Trump builds hawkish team with Rubio and Waltz tipped for top jobs

President-elect expected to pick Marco Rubio for secretary of state and Mike Waltz for national security adviser

Russian naval officer accused of ‘war crimes’ killed in Crimea car bombing

Valery Trankovsky had ordered missile strikes from Black Sea on civilian targets, a Ukrainian official said

Loyalty the key as impulsive Trump picks team for America First agenda

President-elect’s team has China hawks, an alleged Assad defender and a Fox News host – all have been vocally loyal

Ukraine war briefing: North Korea ratifies landmark mutual defence pact with Russia

Agreement seals deepening security cooperation between two nations and comes weeks after Pyongyang sent troops to Russia. What we know on day 993

Gas prices at one-year high in Europe amid Russian supply threat

Gazprom could stop flow of gas into continent as result of their legal battle with Austrian company OMV

Scholz urges Putin in phone call to negotiate with Ukraine

German chancellor spoke with Volodomyr Zelenskiy before his conversation with the Russian president

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says war will ‘end sooner’ once Trump enters White House

US president-elect says the war has ‘got to stop’ as German chancellor urges Putin to start talks with Kyiv in rare phone call. What we know on day 997

As Trump pushes Ukraine to negotiate, Britain’s MPs say UK must ensure ‘just terms’

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is aiming to reach a peace deal with Russia next year as his backers signal that they are preparing for talks

Japan’s minister visits Ukraine to stress ‘grave concern’ over North Korean troops

Tokyo to also discuss growing military links between North Korea and Russia, Japan’s foreign ministry said

Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in biggest missile strike in months, officials say

Blasts heard in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and the Black Sea port of Odesa as Poland scrambled fighter jets within its airspace as a precaution

Keir Starmer promises Ukraine will be ‘top of the agenda’ at G20

UK prime minister to meet world leaders at summit in Brazil that Vladimir Putin has declined to attend

First Thing: Biden lifts ban on Ukraine firing US weapons deeper into Russia

Ukraine will be permitted to fire US missiles in Kursk region. Plus, attorneys would be unable to stop Trump’s potential Capitol rioters pardon

Kremlin says Biden is ‘fuelling fire’ of Ukraine conflict with missiles decision

Moscow will react to Biden’s decision to let Kyiv use longer-range weapons against targets inside Russia, officials say

Atacms missiles: what are they and why are they important for Ukraine?

Joe Biden has given the green light for the US-made weapon to be used inside Russia. How will it affect the war?

UK expected to give Ukraine Storm Shadow missiles to strike inside Russia

Move follows US president Joe Biden’s agreement to supply similar American long-range Atacms weapon

Trump allies attack Biden for allowing Ukraine to use US missiles inside Russia

President-elect’s surrogates accuse president of seeking to spark ‘world war three’ over decision to allow limited strikes

Tuesday briefing: Will a shift in Biden’s missile policy change the war in Ukraine?

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Putin warns US over using long-range missiles by signing new nuclear doctrine

Kremlin ups rhetoric over decision to allow Kyiv to use US long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia

Zelenskyy says North Korea may send 100k troops to Ukraine, as war reaches 1,000 days

President gives speech to European parliament urging nations to intensify military aid as Russia advances

Global stock markets fall and bonds jump as fears grow over Ukraine war

Investors dash to safe-haven currencies after Putin updates nuclear doctrine and Ukraine fires missiles into Russia