Today
Russian missile hits close to Zelensky, Greek premier
“These people don’t care, they have either gone insane or they don’t control what their terroristic army is doing,” Zelensky said about the Russian military.
- 23 mins ago
- Aliaksandr Kudrytski and Paul Tugwell
Tories try to staunch Britain’s ever-growing tax take
Trailing Labour in polls and facing an election soon, PM Rishi Sunak tries to woo the battlers with tax cuts, but squeezes UK residents with offshore income.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Yesterday
Ukraine hits Russia’s Black Sea fleet with high-tech drones
Ukraine is focusing on developing and deploying lethal, advanced sea drones against Russian warships in a new chapter of the war.
- Illia Novikov
This Month
- Analysis
- World politics
Ukraine needs total Western support - and so does Israel
Both are fighting for Western civilisation - one against Russian imperialism, the other against Iranian-backed Islamism. And we should want both to win.
- Niall Ferguson
Bond investors braced for inflationary UK budget
Investors are concerned Jeremy Hunt may use the budget to try to rescue the Tories’ political fortunes ahead of a general election expected later this year.
- Aline Oyamada and Greg Ritchie
Newly enlarged NATO starts drill in Finland, Norway and Sweden
With more than 4000 Finnish soldiers taking part, the Nordic Response 2024 represents the newcomer’s largest ever participation in a foreign exercise.
- Jari Tanner
Israel has ‘basically agreed’ a ceasefire. Hamas must now decide
Some obstacles to the deal remain as talks are set to resume. The apparent breakthrough came as the United States started dropping food aid into the Gaza Strip.
- Updated
- Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
Germany to probe Russia leak of secret missile talks
Senior German air force officers appeared to discuss supplying missiles to Ukraine in a recording of a phone call.
- Guy Chazan
Forrests lash Europe’s labour law climbdown
Germany and Italy kiboshed an EU law that would compel firms to weed out forced labour in their supply chains. The Forrests fear a ripple effect in Australia.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Ex-Macquarie star agrees terms to join Swiss house Mercuria
Nick O’Kane, who earned more than Jamie Dimon last year, stepped down last month as head of Macquarie’s global commodities and markets division.
- Archie Hunter and Nour Al Ali
‘You weren’t afraid’: Mourners defy riot police at Navalny’s funeral
Hundreds of Russians braved riot police and the threat of arrest to attend the funeral of opposition leader Alexei Navalny after his death in a prison camp.
- Katie Marie Davies
‘Don’t they get it?’: Putin warns West of nuclear war risk
Vladimir Putin has vowed to complete his invasion of Ukraine and says Russia could use nuclear weapons if the West sent in troops.
- Updated
- Francesca Ebel and Robyn Dixon
The CIA’s secret mission to help Ukraine defeat Putin
Once seen as thoroughly compromised by Russia, Ukraine’s intelligence agencies have been turned by US spies into deadly weapons against the Kremlin.
- Adam Entous and Michael Schwirtz
February
COVID-19 causes lasting cognitive, memory damage: major study
“Brain fog” was detectable in long and short-term cases, a detailed study suggests.
- Pam Belluck
Leaked Russian military files reveal its nuclear strike rules
Vladimir Putin’s forces have rehearsed using tactical nuclear weapons at an early stage of conflict with a major world power, according to leaked Russian military files that include training scenarios for an invasion by China.
- Max Seddon and Chris Cook
Yellen says ‘unlock’ frozen Russian assets for Ukraine
The EU, G7 nations and Australia have frozen about €260 billion ($430 billion) in Russian cash and securities, but are undecided on what to do with them.
- Viktoria Dendrinou and Christopher Condon
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Macron lobs hand grenade into NATO dithering on Ukraine
The French president said sending ground troops to Ukraine “must not be ruled out” in a bid to shake up the alliance and send a strong signal to Vladimir Putin.
- Henry Samuel
Wider Ukraine war ‘inevitable’ if NATO sends troops, Kremlin warns
Moscow’s warning comes after France’s Emmanuel Macron opened the door to sending Western forces to the war. But Germany’s leaders poured cold water on the idea.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Western troops in Ukraine not ruled out, Macron says
The French president also dropped opposition to purchasing artillery supplies for Kyiv from outside the EU, as the war enters its third year.
- Updated
- Michel Rose and John Irish
Sweden clears final hurdle to join NATO in historic shift
The vote in Hungary’s parliament opens the way for Stockholm to enter the US-led defence alliance as soon as this week.
- Krisztina Than and Niklas Pollard
