Ukraine fired British and US missiles into Russia in mass attack, says Moscow threatening retaliation Factories were reportedly damaged in at least three cities Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025
Ukraine Launches Major Drone And Missile Attack On Russian Regions Ukraine's drone and missile attack on Russian regions leads to damage and school closures. Russia intercepts drones and missiles, escalating tensions and s... Top News · Jan 14, 2025
Watch live: Russian foreign minister holds news conference as Moscow reports Ukrainian strikes Watch live as Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov holds a news conference on Tuesday, 14 January, as Moscow officials and media report that multiple regions in the country came under a major drone and ballistic missile attack overnight. The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025
Young people are abandoning democracy for dictators. I can understand their despair Fascism in power in the 1930s brought the world to genocidal war. But memories have faded, as has the stigma attached to the far-right – and that’s dangerous, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025
'Grave concerns' for Aussie captured by Russian forces An Australian prisoner of war is suspected to have been killed by Russian forces in Ukraine, with the government scrambling to confirm his death. AAP · Jan 14, 2025
MI5 feared film star Dirk Bogarde could be target of KGB sting attempt Newly declassified files show the actor’s name was on a list of ‘practising British homosexuals’ passed to the Russians. Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025
Biden Administration Seeks To Seize Russian Assets For Ukraine Biden administration's strategy to leverage frozen Russian assets for Ukraine's benefit and peace talks. Top News · Jan 14, 2025
Tuesday briefing: What Ukraine might gain from two North Korean captives In today’s newsletter: Kyiv’s interrogation footage of captured North Korean soldiers leads to questions about what it might do with the soldiers – and what the PoWs might do for them The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,055 Here are the key developments on the 1,055th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Al Jazeera · Jan 14, 2025
North Korea Fires Short-range Ballistic Missiles Into Sea North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Tuesday, according to Seoul's military, in what experts said could be a message to US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration. International Business Times · Jan 14, 2025
NATO Baltic Leaders Set To Boost Security After Cable 'Sabotage' NATO countries on the Baltic Sea will look to boost security when they meet in Helsinki on Tuesday, following the suspected sabotage of undersea cables widely blamed on Russia. International Business Times · Jan 14, 2025
Ukraine war briefing: Strengthen Kyiv’s hand before peace talks, says Nato chief Mark Rutte says Ukraine not yet in the ‘position of strength’ needed for talks with Russia; Biden says US and allies ‘can’t walk away’. What we know on day 1.056 The Guardian - AU · Jan 14, 2025
Actor Dirk Bogarde was ‘disturbed’ by KGB sting warning, declassified files reveal MI5 told Bogarde in 1971 that he had been identified as ‘practising homosexual’ of interest by Russian spies The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025
Dirk Bogarde and the KGB’s gay entrapment plot: MI5 files reveal secret warning to British film icon Newly declassified files show the actor’s name was on a list of ‘practising British homosexuals’ passed to the Russians The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025
The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025 Last secrets of notorious spy Kim Philby revealed: from traitor’s confession to Queen’s involvement Trove of newly declassified files detail investigations into some of the country’s most notorious double agents, the ‘Ring of Five’, who passed information to the Soviets for three decades
The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025 Kim Philby owned up to spying for Russia – but said he would do it all again Newly declassified files show the moment the notorious Cambridge double agent finally confessed to his treachery.
The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025 Cambridge spy Blunt feared violence from his KGB controller Newly-declassified files show notorious double agent refused ‘insane’ order to follow fellow spies Burgess and Maclean to Moscow.
The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2025 US officials reached out to Putin over fears of Russia ‘enabling terrorism,’ report says ‘The risk of catastrophic error was clear,’ Alejandro Mayorkas says
Barchart · Jan 13, 2025 Crude Prices Jump on Tighter Global Supplies as US Sanctions Russian Energy February WTI crude oil (CLG25 ) Monday closed up +2.25 (+2.94%), and February RBOB gasoline (RBG25 ) closed up +0.0254 (+1.22%). Crude and gasoline prices Monday settled moderately higher, with crude posting a 5-month high and gasoline posting a 3-month high. Crude prices Monday added to last Friday's gains after...
The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2025 Sweden to test its new military technology allowing drones to ‘swarm’ ‘We will need to take some risks to build a stronger defence capability faster than we normally do,’ says country’s defence minister
The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2025 ‘I was waking up five times a night’: how film-maker Mikhail Krichman escaped from Russia The revered cinematographer was making an apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton deep in a salt mine when he realised he had to flee. Can he now save his son?
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 13, 2025 Arman Tsarukyan reacts to UFC 311 physique going viral Arman Tsarukyan says some 10-hour days training in "the mountains of Russia" led to him being in a career-best shape for UFC 311.
Barchart · Jan 13, 2025 Crude Rallies as US Sanctions on Russian Oil Tighten Global Supplies February WTI crude oil (CLG25 ) today is up +2.15 (+2.81%), and February RBOB gasoline (RBG25 ) is up +0.0391 (+1.88%). Crude and gasoline prices today are pushing higher, with crude posting a 5-month high and gasoline posting a 3-month high. Crude prices today added to last Friday's gains after...
Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2025 Russian firefighters take five days to put out blaze at Putin nuclear bombers' oil depot hit by Kyiv drones Ukraine and Russia have dramatically ramped up use of drones in Putin’s war launched in February 2022
The Conversation · Jan 13, 2025 Future of Russian gas looking bleak as Ukraine turns off taps and Europe eyes ending all imports Russia’s contract for the transit of its gas across Ukraine expired on December 31 last year and Kyiv refused to consider a new deal. Ukraine’s decision was supported by the European Commission, even though the lost imports are equivalent to 5% of European demand.