Yahoo News Politics daily briefing: January 17
All the latest political developments in the UK, as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is holding talks in Washington as he seeks to bolster support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russia’s invasion.
All the latest political developments in the UK, as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is holding talks in Washington as he seeks to bolster support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russia’s invasion.
‘We’re monitoring the situation closely and reviewing options’
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A factory inside Russia that was expected to help rebuild the Crimean bridge has gone up in flames in a suspected Ukrainian strike.
Gibraltar on Friday accused Spain of a "gross violation of British sovereignty" after an incident on one of its beaches involving Spanish customs agents who were attacked by smugglers, during which shots were fired."The evidence surrounding this incident discloses a gross violation of British sovereignty and, potentially, the most serious and dangerous incident for many years," said Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo in a statement.
The former president's eldest son suggested Montana residents shoot down the balloon themselves — despite that being logistically impossible.
Sean Gallup-Pool/Getty ImagesRussia’s top diplomat said the actions of Western nations could soon turn Moldova into the “next Ukraine,” according to TASS.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Moldovan President Maia Sandu of being “eager to join NATO.” Sandu, Lavrov said, is “ready to unite with Romania and in fact, to do almost anything.”Romania is a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which was created to provide collective security against Russia.Lavrov’s comments ap
Sputnik/Evgeniy Paulin/KremlinRussia’s military is preparing for heavy losses ahead in a new offensive, according to a source apparently stationed at a Russian military headquarters in Ukraine, Novaya Gazeta reported.Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to send tens of thousands of men to war in Ukraine knowing very well that he is going to make them into “minced meat,” the source said.The source accused the Russian military of not taking any dangers of the offensive into account and pr
Germany has given the green light for the export of Leopard 1 battle tanks to Ukraine in a €100 million deal to bolster Kyiv’s defences.
It comes as Moscows is expected to launch a new offensive to mark one-year since it first invaded Ukraine.
Russia is running out of “single-use soldiers” and can no longer rely on “human wave” attacks in eastern Ukraine that have helped in its recent offensives, British military intelligence has concluded.
Rawle Ganpot, 73, Fayrose Dickson, 69, and their son Paul Dickson, 49, currently rely on foodbanks to survive, court told.
North Korea had planned to send workers to help Russia rebuild occupied parts of eastern Ukraine in November, Daily NK reported.
Former prime minister is expected to make media appearances in support of a tax-cutting agenda, and Twitter has some thoughts.
"Again and again we have to repel the aggression of the collective West," Putin said as Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine continues.
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In an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Trump went on a tirade against news outlets that reported on Russian interference during the 2016 election.
Israel has a complicated relationship with Russia, which is cozying up to Iran but letting Israel freely target Iran-linked operations in Syria.
"The Daily Show" correspondent returned from his latest Trump event with alarming news.
The United States Department of Defense said on Thursday, February 2, it had detected and was tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon in US airspace.The Pentagon said the balloon was traveling well above commercial air traffic and did not "present a military or physical threat to people on the ground.“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” the Pentagon said. “Once the balloon was detected, the [US] government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information.”According to an Associated Press report, “One of the places the balloon was spotted was Montana, which is home to one of the nation’s three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base.”Footage taken by Chase Doak in Billings, Montana, captured an unusual object visible in the sky amid reports of sightings and a ground stop in the area.Storyful could not independently verify the object. Credit: Chase Doak via Storyful
‘There’s people that think that I said a phrase called Jewish space lasers – a phrase that I never said’