Vladimir Putin has warned “any blackmail is doomed to failure” – days after an attempted rebellion led by Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. The Russian president –...
The chancellor has told banks “in no uncertain terms” they must pass on higher interest rates to savers. Jeremy Hunt faced pressure from both Labour and...
A 14-year-old boy and his stepfather have died in Texas after they went on a hike in extreme heat where temperatures reached 48.3C (119F). The unnamed...
Russian fighter jets were scrambled after two UK warplanes were detected near the country’s border, Moscow has claimed. In a statement, the country’s ministry of defence...
Former prime minister Liz Truss has called on the government to have a plan in place in case the Russian government under Vladimir Putin collapses. It...
Exiled Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has released an audio message for the first time since abandoning a march to Moscow. In the 11-minute clip, he defended...
Rishi Sunak has hinted he will ignore recommendations for public sector pay rises, saying workers “need to recognise the economic context we are in”. Reports surfaced...
The dust is settling. The damage is deep. And the question remains, especially in the absence of any clear direction from Vladimir Putin – what happens...
For a capital facing such potentially intense political convulsions, Moscow basked in a sun-drenched Sunday calm. Red Square was closed as a precautionary anti-terror measure. A...
Russia’s defence minister has been seen in public for the first time since Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin stood down his group of rebel mercenaries. In the...
A sudden uprising in Russia was over too fast to have any immediate impact on the war in Ukraine, but it exposed a fragility in Moscow...
Australia’s high court has dismissed Russia’s bid to challenge laws preventing it from building a new embassy on land near the country’s parliament in Canberra. It...
A health minister has refused to commit to accepting the recommendations of public sector pay review bodies (PRBs) for next year, saying the government has to...
America’s top diplomat says that the attempted coup in Russia over the weekend shows “cracks” in the “facade” of Vladimir Putin’s government. US Secretary of State...
For a capital facing such potentially intense political convulsions, Moscow basked in a sun-drenched Sunday calm. Red Square was closed as a precautionary anti-terror measure. A...
A Treasury minister has refused to commit to public sector pay rises, arguing it would be “irresponsible” not to take into account the impact on persistently...
Ukraine is in a strong battlefield position against invading Russian forces but the exile of a rebel mercenary leader to neighbouring Belarus poses a fresh potential...
Some Wagner Group mercenaries will join the official Russian military after their leader called off their march on Moscow and agreed to relocate to Belarus. Yevgeny...
As mutinies go, the march by mercenaries on Moscow was anti-climatic, but history will likely remember 24 June as the moment Vladimir Putin’s grip on power...
The Wagner Group staged a rebellion in Russia, in what has been the greatest domestic challenge to Vladimir Putin since he took power. The Russian mercenaries...