«Aucun mur ne nous sauvera»: à l'est de l'Ukraine, les civils contraints de fuir sous les bombes russes
One year ago this month, Putin outlined a revision of Moscow's nuclear doctrine
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Group of people who crossed Channel by boat understood not to have been on Air France plane after legal challenge
The first flight to France carrying people who crossed the Channel under Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal has not taken place as planned, according to reports.
A small group of individuals were removed from an Air France flight on Monday due to travel from Heathrow to Paris after a legal challenge, according to multiple newspaper reports.
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Transatlantic passenger liner HMHS Britannic sank in 1916 after striking German mine off island of Kea
Deep-sea divers have retrieved a first batch of objects from the Titanic’s sister ship, which sank off the coast of Greece in 1916, including a signal lamp, ceramic tiles and a pair of binoculars.
The Greek culture ministry said on Monday that a research programme had involved “the retrieval of objects from the wreck site [of the HMHS Britannic] for the first time, from depths exceeding 120 metres [390ft].”
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Poland offers to shoot down Russian drones over Ukrainian territory as UK pledges Typhoon jets to Nato air defence mission
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Romania became the latest Nato member to scramble fighter jets after a Russian drone entered its airspace
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Terms of eight to 13 years handed down over a music video and a Berlin show, according to reports, as collective rejects charges as politically motivated. What we know on day 1,301
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Franzoso suffered ‘major head trauma’ in accident
Lindsey Vonn: ‘This is incredibly sad … RIP Matteo’
The Italian skier Matteo Franzoso has died at the age of 25 following a crash during pre-season training in Chile at the weekend, his country’s winter sports federation (FISI) has confirmed.
After suffering “a major head trauma” in the accident at the La Parva track on Saturday, Franzoso was taken by helicopter to the intensive care unit of a clinic in Santiago and placed in an induced coma. The FISI confirmed on Monday that he did not recover after “cranial trauma” and a subsequent swelling of his brain.
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Two words: kids’ clubs, writes Victoria Richards. The only trouble is, how on earth to get them to go?
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Lawyers for Leviev say they ‘don’t yet understand the reason’ behind his arrest
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Cybercriminals steal details of potentially millions of people in attack on labels’ parent company Kering
Hackers have stolen data from customers of the luxury fashion group Kering, whose brands include Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen.
Cyber-attackers have stolen data of potentially millions of customers, including the names, phone numbers and email addresses of customers of the fashion group, it has emerged.
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As western media receive rare invite, visit by US officials raises fears Trump is unwilling to take hard line on Moscow
Over a vast rolling field, Russian and Belarusian fighter jets drew fire as tanks shattered mock wooden houses and the buzz of drones filled the air. Moments later, troops stormed in, hoisting the allies’ flags above a “liberated” piece of land consumed by flames.
The military drills, part of the major Zapad-2025 military exercises and staged at the Borisov training ground in Belarus, were billed as a defensive response to a notional western invasion – in effect Nato. Zapa, which is the Russian word for “west”, refers to military drills focused on the western theatre.
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Heavy security as Flor Bressers, 39, appears in Brussels court where 30 suspected accomplices will also be tried
The alleged head of a large cocaine-smuggling operation, who was one of Europe’s most wanted men at the time of his arrest, has gone on trial in Brussels.
Flor Bressers, 39, was flanked by heavily armed security officers when he arrived at the courtroom on Monday, dressed in a sharp suit and with slicked-back hair.
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Face à la constellation Starlink de SpaceX, l'Europe manœuvre pour structurer ses forces. Trois entreprises sont proches de s'allier, pour créer une sorte d'Airbus des satellites. La structure réunirait Airbus, Thales et Leonardo.
Hayut, a convicted fraudster who was focus of a Netflix documentary, was detained on as-yet unknown grounds
A convicted con artist who was the focus of the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler has been arrested in Georgia on Interpol’s request, officials have said.
Shimon Yehuda Hayut, also known as Simon Leviev, was taken into custody on Sunday as he arrived at Batumi international airport in the south-west of the country.
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This week the first migrants could be flown out of Britain under the ‘one in, one out’ deportation scheme. They talk about their fears and incomprehension
“We can’t eat. We can’t sleep. We have been locked up in this place for more than a month. Some people expect to be forced on to a plane to France today. Nobody wants to go. For us, this is a disaster.”
The man speaking, Fessahaye, is an asylum seeker from Eritrea who fled indefinite military conscription in his home country, and walked through the Sahara before being tortured and enslaved in Libya. He eventually crossed the Mediterranean and reached Europe. From France he travelled to the UK in a small boat.
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