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Russia will not stop if it wins the war in Ukraine, the US ambassador to the UK has told Sky News.Speaking to Sky News presenter Kay Burley from her official residence in central London last week, Jane Hartley said she is “optimistic” that the US will release more funding for Ukraine, but said “anybody who thinks that Russia may stop after this, I think is wrong”. Follow latest: Three Moscow terror suspects plead guilty”I was ambassador (to France and Monaco) in 2014, and I saw what happened in Crimea. I don’t know why anybody would say, ‘oh this is it…

Simon Harris on Sunday took over Ireland’s ruling center-right Fine Gael party, paving the way for his election as prime minister. He took over from Leo Varadkar, who announced his surprise departure on Wednesday. Harris ran unopposed in the election for party leadership. He is 37 years old, meaning he will be Ireland’s youngest prime minister if elected. He has no more than a year before new parliamentary elections. Fine Gael’s left-wing rival, Sinn Fein, has been leading in opinion polls over the last few years. The party favors reunification with Northern Ireland. Since 2020, Fine Gael has governed in…

The head of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency has said it’s “outrageous” Israel will block its aid deliveries to northern Gaza.UNRWA boss Philippe Lazzarini said Israel had told the United Nations that convoys would no longer be approved.It comes after Israel accused 12 UNRWA staff of participating in October’s Hamas terror attack. Nine of the accused workers were sacked.America and the UK are among the countries that have paused funding to the agency, but others such as Canada and Australia have since resumed donations.”This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct life-saving assistance during a man-made famine,” Mr Lazzarini…

The use of the messaging application Telegram in Spain will be temporarily suspended as of Monday, following a request from media companies. The order was issued by judge Santiago Pedraz of the Audencia Nacional, a high court which handles sensitive cases. Media companies, including Atresmedia, EGEDA, Mediaset, and Telefonica, complained that Telegram was allowing users to upload their content without permission. While the claims are being investigated, Pedraz agreed to block Telegram’s services in Spain. According to the court source, it will be the responsibility of mobile operators to block Telegram’s services. Why was the order issued? The judge issued the…

As the death toll climbs and the threat of famine looms, Israel’s closest allies are expressing their growing doubts about the ongoing war in Gaza following the October 7 terror attack in Israeli territory, which left 1,160 people dead and 250 taken hostage. Allies are particularly concerned by the Israeli government’s insistence that it will proceed with plans to launch a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than 1.1 million people have sought refuge. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the offensive is necessary to wipe out the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which the US, EU…

For us, every day in Port-au-Prince starts with a situation report on the latest outbreak of fighting in this beleaguered capital city. It’s often near the presidential palace and government buildings in the downtown district, but in truth it can be anywhere – nowhere feels safe.Every day as we drive around town we see bodies on the road. Cars, motorcycles and buses don’t stop, and people step around the dead.Sometimes the bodies are covered with sheets, sometimes they are set on fire, and sometimes they just lie there in the blistering heat.Families often don’t retrieve their loved ones because they…

Polls closed in the first round of Slovakia’s presidential election on Saturday, with the country headed for a runoff. The final round of voting will pit the Russia-leaning ruling camp, represented by Peter Pellegrini, against pro-Ukraine candidate and ex-foreign minister Ivan Korcok. Korcok attracted 42.5% of the vote on Saturday. Pellegrini emerged with 37% of the vote, final results showed. Sitting president chooses not to run again Slovaks are electing a successor to Zuzana Caputova, the country’s first female president, after she decided not to seek a second term. The outgoing president, who has sued the country’s Prime Minister Robert Fico for labeling her a traitor,…

France on Sunday rose its security alert to its highest level after a recent deadly attack at a concert hall on the outskirts of Russia’s capital, Moscow. The attack was claimed by the Afghanistan-based “Islamic State Khorasan Province” (IS-K) group. Over 137 people were killed and 140 injured in the attack on the Crocus City Hall on Friday. Authorities have remanded four suspects, identified in Russian news reports as citizens of Tajikistan, in custody pending trial. What did the French government say about the terror alert? Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced the measure in a post on the platform X, formerly…

Three out of four suspects have pleaded guilty after appearing in court charged with terror offences after the concert hall attack near Moscow which killed more than 130 people.All four suspects, from Tajikistan, have been remanded in custody until at least 22 May before facing trial, according to Russian authorities.Russia attack latest:Court appearances as they happened; France raises threat levelDalerdzhon Barotovich Mirzoyev, 32, Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda, 30, Shamsidin Fariduni, 25, and Muhammadsobir Fayzov, 19, appeared at the Basmanny district court in Moscow on Sunday.The number of people killed in the attack on the Piknik rock concert at Crocus City Hall…

Mexican authorities said they rescued 42 hostages, including 18 children, who were kidnapped by criminal groups in the northwestern state of Sinaloa. Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, 66 people were initially reported missing, with 42 now found.  The search continues for the remaining 24 victims abducted on Friday in La Noria, outside Culiacan, the state capital.  La Noria is a known hotspot for cartel violence, situated within the territory of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel. In the home turf of the Sinaloa drug cartel Authorities deployed special forces, additional soldiers, and a National Guard battalion to conduct…