A think tank has warned any future government would have to find £8bn of cuts to fund the government’s planned increase in defence spending. Rishi Sunak announced on Tuesday he was pledging to increase spending by...
IDF: Israeli forces carrying out ‘offensive action’ in southern Lebanon | DW News
The Israeli military says it has attacked dozens of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, in retaliation for rockets fired over the border. Israel released this footage, saying it hit Hezbollah weapons, storage and...
From Taiwan to TikTok: Who blinks first in US-China showdown? • FRANCE 24 English
Is it a spiraling superpower showdown or a glorified trade negotiation? The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicking off a three-day visit in China’s economic capital Shanghai. Unlike during the Cold War when...
Reports of mass graves at Gaza hospitals ‘horrify’ UN rights experts
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said it is ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies at two of Gaza’s largest hospitals. Palestinian civil...
Channel migrant deaths: Three arrested in connection | BBC News
Three men have been arrested in connection with the deaths of five migrants in the English Channel on Tuesday, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. The men were detained on suspicion of facilitating...
More US aid will help Ukraine avoid defeat, but winning is another matter • FRANCE 24 English
A big, new package of US military aid will help Ukraine avoid defeat in its war with Russia. The arms and ammunition in the $61 billion military aid package should enable Ukraine to slow the Russian army’s bloody...