Yahoo News Monday evening news briefing: Putin: ‘We’ll kick the enemy out of Russia’
Good evening. Vladimir Putin has vowed to “kick the enemy out of our territory” in response to Ukraine’s surprise border incursion.
Elsewhere, Sir Keir Starmer poses the “biggest threat to free speech” in British history, Nigel Farage has claimed.
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Putin: ‘We’ll kick the enemy out of Russia’
The Russian president made the comments in a meeting with top security officials to discuss the fighting inside Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions.
”[T]he defence ministry’s main task is to push, to kick the enemy out of our territory,” Putin said.
Farage: Starmer greatest threat to free speech in British history
The Reform UK leader accused the Prime Minister of wanting to use the recent far-Right riots in Britain to restrict civil liberties amid concerns about the impact of potential new regulation.
Sir Keir is considering placing a duty on social media companies to restrict “legal but harmful” content, while children as young as five will be taught to spot fake news online.
Two 12-year-olds become youngest to be charged over riots
Two 12-year-olds have become the youngest people to be charged over the riots in the wake of the Southport killings.
A 12-year-old boy from Southport has been charged with violent disorder and is due to appear at Merseyside Youth Court on Monday.
Another 12-year-old boy pleaded guilty to two charges of violent disorder at Manchester City Magistrates Court today.
Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Crime | An 11-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after a stabbing in London’s West End on Monday.
Sport | Retired Tom Daley hopes more gay athletes break sport’s ‘heteronormative’ dominance
Boris Johnson | Former PM in talks over Telegraph bid
US | Tim Walz accused of ‘backdoor’ retirement from military before deployment
Immigration | Highest number of migrants since Starmer became PM cross Channel in a day
Sussex | Line of cars smashed as ‘drunk-driver’ in an Audi crashes along street
Pictured: The Northern Lights behind Rotherly Castle, in Northumberland, on Sunday night
The Northern Lights were spotted in areas across the UK overnight. The display was seen in parts of Wales, the north of England and Norfolk.
Olympics Briefing: Your essential headlines
By John MacLeary
Deputy Head of Digital Publishing, Sport
Following two glorious weeks of sport, the sun finally set on the Paris Olympics on Sunday night with a star-studded closing ceremony in the Stade de France.
Team GB took home one more medal than the Tokyo Games and the same as London 2012 – but fewer golds than both.
The British Olympic Association has said it will review the lack of gold medals won, while promising to “get back at the Aussies” who finished three places above them in the medal table at the LA Games in 2028.
Alan Tyers has ranked the winners and losers from the BBC’s Olympics, while Thom Gibbs supplied his alternative awards.
Jim White, meanwhile, compared London 2012 with Paris 2024. But which one was the best?
Looking ahead, our senior sports writer outlines what his perfect Olympics would look like (spoiler: break dancing can get in the bin).
Comment and analysis
Lucy Burton | Self-checkouts have been a self-inflicted disaster for Britain
Andrew Orlowski | Google’s chokehold must be broken – here’s how to do it
David Axe | The US Air Force should deploy the apex predator of the skies
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon | Vladimir Putin’s hubris has finally met its nemesis
Jessica Ennis-Hill | Noah Lyles divides opinion but he is great for future of athletics
‘I made my own horse-milk ice cream – it tastes better than it sounds’
Mare’s milk ice cream: it might sound like a gothic nightmare but in fact, it’s being touted as the foodie’s dream, gelato that’s good for you.
Researchers at the Faculty of Food Sciences and Fisheries at the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Poland have been churning horse milk into an ice cream loaded with nutrition while still, they say, creamy and delicious.
Editor’s choice
Travel | The 13 regions of France – ranked from worst to best
Obituary | Diana Phipps, Countess Sternberg, exiled Czech who became London’s most eccentric interior decorator
Culture | How Spotify silenced rock bands
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