Average UK diesel prices have topped £2 a litre for the first time and have rocketed in recent months due to the wars in Iran and Ukraine

The rally marked the anniversary of the Kremlin's 1993 crushing of a parliamentary uprising

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine will intensify strikes on Russian oil refineries, which he says fund the war, after a fresh Russian bombardment aimed at driving civilians out of Kyiv and other major cities.

Two of the world’s largest exporters of grain, locked in war for more than four years, have seen exports plunge even further over the last year. Prolonged conflict around the Black Sea threatens both economies - and those most in need, writes James C. Reynolds

Ukrainian intelligence has reportedly gathered documentation that Putin has authorised a ‘new doctrine’ to expand Russia’s military strikes

Germany’s spy chief says no other country currently poses such a direct threat to Berlin