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Dec 2, 2025 - World

Trump signals imminent land strikes in Venezuela, blaming a navy admiral for a deadly September attackDonald Trump warned on Tuesday that any country he believes is making drugs destined illegally for the US is vulnerable to a military attack.The US president’s comments came during a question and answer session at the White House at which he also said military strikes on land targets inside Venezuela, which he has accused of narco-terrorism, will “start very soon”. Continue reading...

Dec 2, 2025 - World

New episodes of sci-fi series achieve 59.6m views in first five days of release, a new record for an English language showThe upside-down is still the right way for Netflix – Stranger Things 5 is now the company’s biggest English-language debut ever.The fifth season of the streaming company’s flagship sci-fi series achieved 59.6m views in its first five days on the platform, making for the best premiere week for an English-language series ever on Netflix, and the third biggest debut overall behind the second and third seasons of the Korean sensation Squid Game. Continue reading...

Dec 2, 2025 - World

Russian president accuses European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine as he meets with Witkoff and KushnerRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has accused European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine and threatened that Russia was ready for war as Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived for talks at the Kremlin on Tuesday evening.Moments before the closed-door meeting with Witkoff and Kushner, Putin made a series of hard-edged remarks. Speaking to reporters, he accused European governments of sabotaging the peace process and said that “European demands” on ending the war in Ukraine were “not acceptable to Russia”. Continue reading...

Dec 2, 2025 - World

Moscow is fully aware of New Delhi's concerns about the massive trade deficit, and Russia is working with India to fix "the problem", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Dec 2, 2025 - World

Ross David Cutmore, from Dunfermline, was allegedly recruited to assist in assassinations on Ukrainian soilUkrainian authorities have arrested a British military instructor accused of spying for Russia and plotting assassinations.Ross David Cutmore, 40, from Dunfermline, was allegedly recruited by Russia’s intelligence service, the FSB, to “carry out targeted killings on the territory of Ukraine” between 2024 and 2025. Continue reading...