Reuters

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Ankara could help end the Ukraine-Russia war, but Putin's spokesman said Erdogan could not play the role of an intermediary in the 28-month-old conflict.

Turkey's Erdogan offers to help end Russia-Ukraine war; Kremlin rules him out as intermediary

The Hill

Ukraine has struck inside of Russia with U.S. weapons for the first time since permission was granted by the Biden administration last week, according to a Ukrainian official. Ukrainian parliament member Yehor Cherniev confirmed that U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) have hit Russian logistics and artillery locations inside of Russia near Ukraine’s northeast…

Ukraine strikes into Russia with US weapons for first time, official says

Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Putin said countries "friendly to Russia" were the ones that deserved special attention. He added that Russia would seek to boost the share of settlements conducted in the currencies of BRICS countries, referring to an economic coalition of emerging markets which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Cut off from the West, Putin says almost 40% of Russian trade turnover is now in rubles

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender.

Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war; Kyiv rejects 'ultimatum'

Business Insider

Armenia's prime minister said this week that his country is leaving the CSTO after months of criticizing Russia. Putin won't like it, experts told BI.

Russian ally ditching Putin's rival to NATO damages the image Putin wants to project of himself, experts say

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Salon

The shift from a republic to a rotating tyranny was years in the making but the final blow still managed to shock: A Supreme Court that had just declared it a crime to be poor and homeless ruled that Donald Trump, previously and perhaps soon once again the world’s most powerful man, cannot be prosecuted for anything that a president’s lawyer (or conservative jurist) might spin as an “official act.” Legal experts say the decision effectively legalized executive criminality, ensuring that whoever occupies the White House — at least any Republican — can do as they please with the powers of their office, effectively constrained only by the threat of impeachment, which is hardly any threat at all, or a loss in a free and fair election.

"All the evidence is about to come out": Legal experts say SCOTUS ruling could backfire on Trump

Estonia has ramped up its defense spending and believes it could hold out for a couple of weeks before reinforcements came, if Russia attacked.

Estonia says it could hold out against a Russian attack 'for a couple of weeks' before NATO arrives

More than 300 Russian soldiers have surrendered to Ukraine through Kyiv’s “I Want to Live” initiative since 2022. Defence Intelligence of Ukraine public relations head Andriy Yusov shared the news in a live telecast highlighting the impact of the government-led hotline. Yusov also took note of the...

300 Russians Surrender Via Ukraine’s ‘I Want to Live’ Hotline

Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko called Ukraine an "enemy" and said his troops along Ukraine's border have a "high combat readiness."

Belarus is building up its military on Ukraine's border and bragging about the 'high combat readiness' of its troops

The Guardian

Donald Trump claimed he could end the war in Ukraine, while his political rival Joe Biden said Trump had ‘no idea’

Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin refuses to comment on Trump’s claims he would settle war – as it happened

The Independent

 Ukraine has pulled back its soldiers from the outskirts of eastern Chasiv Yar town where they are losing territory to Russian forces.Oleh Shyriaiev, commander of the 255th assault battalion, which has been fighting in the area for six months, claimed the Russians burned every building not destroyed by shelling after capturing the neighbourhood.“I regret that we are gradually losing territory,” he said, speaking by phone from Chasiv Yar, but added, “we cannot hold what is ruined”. He said Russia is using scorched-earth tactics in an attempt to destroy anything that could be used as a military position in an...

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv troops retreat from key eastern town as Moscow conducts nuclear drills

Virginia McCullough pleads guilty to killing her mum and dad, whose bodies were found at her home.

Woman admits murdering her parents

Objects more than a millennia old have gone on display at a Wiltshire museum to celebrate the life of the Anglo-Saxon King Athelstan 1,100 years after he came to the throne. Athelstan Museum in Malmesbury has put on display artefacts loaned from the British Museum and the Ashmolean Museum for the Athelstan 1100 exhibition.

Anglo-Saxon exhibition on first King of all England

Arlene Mitchell, from West Lothian, defied odds of 700,000 to one by giving birth to Ben, Noah, Harrison and Rory.

Mum overwhelmed after rare birth of quadruplets

The calves were killed and the cow had to be put down after being injured during the attack.

Two calves and cow fatally injured in dog attack

NBC News

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — For the Ukrainian soldiers battling Russia’s offensive, signs of renewed Western support are more than just diplomatic results. “I can tell you that your money is not wasted here,” said First Sgt. Dmytro Pryimak, a tank commander in the eastern Donetsk region where Kyiv’s troops are struggling to hold back Moscow’s military.

Ukraine’s soldiers, emboldened by renewed U.S. support, reject idea of peace with Putin

Former England captain Sir Geoffrey Boycott has been diagnosed with throat cancer for the second time and will have surgery. Boycott, 83, was told last week the cancer had returned, having been treated for the illness in 2002 with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Boycott will have surgery to remove the cancer...

Boycott reveals second cancer diagnosis

A man and a woman have been arrested after a man in his 20s died in an attack in the early hours.

Two arrested after man dies following attack

(Reuters) - A Russian official said on Monday that fighting was gripping parts of Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region which Moscow has been trying to seize and added that Ukraine's military was pouring men and equipment into the contested area.

Russian official says Ukraine pouring troops into contested Kharkiv region

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Five killed by Russian strike in central Ukraine

A further 53 people are injured, after blasts rocked the city of Dnipro early on Wednesday...

Five killed by Russian strike in central Ukraine

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