Former Tory minister defends UK decision to enter war in podcast with US rightwinger and Putin sympathiser

The former Tory minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has found himself defending Britain’s decision to fight against Adolf Hitler after inviting the US rightwinger and Vladimir Putin sympathiser Tucker Carlson into his home for an interview.

During the encounter, Carlson repeatedly suggested the west was to blame for inviting aggression from Russia and said of the prospect that Britain could have lost to Hitler: “Who cares?”

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

The attacks come amid German chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to Ukraine show support for Zelensky

Ukraine will double down on attacking Russian oil refineries in response to new policy, Zelensky says

Russian strikes on Kyiv, the flydubai plane incident, student protests in Paris and Mount Etna erupts – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

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In effort to avoid panic at pumps, Keir Mather insists supply of fuel to Britain is ‘inherently resilient’

• UK diesel price hits record high of £2 a litre

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The government has sought to avert panic at the pumps, insisting that the UK is not facing a diesel shortage after Donald Trump threatened to cut off US supplies of the fuel.

The transport minister Keir Mather said on Friday that the UK has a wide range of sources of the fuel and is in talks with other European countries over the potential release of emergency diesel stockpiles.

Ministers discuss drawing down EU countries’ reserves after Donald Trump threatens to cut off US supplies

Britain is in talks with European allies over releasing emergency diesel stockpiles after Donald Trump threatened to cut off US supplies of the fuel.

Ministers held calls with counterparts from the European Commission (EC), Germany, France, Italy and Ireland on Thursday to discuss whether to draw down reserves after the Trump administration told Germany and France to release their stockpiles to help ease soaring global energy prices or face a US export ban.

More than 130 people were evacuated from the base near Nowa Deba after delivery arrived with unusual signature

US president blames attacks for driving up fuel prices before midterms, though analysts say his Iran war is main cause

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Ukraine is pressing on with strikes on Russian oil refineries, defying Donald Trump, who blames the attacks for exacerbating a global diesel shortage and pushing up fuel prices.

Kyiv struck an oil facility in Russia’s southern Samara region overnight, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday in a statement on social media. The Ukrainian president added that a Russian vessel in the Black Sea was hit, as well as a launch and storage site for attack drones in the Oryol region.

Kyiv is testing five types of high-speed interceptor drones as Russia ramps up attacks on infrastructure

Exclusive: Britain’s most senior military officer says Europe must take greater responsibility for its own defence

‘The era of writing blank checks to international bureaucracies is over,’ state department spokesperson says

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption monitoring body, arguing that paying to belong to the multilateral group no longer serves US interests.

The US formally notified the Strasbourg-based organization on Monday that it was leaving the Group of States against Corruption, known as Greco – the latest step in a broader effort by the administration to pull back from international bodies it regards as inefficient, overreaching or out of step with its priorities.

Poland accuses Russia of carrying out a coordinated and multi-faceted campaign of sabotage in a bid to deter Ukraine’s backers, writes James C. Reynolds

Moscow vows to use its ‘entire arsenal, including nuclear weapons’ if threatened