More than 12,000 children were killed or injured by explosives between 2020 and 2025, with AI and other new technologies now changing how wars are fought
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More than 12,000 children were killed or injured by explosives between 2020 and 2025, with AI and other new technologies now changing how wars are fought
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Russians are going to the polls for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022
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Exclusive: Stark figures intensify calls for the UK to prioritise national security as government accused of being ‘asleep’ to threats

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Russia is set to compete in the Under-15 World Cup in Azerbaijan next month
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Sam Kiley, world affairs editor, explains the significance of the insignificant Russian Duma elections
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The Made in Europe scheme is designed to protect the continent’s manufacturing from global competition like China
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Kyiv denounced the election as illegal because residents of illegally annexed regions of Ukraine were included
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The frictions in Russia’s wartime economy are growing

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Paloma Faith has questioned Ed Sheeran's “political neutrality” after Macklemore was dropped from Sheeran's US tour over pro-Palestine comments, while revealing that she says “free Palestine” to her children every night.

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Putin has been facing declining approval ratings, mounting casualties and ‘net-zero’ territorial gains since March this year as polls open today. Experts tell Maira Butt what this could mean for the future of Russia
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