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Joe Biden and Sir Keir Starmer were expected to discuss the Russian president’s conduct at a meeting in Washington

Antony Blinken says new US sanctions against Russia are in response to Kremlin’s attempt to ‘subvert and polarize free and open societies’. This blog is now closed.

President Biden and PM Starmer discuss Ukraine's request for long-range missiles against Russia. US and UK officials support but have concerns. White House...

In today’s newsletter: A green light for the use of the Storm Shadow missile has been billed as a defining moment in the war – and Vladimir Putin has threatened that its use “would mean that Nato countries … are at war with Russia”. Is it a risk worth taking?

While some viewed the arms suspension as a mere ‘token gesture’ that doesn’t go far enough, others argued Israel has a right to defend itself

Sir Keir Starmer was keen to avoid getting embroiled in US election controversy as he avoided discussing Trump’s assertion that people’s dogs and cats are being eaten by migrants

Labour’s promises to ‘make work pay’ are short on detail, but delegates at the TUC conference were starting to believe, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Public favourability for both Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves has fallen sharply, according to a poll ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said Kyiv’s surprise incursion launched August 6 into Russia’s border region of Kursk had “slowed” Moscow’s advance in eastern Ukraine. “In Kharkiv region, the enemy has been stopped, the progress in Donetsk region has been slowed down,” Zelensky said. He added that there are…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Joe Biden will discuss Friday whether to let Kyiv use long-range missiles against Russia, in what is likely their last meeting before an election that could upend US policy on Ukraine.

Attack marks first time a missile has struck a civilian vessel transporting grains in open waters of the Black Sea. What we know on day 933