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Britain is failing to prepare itself for war with Russia, military chief warns
1 week, 2 days ago

Britain is failing to prepare itself for war with Russia, military chief warns

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lord West’s warning follows a foreboding speech by Nato general secretary Mark Rutte who said …

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Sir Richard Shirreff: ‘The time has come for the UK to start gearing up to be ready for war in every respect’
1 week, 4 days ago

Sir Richard Shirreff: ‘The time has come for the UK to start gearing up to be ready for war in every respect’

The Independent  

Last week, the UK chief of defence, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, warned us that we are at the dawn of a third nuclear age. As Dmitri Trenin, former head of the Carnegie Moscow Centre and an ex-senior Soviet Army officer, wrote in 2016: “The Kremlin has been at war with Nato since 2014.” And if you need evidence of this …

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Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in Baltic Sea by dragging anchor for 100 miles while off radar in attack 'orchestrated by the Kremlin', report claims
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in Baltic Sea by dragging anchor for 100 miles while off radar in attack 'orchestrated by the Kremlin', report claims

Daily Mail  

A Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in the Baltic Sea by dragging an anchor across the sea floor over 110miles while off-radar in an attack orchestrated by the Kremlin, a new report has claimed. European investigators told the newspaper that the massive Yi Peng 3 bulk carrier - 225 meters long, 32 meters wide and loaded …

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Russia is plotting attacks across Europe – and they’re only going to get worse
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia is plotting attacks across Europe – and they’re only going to get worse

The Independent  

A British man has been charged over an arson plot targeting a Ukrainian business after allegedly being recruited by a Russian spy – and establishing links with the mercenary Wagner group. All of these are examples of hostile action from Russia becoming gradually normalised because nobody is willing or able to deal with it Again, the problem might look like …

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Would Macron's call to arms pay off? Experts say a NATO force would defeat Putin's army in Ukraine but intervention would fail without US support...and could even trigger nuclear war
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Would Macron's call to arms pay off? Experts say a NATO force would defeat Putin's army in Ukraine but intervention would fail without US support...and could even trigger nuclear war

Daily Mail  

The EU was split this week after French president Emmanuel Macron said that sending Western ground troops into Ukraine should not be 'ruled out'. Ukrainian soldiers firing artillery at their fighting position as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 26, 2024 Although Ukraine's NATO allies have been supporting Volodymyr Zelensky's armed forces …

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The 40 coolest neighbourhoods in the world for 2023 named by Time Out: Laureles in the Colombian city of Medellin is No.1, with Liverpool's Baltic Triangle top in UK and Mid-City in New Orleans best i
1 year, 2 months ago

The 40 coolest neighbourhoods in the world for 2023 named by Time Out: Laureles in the Colombian city of Medellin is No.1, with Liverpool's Baltic Triangle top in UK and Mid-City in New Orleans best i

Daily Mail  

Laureles in Medellín, Colombia, has been named the Coolest Neighbourhood in the World to visit right now by Time Out. Cours Julien, Marseille - France Time Out has named the coolest neighbourhoods in the world to visit right now, with Marseille's Cours Julien neighbourhood ranking 12th overall 'A hotbed for graffiti in the early ‘90s when hip hop took root …

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Boris Johnson pledges UK support for Sweden and Finland if Putin attacks amid NATO uncertainty
2 years, 7 months ago

Boris Johnson pledges UK support for Sweden and Finland if Putin attacks amid NATO uncertainty

Daily Mail  

Britain has pledged to come to Sweden and Finland's aid should either of the Nordic countries come under Russian attack, following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Pictured: Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson shows the way to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he arrives for talks today Britain's Prime Minister said the parallel agreements would help defend each country should …

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100 EU flights a day rerouted across Baltic states to avoid Belarus airspace
3 years, 6 months ago

100 EU flights a day rerouted across Baltic states to avoid Belarus airspace

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Around 100 daily EU flights will be redirected across Baltic states to avoid Belarus, the European …

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Coronavirus: Which European countries eased travel restrictions?
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: Which European countries eased travel restrictions?

Al Jazeera  

Some European countries are starting to relax travel restrictions as the number of new COVID-19 infections falls. Many European countries have started easing coronavirus-related travel restrictions, with June 15 seeing several of them open up to visitors from certain countries in an effort to boost tourism and return to normalcy. However, there is a mandatory 14-day-self-quarantine requirement for people entering …

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Putin rewrites World War II history – and does battle over historical memory
4 years, 6 months ago

Putin rewrites World War II history – and does battle over historical memory

CNN  

CNN — William Faulkner’s famous line, “the past is never dead. Putin begins the essay with a personal note: Like millions of citizens of the former Soviet Union, his family’s life was touched directly by the war. For starters, there’s Putin’s description of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, a nonaggression pact between Adolf Hitler’s Germany and Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union. …

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