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Former Israeli PM: Putin Promised Not to Kill Zelenskyy

A former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of Russia's war with Ukraine says he drew a promise from the Russian president not to kill his Ukrainian counterpart. Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett became an unlikely intermediary in the war's first weeks, becoming one…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 5, 2023

This week in TV: Nolly; Putin vs the West; Emily Atack: Asking for It?; Hotel Portofino

Helena Bonham Carter surprises as Noele Gordon; world leaders recall their encounters with Putin; Emily Atack challenges sexual harassment. Plus, the latest new Downton

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023

Turkey’s two-faced ‘sultan’ is no friend of the west. It’s time to play hardball

President Erdoğan’s increasingly hostile stance towards Nato and democratic principles can no longer go unpunished

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023

Inside billionaire Tory treasurer's cosy dinners to link wealthy VIPs with ministers

The super rich were given privileged access to senior ministers at undeclared dinner parties arranged by the billionaire hired as chief Tory treasurer by Rishi Sunak

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2023

Turkish president softens on Finland's Nato bid, but still opposed to Sweden's

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hinted he could drop his threat to veto Finland's bid to join Nato, but he remains firmly opposed to Sweden joining the military alliance after Swedish authorities outraged Ankara by allowing demonstrators in Stockholm to burn a copy of the Koran.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 4, 2023

Inside world's coldest city where locals jump into river as temperatures drop to -62C

A video shared on Twitter showed residents in Yakutsk, Russia, plunging themselves into the ice cold waters of the Lena River to mark the Orthodox Epiphany

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2023

Durham's dud is worse than it looks

Trump’s attempt to bring disrepute to the Mueller report just backfired spectacularly

Salon · Feb 4, 2023

Russia's Medvedev says more U.S. weapons supplies mean 'all of Ukraine will burn'

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the supply of more advanced U.S. weaponry to Ukraine will only trigger more retaliatory strikes from Russia, up to the extent of Russia's nuclear doctrine.

Reuters · Feb 4, 2023

Major attack ‘by Ukraine’ triggers 170ft flames at factory used to build Putin’s bridge

The attack happened at a plant in the Belgorod region which borders Ukraine. An oil depot at or near the plant is said to have exploded with fire damage to the Borisovsky Bridge Metal Structures Plant

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2023

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin’s brutal military assault on sovereign neighbour continues in face of heavy losses and near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2023