‘Everything is trying to kill you’: harrowing Ukraine film gets standing ovation at Sundance

Oscar-winning film-maker behind 20 Days in Mariupol returns to festival with bruising, on-the-ground look at ongoing conflict

Belarus exit poll puts Lukashenko on 87.6% of vote in presidential election

Putin ally projected to easily secure seventh term in election that US and EU have said could not be free or fair

Charities reeling from USAid freeze warn of ‘life or death’ effects

Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital services

Doomsday Clock set closer than ever to midnight to stress global catastrophe risks

Atomic scientists push clock to 89 seconds before midnight, citing nuclear risk, AI and climate crisis as a ‘warning’

Woman accused of stealing Ukrainian soldiers’ mobile numbers, court hears

Prosecutor at Old Bailey says Katrin Ivanova was only member of Bulgarian spy ring able to pull off plot

Oscar Jenkins, Australian man reportedly killed fighting for Ukraine, is alive, Penny Wong says

Foreign minister says government has received confirmation from Russia the 32-year-old is alive and in custody

Ukraine reels from ‘worst-case scenario’ suspension of US foreign aid

USAid pause affects projects such as veteran rehabilitation, independent media and humanitarian assistance

Gabbard grilled on Snowden, Hezbollah and Putin in tense Senate hearing

Skeptical senators ruthlessly questioned Trump’s national security director nominee ahead of confirmation vote

Fatal missile strike on Kursk school blamed on Russia by Ukraine

Kremlin denies responsibility for deaths of at least four, saying Ukrainian military attacked site harbouring people about to evacuate

Starmer calls on European leaders to put more economic pressure on Russia

PM wants to ‘see all allies stepping up’, saying Donald Trump’s threat of sanctions has rattled Vladimir Putin

Moscow bomb kills pro-Russia paramilitary leader

Armen Sarkisyan, founder of battalion fighting against Ukraine, dies after blast that also killed bodyguard

Keir Starmer changed ‘dangerously obvious’ email address in 2022 after Russian hacking

Breach happened shortly after Russian invasion of Ukraine when Starmer was opposition leader, says book

Briton, 18, killed by Russian drone minutes into first mission in Ukraine – report

James Wilton, from Huddersfield, had no military experience before volunteering to fight against Russians

Ex-Tory MP reportedly joins Ukraine foreign legion in non-combat role

Former party deputy chair Jack Lopresti said to be carrying out support work to help the country’s fight against Russia

Trump wants rare earth resources from Ukraine in exchange for aid

Germany’s Olaf Scholz calls US president’s plan ‘selfish’ but reports suggest idea may have come from Kyiv

US and European shipowners sold 230 ageing tankers to Russian ‘shadow fleet’

Vessels used to evade sanctions on oil exports and help fund war against Ukraine, investigation reveals

Foundations laid for tribunal to try Putin for Ukraine invasion, EU says

Tribunal’s creation was first proposed days after the full-scale invasion, but for nearly three years, lawyers have struggled to find the right courtroom

Trump administration disbands task force targeting Russian oligarchs

US attorney general issues memo to break up effort started after 2022 Ukraine invasion to target those close to Kremlin

Trump’s foreign aid cuts could be ‘big strategic mistake’, says Lammy

Exclusive: Move allows China to further global influence, UK foreign secretary says on Ukraine visit

Rare metal assets, 4,000 workers, a Canary Wharf HQ… but does this billion-pound firm really exist?

A bizarre mining business’s fake audit reveals the potential for fraudsters at Companies House