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The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says bad weather favours Moscow in ‘difficult’ battle for Pokrovsk

The latest strike comes amid fierce fighting in the Donetsk region

The Independent UK

Lavrov’s absence sparks speculation he has fallen from favour with Putin

Veteran foreign minister missed key Kremlin meeting, and is not part of Russia’s G20 delegation

The Guardian - UK

‘The tigers are hungry’: endangered but deadly, the world’s largest big cat is sowing fear in Siberia’s villages

The spread of African swine flu among the wild boars the animals eat has led to the deadliest winter for attacks on people in the Russian region for decades – and a spike in tiger killings

The Guardian - UK

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin hits out at long-running reports of rift between Putin and Lavrov

Top diplomat insists peace cannot be achieved without ‘taking Russian interests into account’

The Independent UK

Ukraine war briefing: Lavrov reappears, ready to offer Marco Rubio same demands

Ukraine answers Russia’s strikes on energy grid; Zelenskyy tells the Guardian how King Charles eased Trump tensions. What we know on day 1,356

The Guardian - AU

Volodymyr Zelenskyy: why should I be afraid of Donald Trump?

Exclusive: Ukraine’s leader dismisses reports his last Washington meeting was volatile, and praises King Charles for helping build ties with US president

The Guardian - UK

Does Trump truly care about Nigerian Christians? Of course not – he just knows faith sells

In a bid to exercise absolute power, today’s crop of authoritarian leaders is recruiting – and exploiting – believers, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

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Moscow Nuclear Test Proposal Raises Global Alarm as Putin's Drones Kill Seven in Ukraine

Russia prepares nuclear test proposal as Putin's drone strikes kill seven across Ukraine, sparking global concern over renewed escalation.

International Business Times UK

Ukraine war briefing: Russia unleashes attack on energy infrastructure, triggering power cuts

Ukrainian minister says Moscow is ‘massively attacking’ grid; Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian troops gathering near north-eastern city. What we know on day 1,354

The Guardian - AU

Flattery will get you everywhere: Orbán lays it on thick with Trump

The Hungarian PM needed Trump’s help over Russia oil sanctions – so he deployed a tried-and-trusted method

The Guardian - US

Will Putin's Rare Earth Ambitions Threaten Clean Energy ETF Bets?

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the drafting of a national roadmap for rare-earth extraction by December, underlining his intention to enter the strategic minerals race.

Benzinga

Trump-Orbán meeting: US gives Hungary exemption from sanctions on Russian oil and gas

US president also praises Hungarian leader’s hardline stance on immigration during friendly White House summit

The Guardian - US

Verona cancels performance of Ildar Abdrazakov, the Russian opera star close to Putin

"We have once again won a victory over Putin and the Kremlin's propaganda", enthused the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Italy's Pina Picerno. The cancellation follows a similar measure, in Caserta, against another musician close to Putin, Valery Gergiev.

Euronews

Fears Pokrovsk will fall ‘within weeks’ as Ukraine sends in its elite units

Russian President Vladimir Putin claims his forces are on the cusp of winning

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Military members offered Trump wine as First Family’s latest cash grab hits shelves

President’s eponymous wine and cider being promoted in Coast Guard-run stores

The Independent UK

Venice’s famous dolphin could be removed from lagoon due to tourist boat risk

Residents are concerned the dolphin might get killed in the traffic-heavy part of the Venetian lagoon it currently resides in

The Independent UK

Trump-pardoned liar George Santos claims he’s fleeing NYC over Zohran Mamdani: ‘Nice knowing you’

Santos was pardoned by Trump after pleading guilty to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft

The Independent UK

Putin ‘sidelines’ Russia’s veteran foreign minister after ‘blaming him for collapse of Trump summit’

Putin and Trump were expected to meet in Hungary - until Lavrov spoke with Marco Rubio last month

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The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson tells Megyn Kelly that critics can ‘buzz off’ after his softball interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes

‘You know, do your own interview the way that you want to do it. You’re not my editor. Buzz off’

Reason

November 7 as Victims of Communism Day - 2025

I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose. But November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, which I am happy to adopt if it can attract a broad consensus.

Euronews

Moscow inches closer to forcing more Ukrainians from occupied territories to fight for Russia

Moscow has now claimed to have included parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions into Russia’s Southern Military District, as it moves closer to formalising the forced conscription of Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories.

The Independent UK

Viktor Orban is back in the White House again – doing Putin’s dirty work for him

ANALYSIS: The Hungarian leader and Donald Trump are no fans of democracy. Both are pro-Putin, and they have one point of friction, which will not ignite during their meeting in Washington DC. World affairs editor Sam Kiley explains why this is good for the Kremlin

The Independent UK

Viktor Orban to visit White House to broker new Trump-Putin summit and seek permission to buy Russian oil

The Hungarian PM is a key ally of Moscow and has stymied European support for Kyiv

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin's tanks could roll into European Nato country tomorrow, warns German general

Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank said Russia could now launch a limited incursion against Nato territory

The Conversation

What will the UK do in a new nuclear arms race?

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