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Ukraine forces pictured in combat in the Donbas region - Hayden Davies was reportedly captured in the area in 2024 or early 2025
Briton who fought in Ukraine jailed for 13 years by Russia
MOSCOW — A Briton who fought in Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security prison, the Russian Prosecutor-General's office has said.Hayden Davies, a former British soldier who Russia has called a mercenary, was reportedly captured in Ukraine's Donbas region in late 2024 or early 2025 while serving with the country's foreign legion.He was tried in a Russian-controlled court in the city of Donetsk, which is currently occupied by Moscow.The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has been contacted for comment. It had previously described charges against Mr Davies and another Briton captured in Ukraine as "false" and said the pair were prisoners of war.In a statement earlier this year, the FCDO condemned the detention of both Mr Davies and James...
December 18, 2025

Briton who fought in Ukraine jailed for 13 years by Russia

Frédéric Péchier faces a minimum of 22 years behind bars
French 'Doctor Death' who poisoned patients jailed for life
PARIS — A former anaesthetist has been jailed for life for intentionally poisoning 30 patients, including 12 who died.A court in the city of Besançon in eastern France found Frédéric Péchier guilty of contaminating infusion bags with substances that caused cardiac arrest or haemorrhaging.His youngest victim, a four-year-old child, survived two cardiac arrests during a routine tonsil surgery in 2016. The oldest victim was 89."You are Doctor Death, a poisoner, a murderer. You bring shame on all doctors," said prosecutors last week. "You have turned this clinic into a graveyard."Péchier was first placed under investigation eight years ago, when he was suspected of poisoning patients at two clinics in Besançon between 2008 and 2017.His first known victim, Sandra Simard, was 36 when she...
December 18, 2025

French 'Doctor Death' who poisoned patients jailed for life

Soldiers train during the annual DEFNET military exercise aimed at fighting cyberattacks and strengthening cybersecurity in France, 25 March, 2025
French interior ministry targeted in massive cyberattack, minister confirms
PARIS —France's Interior Ministry was targeted by a cyberattack several days ago that compromised email accounts and allowed hackers to access sensitive police files, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed Wednesday."We were the target of a malicious intrusion a few days ago," Nuñez said in an interview on Franceinfo outlet. A judicial investigation is under way "to find the perpetrator very quickly."The intrusion occurred when attackers accessed "certain professional email inboxes" and "recovered access codes," the minister said.The hackers "were able to consult a number of important files," including the Criminal Records Processing System (TAJ) and the Wanted Persons File (FPR), Nuñez said."We don't yet know the extent of the compromise. To date, a few dozen files may...
December 18, 2025

French interior ministry targeted in massive cyberattack, minister confirms

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever is yet to be convinced that the money held in Belgium should be loaned to Ukraine (file pic)
EU leaders face crunch decision on loaning Russia's frozen cash to Ukraine
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders begin two days of talks in Brussels with a momentous decision to be taken on whether to loan tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to fund its military and economic needs.Most of Russia's €210bn (£185bn; $245bn) worth of assets in the EU are held by Belgium-based organisation Euroclear, and so far Belgium and some other members of the bloc have said they are opposed to using the cash.Without a boost in funding, Ukraine's finances are set to run dry in a matter of months.One European government official described being "cautiously optimistic, not overly optimistic" that a deal would be agreed. Russia has warned the EU against using its money.It has filed a lawsuit against Euroclear in a Moscow court in a bid to get its...
December 18, 2025

EU leaders face crunch decision on loaning Russia's frozen cash to Ukraine

The two-day Berlin meeting was also attended by US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump.
Europeans vow to assist Ukraine against future Russian attack after Berlin talks
BERLIN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed progress with US negotiators after two days of talks in Berlin as European leaders committed to coming to Kyiv's aid in a future attack by Russia to end a cycle of aggression extending more than a decade.Still, questions remain about the future of Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia and the operational details of how security guarantees, particularly those provided by the US, would work in practice.Europeans also welcomed the outcome of the meetings, after which they listed assistance measures that would encompass "armed force, intelligence and logistical assistance, economic and diplomatic actions".In a joint statement released on Monday evening, European leaders provided their most detailed outline yet of the security...
December 16, 2025

