1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (786+ words) MI5 director general Sir Ken McCallum has warned that Britain faces a more complex national security threat than at any point since the September 11 attacks, urging the country to “build defences” against both radical Islamic extremism and hostile states. In an…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (646+ words) Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has defended the government’s decision to reprioritise Army training, insisting that military exercises have not been halted despite growing concern over pressure on the defence budget. Mark Francois, the Conservative MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, questioned…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (629+ words) A Labour minister has refused to rule out the party committing to rejoin the European Union in its next general election manifesto, reopening a politically sensitive question over Britain’s long-term relationship with the bloc. Hamish Falconer, a Foreign Office minister,…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (598+ words) Spain’s Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez has clashed with opposition leader Santiago Abascal over the government’s handling of a migrant crisis in Ceuta, as pressure mounts on Madrid over the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants at the Spanish…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1450+ words) In the first of a series of reports from the ground in Ukraine, I am examining a disturbing new phase in Russia’s war: the growing use of drones and other stand-off weapons to make Ukrainian cities progressively harder to live…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (715+ words) An Israeli government spokesman has refused to rule out preventing Ed Miliband from entering Israel, describing the UK foreign secretary as a “failed figure” amid a widening diplomatic dispute between London and Jerusalem. David Mencer, speaking to GB News, said:…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (653+ words) The UK’s agreement with France to return small boat migrants is facing renewed uncertainty, with Andy Burnham appealing directly to President Emmanuel Macron to preserve a deal that officials fear Paris could abandon. The arrangement, which is due to expire…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (578+ words) NATO allies disrupted a covert Russian naval operation in Arctic waters after detecting submarines training to deploy a new weapon designed to damage critical undersea cables, according to two Western officials familiar with the operation. Russia’s Main Directorate of Deep-Sea…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (625+ words) A Russian drone that entered Moldovan airspace may have been deliberately heading towards Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s aircraft, according to Moldova’s ambassador to the US, raising fresh concerns over the potential spillover of Russia’s war in Ukraine beyond the battlefield. Vladislav Kulminski…...