Rishi Sunak insists that the defence secretary's suggestion that British troops could train forces in Ukraine is not for the "here and now" during the war against the Russian invasion.
The prime minister rules out UK forces going to Ukraine and says that the recently appointed Grant Shapps was discussing possible plans for the "long term".
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Russia launched an offensive in the Kharkiv region late last week, significantly adding to the pressure on Ukraine’s outnumbered and outgunned forces which are waiting for deliveries of weapons and ammunition from Western partners.
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Ukrainian forces have launched "co-ordinated strikes" against an airbase in southern Russia that is used to unleash glide bomb attacks on Ukraine, a military.. Sky News
A controversial mobilisation law took effect on Saturday as Kyiv struggles to recruit troops amid a new Russian offensive threatening Kharkiv, the second-largest city.
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The Downing Street diary has an enormous red ring circled around Wednesday morning when the Office for National Statistics releases its monthly inflation data. Sky News
The personal fortunes of the prime minister and the King have risen in the last 12 months, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2024. Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty’s wealth surged from £529m last year to £651m this year. Meanwhile, King Charles’ wealth also grew, rising from £600m last year to £610m this year. This year’s list was again topped by Gopi Hinduja and his family, who control the Hinduja Group, and saw their wealth rise from £35bn to £37.2bn. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
It's mid-May, we have just completed the local and mayoral election races and the Prime Minister, to all intents and purposes seems to be going for an election.. Sky News
Former prime minister Theresa May has poked fun at her successors in Number 10, while issuing a warning to them to avoid delving into populist politics. Sky News
The defence secretary has said he is "angry inside" over the infected blood scandal ahead of a long-waited report into the decades-long injustice. Sky News
The Royal Navy will get 25 new warships - and could get three more - as the government indicates where its planned rise in defence spending will go. Sky News
Grant Shapps has said that “state involvement” in the large-scale cyber attack on the Ministry of Defence cannot be ruled out as speculation continues to grow that China carried out the hack. The defence secretary said there is evidence of “potential failings” of the contractor operating the payroll system that was hacked, “which may have made it easier for the malign actor” to gain access to bank details of veterans. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Rishi Sunak has reassured the public following a major data breach at the Ministry of Defence, which impacted a third-party payroll system. "I do want to reassure people the Ministry of Defence has already taken action, removing the network and taking it offline and making sure the people affected are supported in the right way," he said. He refused to be drawn on claims China is behind the data breach, but confirmed defence secretary Grant Shapps will address MPs in the House of Commons later today.
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Defence secretary Grant Shapps says that Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of NATO, is delighted with the UK's commitment to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2030.
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A Moroccan asylum seeker has been sentenced to life in jail for murder, with a minimum term of 45 years, at Teesside Crown Court. In October last year, 45-year-old Ahmed Alid stabbed Iranian Christian convert Javed Nouri at the house he was sharing with other asylum seekers before looking for more victims in Hartlepool town centre. He then stabbed and killed 70-year-old Terence Carney who was out for his regular early morning walk. Alid told police he had committed his crimes out of “revenge” for Israel killing children in the Palestinian conflict. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Pastor of Jubilee Church, Tope Koleoso, described the service for 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin as “gentle and peaceful” as dozens of mourners gathered to pay their respects.
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From anti-violence Facebook posts to poetry and pictures with a "national voluntary civil militia" group, the digital footprint of the suspect in the shooting of.. Sky News
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