The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Many expectations for the new government are wishful thinking or just plain wrong.

Max and Sorcha are living in the country-like bliss of Tottenham Marshes with more square footage than most London flats

Vladimir Putin is increasingly confident Russia’s military can outlast Ukraine as a second winter of war approaches with Kyiv’s US and European allies distracted by the deepening conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Arguing Eastern Europe should be left under Russia's influence makes liberty a privilege of the powerful and mighty

Research paper on poisoning published by 17 year-old Sophia Browder accuses government of neglecting ‘very real’ threat

Statement on mines comes from general staff of the armed forces, which says more than 135,000 explosive devices neutralised since the beginning of the war

As the war enters its 605th day, these are the main developments.

Joe Biden asks for $106bn package of emergency aid to Israel and Ukraine; former abbot of Ukrainian Orthodox monastery charged with justifying Russian invasion

Moscow recuits Serbs to replenish its diminished armed forces; Russia’s biggest offensive in months is failing, Kyiv says

Helicopter losses could hit Russian defensive efforts in Ukraine

Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti, and Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, are scheduled to meet this weekend for the first time since Nato decided to send about 600 more peacekeeping troops into the Balkans early in October to mitigate some of the region’s growing tensions.