Europeans vow to assist Ukraine against future Russian attack after Berlin talks

Blaise Metreweli
MI6 operating in space between peace and war, says UK spy chief
LONDON — The new MI6 chief has said "we are now operating in a space between peace and war" as she laid out the "interlocking web of security challenges" that the service is working to tackle.Blaise Metreweli's first public speech since taking the role focused on the multi-faceted threat posed by Russia, which she said was "testing us in the grey zone with tactics that are just below the threshold of war".She also highlighted the "the menace of an aggressive, expansionist and revisionist Russia" while referring to the war in Ukraine, insisting the UK would maintain pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine's behalf.Ms Metreweli is the first woman to head Britain's overseas spy agency.She took over as head of the Secret Intelligence Service from Sir Richard...
December 16, 2025

MI6 operating in space between peace and war, says UK spy chief

Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to Steve Witkoff in Berlin
US offers Ukraine 'strong' security guarantees but territory still unresolved
BERLIN — The US has said it is ready to offer Ukraine Nato-like security guarantees to safeguard an eventual ceasefire, following talks in Berlin with European officials and a delegation from Kyiv.The "very strong" guarantees would be modelled on Nato's Article 5 clause of mutual protection, US officials said, adding that the Russians would hopefully agree to them.While US officials talked up progress towards ending the war, there was little detail on how the thorny issue of Ukraine's sovereignty would be resolved in any peace deal.Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky described the meeting as "productive" but not easy.He added that Kyiv needed a "clear understanding of security guarantees" before it could make any decisions about other contentious issues.Ukraine has long argued it...
December 16, 2025

US offers Ukraine 'strong' security guarantees but territory still unresolved

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Meloni calls for Europe to strengthen defense as US signals pullback
ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni closed her party's annual Atreju rally on Sunday by defending her government's record and calling on Europe to strengthen its own defence capabilities in response to US President Donald Trump's shifting security strategy.Speaking at Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, Meloni said Trump had made clear that the US intends to disengage from Europe and that Europeans must organise their own defence."Trump has said most emphatically that the US intends to disengage and Europeans must organise to defend themselves: hello Europe," Meloni said."For eighty years we outsourced our security to the US pretending it was free, but there was a price to pay and that price is called conditioning. Freedom has a price."Meloni's comments come...
December 15, 2025

Meloni calls for Europe to strengthen defense as US signals pullback

Ahmed managed to wrestle the gun from the attacker in the struggle
Fruit shop owner hailed as hero after disarming Bondi Beach gunman
SYDNEY — A bystander who tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen has been identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed, a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from Sydney's Sutherland Shire.Video footage shows Ahmed, wearing a white T-shirt, charging one of the shooters from behind, wrestling away his rifle and then pointing it at the attacker, who retreated towards a bridge where the second gunman was positioned.Ahmed then placed the rifle against a tree and raised his hands, apparently to signal to police he was not a threat.During the struggle, Ahmed was shot twice by the second gunman..Ahmed, a fruit shop owner and father of two, remains in hospital, where he has undergone surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family told 7News Australia.Fifteen people died and dozens were...
December 15, 2025

Fruit shop owner hailed as hero after disarming Bondi Beach gunman

Crowds outside Australia House in London. A small number of people can be seen waving Israel and UK flags
UK events remember Bondi victims as police step up security in Jewish communities
LONDON — The victims of a mass shooting during an event marking Hanukkah at Australia's Bondi Beach have been remembered at events around the UK.Police forces in England and Scotland have said they are increasing their visibility among Jewish communities, as events celebrating the religious holiday get under way.Fifteen people, including a child, were killed during the Bondi shooting, officials have said, in an attack targeting members of the Jewish community.A crowd of around 100 people gathered outside the Australian High Commission in central London for a vigil on Sunday evening.People could be seen waving British and Israeli flags, while some held signs reading: "Stop the Hate".Speaking at the vigil, the rabbi for Marleybone, Yisroel Lew, lit a menorah and said: "After hearing...
December 15, 2025

UK events remember Bondi victims as police step up security in Jewish communities

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