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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Ukrainian military forces have proven incredibly resilient against what should – at least on paper – have been a superior Russian force. But one month on from the start of a much-anticipated “spring” counteroffensive, there has been limited positive news from Kyiv, plenty of Russian reporting of significant enemy losses,

For a base that Wagner Group forces are definitively not at – at least for now – the training facility at Tsel, near Osipovichi in Belarus, is certainly interesting. We saw row upon row of tents – 300 in all and enough to house 5,000 troops, an adviser to the Belarusian defence minister told us.

Two new satellite images show unidentified white shapes on top of Reactor 4 at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The images, taken by satellite imagery company Planet Labs, were captured on 5 July – a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed explosives may have been placed at the plant. There are five white shapes visible

The St Petersburg palace of Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has been raided by Russian security services. The FSB says it found guns, ammunition, gold bars, a stuffed alligator and a cupboard full of wigs at the opulent residence the mercenary leader was forced to abandon after his aborted coup attempt last month. The pro-Kremlin

An Australian rules footballer has become the first female athlete to be diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease CTE in a landmark finding for women’s sport. Heather Anderson, who played for Adelaide in the Australian Football League Women’s competition, took her own life in November 2022 aged 28. Researchers at the Australian Sports Brain Bank

Ukraine has claimed “explosive devices” have been placed on the roof of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of “dangerous provocations” at the facility. The Ukrainian armed forces quoted “operational data” as saying that the devices had been placed on the roof of the plant’s third and fourth reactors on Tuesday, adding

Israeli troops have been pulling out of the Palestinian city of Jenin following one of their biggest West Bank operations in years. Convoys of military vehicles were seen leaving less than 48 hours after the offensive started. Despite the withdrawal, explosions could still be heard amid unconfirmed reports of a gunfight near a hospital. At

At least seven casualties have been reported in what is believed to be a car-ramming and stabbing attack by Palestinians in Israel. There was at least one stabbing victim and a suspected attacker had been “neutralised” by first responders in the attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, a medical official said. Tel Aviv’s police chief

One of the teenagers in the middle of the rioting in Paris has warned that violence could return at any moment. The 17-year-old, who joined the disorder on two consecutive nights last week, agreed to meet us on a side street in a Paris suburb. He told Sky News that if the police were involved

The police chief in a French town reeling from an attack on its mayor’s home has told Sky News his officers are involved in “a war” against rioters “who are there to kill us”. Eric Vergne has led the response to an attack that has shocked the French nation. A burning car was driven into

The grandmother of the French teenager shot by police has called for rioters to “stop” and says her “heart is in pain”. Nadia said rioters were using the death of her 17-year-old grandson Nahel Merzouk, who was shot by police during a traffic stop on Tuesday, as “an excuse”. She told French broadcaster BFM TV:

Franc Attali lost 100,000 euros (£86,000) in a night, his shop one of dozens in Marseille broken into by rioters. “The store was full of merchandise, now it’s completely empty,” he says as he shows me around. Be Weep is usually full of clothes and shoes. Now, the glass shelves have been stripped completely clean

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine remains a “serious threat”. Citing Ukrainian intelligence, the country’s president said Russia was “technically ready” to provoke a localised explosion at the facility. Throughout the war nuclear experts have repeatedly raised concerns about the safety of the plant, which Russia

President Emmanuel Macron has postponed a state visit to Germany due to the ongoing protests and riots across France. More than 1,300 people have been arrested after a fourth night of violent protests throughout the country following the death of 17-year-old boy Nahel Merzouk, who was shot by police during a traffic stop in a

The leader of the team which found the remains of the Titan submersible became emotional as he described how a rescue effort turned into a recovery operation. Pelagic Research Services set out a timeline of its response to the Titan emergency in a news conference this evening. “We were always conscious of the crew of

France will suspend all bus and tram services amid ongoing riots over a police shooting. Violent protests are spreading throughout France after a 17-year-old was shot by police during a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday. In the aftermath, people have taken to the streets on three consecutive nights to protest,

France is set to deploy 40,000 officers on Thursday evening amid fears of a third night of rioting in the capital triggered by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy. Bus and tram services are also set to shut down early so they are not “targets for thugs and vandals”, a Paris region official

Protests and riots over the fatal police shooting of a teenager in Paris have continued for a second night – and spread to other cities in France. The suburb of Nanterre, where the 17-year-old delivery driver was killed following a traffic stop, saw another night of violence on Wednesday as police fired tear gas and protesters

At least eight people have been killed – including three children – and 56 injured after a Russian missile struck a pizza restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. A second missile hit a village on the fringes of the city, injuring five people. “I ran here after the explosion

There have been violent clashes between police and groups of youths in the Paris suburb of Nanterre after a teenager was apparently shot dead by an officer during a traffic stop. According to his family’s lawyers the 17-year-old delivery driver, named as Nael M, died at the scene. The police officer has been detained on