment and rising redundancy intentions, surveys show
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025 Russian hackers target WhatsApp accounts of ministers worldwide FSB-linked Star Blizzard attempts to lure email recipients to click on QR code that gives attackers access to account
The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2025 Business leaders warn capital councillors over visitor levy timing The Federation of Small Businesses warned of ‘significant disruption’ under the current deadlines for Edinburgh City Council’s planned new charge.
The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2024 Putin apologises for ‘tragic’ Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash but does not take responsibility Azerbaijan says the plane had multiple holes in its fuselage and that the occupants had sustained injuries ‘due to foreign particles penetrating the cabin mid-flight’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2024 Putin apologises over Azerbaijan plane crash; Russia’s Gazprom announces it will halt gas supplies to Moldova – as it happened Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko pardons 20 people jailed for ‘extremism’
The Guardian - AU · Dec 28, 2024 Ukraine war briefing: ‘Human wave’ of North Korean troops being sent to their deaths, says US Kyiv reports heavy casualties among Pyongyang’s soldiers in Russia while Washington accuses generals of seeing the troops as ‘expendable’. What we know on day 1,039
Al Jazeera · Dec 27, 2024 Russia’s security service says jailed American leaked biotechnology secrets Eugene Spector, a US citizen born in Russia, has been sentenced to 15 years in a maximum security Russian penal colony.
WhatToWatch · Dec 27, 2024 The Agency episode 6: Martian is put to the test In The Agency episode 6, Martian struggles to manage professional and personal matters as negotiations heat up for the missing CIA agent.
The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2024 Russia claims it foiled several Ukrainian plots to kill senior officers with disguised bombs Moscow’s Federal Security Service has arrested four Russians accused of helping plan the attack