Britain’s ‘moment of reckoning’: UK must win technology race with foreign adversaries or risk falling prey to China, GCHQ spy chief warns UK faces ‘moment of reckoning’ in race for tech supremacy, spy chief says Jeremy Fleming will call for Britain to evolve like an animal in a changing habitat He will warn digital dominance … Read more
Russia ARRESTS Ukrainian diplomat in St Petersburg and accuses him of being a ‘spy’ amid escalating fears of war Ukrainian diplomat Oleksandr Sosonyuk has been taken into custody by the FSB Russian security agency claims Ukraine’s consul received classified information Comes amid high tensions between the two countries with fears of possible war By Antony Thrower For Mailonline … Read more
Snow risk of being cold? Hundreds of brave Russians hit ski slopes in bikinis and underwear for annual BoogelWoogel carnival Hundreds brave freezing temperatures to hit the slopes at the BoogelWoogel alpine festival in Sochi, Russia The annual event, which takes place at Rosa Khutor resort, started on Wednesday and will run until Sunday Despite the … Read more
Russia has surrounded Ukraine’s border with tanks, missiles and thousands of men as it threatens ‘full-scale combat operations.’ The United States is to dispatch two warships to the Black Sea next week in response to Vladimir Putin’s colossal build-up of military hardware close to the front. Footage has emerged of tanks, missile trucks and howitzers … Read more
A senior Kremlin official today warned that if Russia is forced to defend its citizens in the disputed Donbass region it would be ‘the beginning of the end Ukraine.’ Tensions have soared in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks after Vladimir Putin dispatched tanks, helicopters and thousands of troops to the Ukrainian border. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy flew … Read more
A beautician and her fiance have avoided jail after they were caught trying to smuggle £60,000 worth of cigarettes into Britain. Donna Jablonski, 38, and husband-to-be David Sutton, 30, were detained by Border Force Investigators at Manchester Airport after returning from a four-day ‘city break’ in Moscow, Russia. But the couple, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, were found to have … Read more
Germany will side-step EU and negotiate directly for Russia’s Sputnik V jab to salvage its faltering vaccination program Jens Spahn thought to have told EU ministers he will begin jab talks with Russia Comes after EU Commission said it would not enter preliminary negotiations Talks will establish how many jabs Russia can supply and … Read more
EU is investigating claims Russia’s Sputnik V trials contravened ethical and scientific standards and test subjects were ‘forced to take part’ European Medicines Agency will probe whether ‘volunteers’ were pressured to take part in Sputnik V vaccine trials in Russia Comes after texts were uncovered showing boss of government office berating his staff for failing … Read more
Who needs a cat flap? Pet owner lowers blanket out of window and his moggies climb it to get indoors The bizarre footage was recorded by a bemused onlooker in Vologda, Russia Pet lover unfurled a striped blanket before lowering it out a ground-floor window His beloved cats then clambered up the material before he … Read more
No10 may have to roll back its target date for vaccinating all adults if AstraZeneca’s jab is banned for under-30s, an expert warned today. And Britain may need to approve vaccines developed by Russia or China in order to hit the goal of offering everyone a first dose by the end of July. The Medicines … Read more