The Latest Breaking News from Joe Middleton

Iran-US war latest: Tehran tells Trump ‘pressure on us won’t work’ after meeting US ally Qatar

Tehran said restoring dialogue with Trump was ‘not an impossible mission’

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin fires nuclear-capable missile that could reach US days after CIA chief’s visit

‘There is a concrete goal, and we will fulfil this task,’ Ukrainian president says

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin loses more than 8,000 troops as Zelensky warns Moscow trying to ‘intensify’ attacks

Zelensky warns a prolonged Iran war will exhaust supplies of US air defence missiles

The Independent UK · Mar 20

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Five dead in mass missile and drone attack by Putin’s forces after Poland scrambles jets

Comes amid mounting concern Russia could be behind growing number of recent drone incursions in airspace of Ukraine's European allies

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025

Trump-Gaza latest: ‘Dozens’ of airstrikes on Gaza despite Trump’s call for Israel to stop bombing immediately

Hamas has accepted certain key parts of Donald Trump's plan, including ending the war, Israel's withdrawal and the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian captives

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin says ‘impossible to believe’ Moscow wants a war but warns Trump of escalation

Putin warns Trump sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine would be 'new stage of escalation'

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025

UK politics live: Starmer says Tories used Brexit to run ‘open borders experiment’ in migration speech

Net migration drops 20 per cent this year after record high of 906,000 last year, official figures show

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024

UK politics live: Esther Rantzen pens heartfelt letter on assisted dying - urging MPs to vote on ‘vital’ issue

Dame Esther, who is terminally ill, has been a strong advocate for changing the law to allow dying adults to take their own lives in limited circumstances, without fear of their families being prosecuted for helping them

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024

UK politics live: Budget means weekly pay to rise just £13 in 20 years as IFS calls Reeves’s plans ‘unrealistic’

The Resolution Foundation has warned that the pay outlook is “dire” and many UK workers will not feel any better off by the end of this Parliament

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

‘My friends call me the tree hugger’: a day in the life of a woodland ranger

From tagging ancient trees in Devon and Somerset, to checking on a forest ecosystem, Woodland Trust site manager Joe Middleton explains how he spends a typical day on the job

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024