Defence secretary says ‘support is for short-range and clearly defensive weapon capabilities’Britain is supplying Ukraine with new light anti-tank weapons “in light of the increasingly threatening behaviour from Russia”, the defence secretary has annou…
Arron Banks may have been ‘used and exploited’ by Russia, court hears
Journalist Carole Cadwalladr gives evidence as she defends her reporting on multimillionaire Brexit backerThe Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr has told a court she believes the multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks may have been …
Top EU diplomat offers full support to Ukraine on visit to conflict frontline
Josep Borrell warns ‘severe costs’ would follow any aggression against Kyiv by Russian-backed separatists The European Union’s top diplomat has pledged “full support” to Ukraine on a visit to the frontline of the country’s war with Moscow-backed separa…
What the UK and hauliers can expect from long-delayed Brexit controls
From 1 January checks and paperwork will finally begin and EU exporters face a rude awakening• ‘It won’t be easy’: the European exporters battling Brexit bureaucracyEU exporters of cheese, car parts and other goods are facing a mountain of red tape to …
‘Turn the planes around’: Māori leader says New Zealand should block Australian deportations
Chair of National Māori Authority says country should adopt John Howard’s playbook or risk sparking local gangland wars between deported criminalsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingA prominent Māori leader has called for a dramatic re…
Boris Johnson says it is ‘complete nonsense’ to claim he ordered evacuation of dogs from Kabul – UK politics live
Latest updates: PM denies claim from Foreign Office whistleblowerRaab rejects whistleblower’s claims over Kabul evacuationWhistleblower condemns Foreign Office over Kabul evacuationFresh questions raised about Raab’s role in Afghan rescue debacleHow Af…
French fishers to block Channel tunnel in Brexit licences row
Members of industry association say large number of vehicles will be used to block key artery between nationsFrench fishers are threatening to block access to the Eurotunnel and the ferry port in Calais on Friday as part of an ongoing dispute over acce…
From energy prices to the new cold war, we were warned about 2021 – back in 1997 | Zoe Williams
Terrorism, tension between China and the US, an uncontrollable plague … Wired’s 24-year-old list of what could go wrong with the world is depressingly familiarIn 1997, when things could only get better, Wired magazine gave over an issue to the raw opti…
France has 48 hours to back down in fishing row, warns Liz Truss
Foreign secretary says UK will begin dispute talks set out in Brexit deal if threats not withdrawnThe UK foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has warned France it has 48 hours to back down on threats made in the row over fishing licences or the UK will begin…
Trade war looms as UK set to spurn EU offer on Northern Ireland
EU leaders urged to push back against No 10’s brinkmanship over role of European court of justiceFears that the UK is heading for a trade war with the EU have been fuelled by strong indications from the government that it thinks proposals to be unveile…