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A veteran Tory MP suggested coronavirus rules were broken in ‘most homes’ as he sought to defend Boris Johnson over fresh allegations of lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street.more

Russian President Vladimir Putin aims to transform Ukraine into a failed state. We have to prepare for three possibilities of a Russian attack on Ukraine: the annexation or formal recognition of the independence of Donbas, a limited invasion and occupation of the east of the country, and a full-scale attack on many fronts, writes the American magazine Foreign Affairs.more

Talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran are approaching a dangerous impasse, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced yesterday.more

Former British intelligence officer Alex Younger said in an interview with the BBC that Russian President Vladimir Putin at this stage of the conflict has no possibility of withdrawing from his plans to invade Ukraine.more

A report on an internal investigation into events on Downing Street and other UK government buildings during the covid restrictions could be released today, Sky News reported.more

Ukraine is now facing a greater threat than ever before, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday. He stressed that Russian aggression could most effectively be stopped by the unity of the West.more

The Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation into parties held in No 10 during the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner Cressida Dick said they were looking into "potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations" in Downing Street and Whitehall since 2020.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a birthday party during the first coronavirus lockdown, in June 2020, when indoor socializing was banned, ITV News reported yesterday.more

NATO countries are sending additional ships and fighter jets to Eastern Europe, strengthening deterrence and defense as Russia continues to build up troops in and around Ukraine, NATO Headquarters reported yesterday.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today warned Russia that an invasion of Ukraine would be "catastrophic" and would be a "painful, brutal and bloody enterprise." As he added, "the people of Russia must understand that this will become a new Chechnya."more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office today announced an investigation into allegations by Nusrat Ghani, a Conservative Party MP who claims she was fired from her deputy minister position because she is Muslim.more

Russia plans to conduct its ships' exercises off the Irish coast in early February - in international waters but within its exclusive economic zone. The Irish authorities have already expressed their concern about the maneuvers.more

British MP Nusrat Ghani from the ruling Conservative Party claims in an interview published yesterday in The Sunday Times that in 2020 she was fired from her position as deputy transport minister because she is a Muslim.more

The British Foreign Office said yesterday evening that it has information indicating that the Russian government wants to install a pro-Russian leader in Kiev, which proves the possibility of an invasion and occupation of Ukraine.more

A deputy from the UK's ruling Conservative Party accusing its leadership of intimidating and blackmailing those who demand the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had turned the matter over to the police.more

The US administration is considering evacuating the families of American diplomats from Ukraine. Official information on this matter may be released in the coming days, wrote the New York Post yesterday, citing sources.more

Britain is considering sending hundreds of additional troops to Poland and the Baltic states to boost Russia's deterrence capabilities, the Times reported today, citing sources in the British Ministry of Defense.more

Ireland removes almost all covid restrictions, including all those introduced in connection with the Omikron variant. With the peak of this wave past and vaccination rates high, the government has decided that it is not necessary to maintain them anymore.more

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss yesterday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to "step aside and withdraw from Ukraine before he makes a huge strategic mistake." She also warned Russia and China that the West will stand up to dictatorships.more

President Emmanuel Macron's advisers do not believe Russia will actually attack Ukraine, and there is no common ground between EU countries, the U.S. and the U.K. on the type of sanctions the West should impose on Russia because Europe is dependent on gas from Russia, the daily Le Monde wrote yesterday.more

Sir Tony Blair has stuck the boot into Boris Johnson after a torrid few weeks for the prime minister.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asserted yesterday that he has seen no evidence that MPs from his Conservative Party who want him to step down have been threatened or blackmailed.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed that military aggression against Ukraine would come at a high cost to Russia and that any invasion would be its grave strategic mistake, Johnson's office reported last night.more

The British government offered Elizabeth II to lift covid restrictions for the funeral of her husband, Prince Philip, so that more people could attend. The Queen refused because it would be unfair to others, Private Eye magazine revealed yesterday.more

The prime minister cancelled a public appearance last week after Downing Street confirmed an unidentified family member tested positive for coronavirus. more