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France has sent gas to Germany for the first time in “European solidarity” amid increasing energy pressures. The gas, delivered via a pipeline, is part of a deal between the countries to

he risk of a nuclear “Armageddon” is at its highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, US President Joe Biden has said. Mr Biden said Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was “not

This week, one Russian newspaper, Moskovsky Komsomolets, concluded: “Vladimir Putin has nowhere to retreat. So, he’ll continue to attack.” Cue St George’s Hall of the Kremlin Palace and the controversial signing ceremony

Brussels is buzzing with talk of winter as Russian forces pursue their war in Ukraine. But the focus is more on Europe’s energy crisis, inflamed by the invasion, than the fighting itself.

China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin both plan to attend the Group of 20 summit in Bali in November, Indonesian president Joko Widodo says. “Xi Jinping will come. President Putin has

Former US President Donald Trump has said he declined to answer questions as part of a New York investigation into his family’s business practices. Mr Trump arrived at the New York attorney

Iran’s atomic energy chief says the country has the ability to build a nuclear weapon but has no plan to, an Iranian news agency reports. Mohammad Eslami’s comments echo a similar recent

A congressional panel investigating last year’s Capitol riot is expected to argue that Donald Trump did nothing to reign in the mob of his supporters over 187 perilous minutes. The upcoming primetime

President Joe Biden says the US will remain an active and engaged partner in the Middle East, focusing on regional ties. The United States “will not walk away” from the Middle East

A Chinese attack on Taiwan is not imminent, the top US general says, but the US is watching “very closely”. China is clearly developing the capability to attack at some point, but