The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

A federal judge is expected to consider whether to set aside a Trump administration order pausing the construction of a major offshore project for New York

Russian drone incursions into Poland’s airspace triggered a Nato response last year

How do you retain a space of democracy in a world that is reverting to violent conquest? By building a protective moat of federalism around it, says Paris-based Guardian writer Alexander Hurst

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas held talks in Berlin with German defence minister Boris Pistorius as challenges to the future of European and global security continue to mount.

Development comes after the UK supported a US operation to seize a Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic

Also in this newsletter: how the EU is ramping up diplomatic pressure on Iran, why Brussels has frozen Hungarian files ahead of April's ballot, and how an appeal kicking off in Paris today could shape France's political future.

It came after Russia launched its heaviest air attack of 2026, killing four in strikes targeting Kyiv and Kharkiv

Delhi is world’s second largest purchaser of Russian crude, which is now cheaper than oil from Middle East

Acting British ambassador James Kariuki says Putin ‘claims to want peace and yet his actions tell a different story’

Donald Trump is reportedly relying heavily on Melania amid growing dementia fears, following erratic behaviour during meetings with oil executives and visible physical struggles at events.

Here are five of the biggest stories from around the world today Trump considering ‘very strong options’ over protest crackdown in Iran Chechen warlord and Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov hospitalised with kidney failure Tourists left stranded in -39C temperatures as Lapland cancels all flights UK ‘considering’ sending troops to Greenland…