The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the UN World Food Programme for ‘its efforts to combat global hunger’ By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 10:02 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 10:08 BST, 9 October 2020 The World Food Programme has been announced as the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for its … Read more
SKY/NOW TV, BRITBOX, & APPLE TV+ Spitting Image Since it was announced the beloved puppet show was returning to our screens after 14 years, we’ve been drip-fed photographs of the new characters who’ll be appearing. Among the most eye-catching are Dominic Cummings in his trademark hoodie complete with flamboyant silver collar, as well as world … Read more
A state-controlled TV network in Russia created a parody video that portrays Donald Trump as Vladimir Putin’s pawn using quotes from the US president himself. Russia Today released its spoofy ad, entitled ‘Trump is here to make RT Great Again! (or is he?!)’ on Tuesday. The video set in November 2020 imagines a world where … Read more
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is back up and walking after treatment for novichok nerve agent poisoning at Berlin hospital Vladimir Putin’s political opponent shared a photo walking down hospital stairs He can now breathe independently after being taken off a ventilator this week Navalny gave an update on his recovery: ‘This is a clear … Read more
Belarus’s embattled strongman Alexander Lukashenko mopped his brow under Vladimir Putin’s gaze today as he flew to Russia to beg for the Kremlin’s support to keep him in power. The man nicknamed the ‘last dictator in Europe’ cut a submissive figure as he pleaded with Putin to back his regime while the bored-looking Russian president … Read more
President Donald Trump revealed a new nuclear weapons system to Bob Woodward and bragged that he was telling the author something that America’s foreign adversaries had no knowledge of. In an excerpt of his forthcoming book, ‘Rage,’ Woodward reveals the president told him about the system and noted neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor Chinese … Read more
US nuclear-capable B52 bombers fly into Ukraine and circle on the Crimean border in brazen challenge to Putin Three B-52H bombers were joined by Ukrainian and RAF military planes They flew along the border of Russian-occupied Crimea in a show of strength And swooped near positions held by Kremlin-backed separatists in the Ukraine By Luke … Read more
Vladimir Putin’s oligarch pal resumes bitter divorce battle with his ex-wife in London court over his fortune Arkady Rotenberg and his ex-wife Natalia began fighting over money in 2014 Mr Justice Moor oversaw private hearings in the the High Court in London They told him they had settled six years ago but have resumed proceedings … Read more
Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine might actually protect people from catching the disease, early studies show as the country finally publishes data about the controversial jab. The vaccine became the first in the world to be approved for mass use last month, with Vladimir Putin eyeing up nationwide injections in October. The move sparked uproar in the scientific … Read more
The West is demanding answers from Moscow today after the ‘despicable and cowardly’ nerve agent attack on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Britain said the Kremlin ‘has a clear case to answer’ while NATO demanded a ‘full and transparent’ investigation after a German military lab found that Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, the Soviet-era weapon used … Read more