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Exclusive-Biden to sign defence pact in Papua New Guinea, with eyes on China

United States President Joe Biden will sign defence and surveillance agreements with Papua New Guinea, the island nation's foreign minister said, on a visit that renews the strategic importance of the nation where Biden's uncle died in World War Two.

Reuters

EU's von der Leyen visits Kyiv as Russia marks war anniversary

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Ukraine as "the beating heart of today's European values" in a deeply symbolic visit to Kyiv on Tuesday as Russia marked its World War Two Victory Day.

Reuters

Putin says a 'real war' is being waged against Russia in Victory Day speech

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said a "real war" was again being waged against Russia as he invoked the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two to say the West was trying to destroy his country.

Reuters

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Watch as Russia stages annual WWII Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square

Watch as Russia stages its annual Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square, marking victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

The Independent UK

Putin touts 'sacred' battle with West in Ukraine as Russia marks pared back Victory Day

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russians were united in a "sacred" fight with the West over Ukraine but the strains of war were evident at one of the most pared back anniversaries of the victory over Nazi Germany in decades.

Reuters

Ukraine moves day to mark Nazi surrender in shift towards West

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy moved on Monday to formalise the day that Ukraine marks the allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two as May 8, aligning it with Western nations in a repudiation of the Soviet past quickly condemned by Moscow.

Reuters

Security worries overshadow Russia's Victory Day preparations

Russia stages its annual Victory Day parade on Red Square on Tuesday amid particularly tight security after a series of drone attacks, including on the Kremlin citadel, symbolic heart of the Russian state, that Moscow has blamed on Ukraine.

Reuters

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Tributes paid following death of Bridge of Allan World War Two codebreaker aged 103

Bletchley Park doyenne moved to Bridge of Allan from the west end of Glasgow aged 99 to be closer to family.

Daily Record

A Small Light cast: who's who in the World War Two drama

Meet the A Small Light cast who are bringing the story of Miep and Jan Gies, the people who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II.

WhatToWatch

Putin Ally: We Are Probably on Verge of a New World War

An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the world was probably on the verge of a new world war and the risks of a nuclear confrontation were rising. "The world is sick and quite probably is on the verge of a new world war," Dmitry Medvedev,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia Says Discovery of WW2 Shipwreck Ends ‘Tragic’ Maritime Chapter

Australia's Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Saturday that the wreck of a Japanese merchant ship, sunk in World War Two with 864 Australian soldiers on board, had been found in the South China Sea, ending a tragic chapter of the country's history. Marles said the SS Montevideo Maru, an…

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Australia says discovery of WW2 shipwreck ends 'tragic' maritime chapter

Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Saturday that the wreck of a Japanese merchant ship, sunk in World War Two with 864 Australian soldiers on board, had been found in the South China Sea, ending a tragic chapter of the country's history.

Reuters

Russia bans Japanese group campaigning over disputed islands

Russia's prosecutor general said on Friday it had banned a group campaigning for Japanese sovereignty over four disputed islands seized by the Soviet Union at the end of World War Two, amid rising tensions between Moscow and Tokyo.

Reuters

Biden urged to deliver 'historic' arms control speech at G7 summit in Japan

Two dozen arms control advocates have urged President Joe Biden to use next month's G7 summit in Hiroshima, which was hit by the first U.S. atomic bombing of World War Two, to reaffirm a U.S. commitment to nuclear disarmament and readiness for arms control talks with Russia and China.

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Russia scraps popular WW2 processions this year because of security threat - lawmaker

Security concerns have prompted Russian authorities this year to cancel traditional nationwide Victory Day processions where people carry portraits of relatives who fought against Nazi Germany in World War Two, a lawmaker said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine War, Already with up to 354,000 Casualties, Likely to Drag, US Documents

As many as 354,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the Ukraine war which is grinding towards a protracted conflict that may last well beyond 2023, according to a trove of purported US intelligence documents posted online. If authentic, the documents, which look like secret US…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin Says Outlook for Black Sea Grain Deal Is ‘Not So Great’

The Kremlin on Wednesday said the outlook for the landmark UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal was not great as promises to remove obstacles to Russian exports of agricultural and fertilizer exports had not been fulfilled. The grain deal is an attempt to ease a food crisis that predated the Russian…

Wales Online

Video shows moment World War Two bomb is blown up on beach

The bomb reportedly 'washed up' before being dealt with by an explosive ordnance disposal unit

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Newcastle security alert: Controlled explosion carried out after 'viable device' discovered

The object is believed to be a World War Two mortar and had been buried in the ground for some time.

Reuters

Ben Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103

Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials in Germany that brought Nazi war criminals to justice after World War Two and a longtime apostle of international criminal law, died on Friday at age 103, NBC News reported, citing his son.

Reuters

In Germany, King Charles honours victims of WWII allied bombings

King Charles laid a wreath in memory of the victims of the allied bombing in World War Two during a visit to Hamburg's St Nikolai memorial, the remains of a church in Germany's northern port city severely damaged by the air raids.

Daily Mirror

Funeral for black WW2 RAF hero who died alone moved after it's 'inundated' with mourners

Flight Sergeant Peter Brown is believed to be the last of the so-called 'Pilots of the Caribbean' to fight in World War Two, with an appeal for mourners proving far more popular than anticipated

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moscow Keeps up Pressure in East Ukraine, Putin Says Russia’s Survival at Stake

Russian troops keep pushing forward in waves along the frontline in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian soldiers said on Tuesday, as President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his view that Russia's very existence as a state was at stake in the war. In the eastern Donbas region, Russia and Ukraine are locked in the…

Edinburgh Live

The Edinburgh island that used to guard Firth of Forth from submarines during war

Cramond Island was rumoured to have once been inhabited by the Romans but was extensively used for coastal defences during both World War One and World War Two.

The Independent UK

RAF fly-past for World War Two veteran who survived being shot down on raid

Warrant Officer Bob Brown, who went on to teach primary school children, has died aged 103

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