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Russian President Vladimir Putin would like the EU to break up, but his war on Ukraine is pushing the UK back towards Brussels (Picture: Maxim Shemetov/pool)

How Brexit fan Putin is pushing the UK and EU closer together

War in Europe was the original spur for the creation of what’s now the EU and Putin’s invasion of Uk...

Why Prince William's visit to Estonia is diplomatic rebuff to Trump

Prince of Wales’s trip to Estonia, where he will meet British soldiers stationed there, sends an imp...

Skerryvore has spoken on the Australian tour

'Faith in humanity' restored for Skerryvore as stolen bagpipes found

Skerryvore said the bagpipes had been found by a ‘good Samaritan’

Why Starmer can't sit on fence over Trump's attacks on Canada Dr Graeme Young

Why a 'Bonfire of the Quangos' is crucial to defeating Reform UK

As First Minister, I promised a ‘Bonfire of the Quangos’ that never happened. We need one now more t...

How to launch social media revolution to strip Musk and co of power

The world needs a new social media platform that is controlled by a ‘parliament’ elected by those wh...

Ukraine

A woman sheds tears at a makeshift memorial for fallen soldiers in Kyiv's Independence Square on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion (Picture: Sergei Supinsky)

No one should be in any doubt about who's to blame for Ukraine War

Donald Trump needs to realise that Putin is the reason why this war began and it will be Putin’s fault if it continues

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Some senior citizens may be messing up the world but many others are helping out in the community, says reader (Picture: Doug Mills/The New York Times-Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Don't blame seniors for the ills of the world

Ukrainian army medics provide first aid to a man at the scene of a Russian Iskander missile attack on a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Friday (Picture: Diego Fedele)

I was once pro-Russia, now I'm on the receiving end of its missiles Nigel Osborne

Cold War nuclear bunker in Scotland that 'could be used' by army Lily Shanagher

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves meets military personnel. Credit: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire

Disability benefits likely to be cut to fund defence spending

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Osaka in 2019 (Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Readers' Letters: Russia is waging a secret war on the UK

A signature mushroom cloud rises from a nuclear bomb explosion on Bikini Atoll in 1954 (Picture: Galerie Bilderwelt)

SNP's stance on nuclear weapons makes no sense when Putin has them Scotsman comment

Donald Trump has created another week of chaos in the world (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

Liberal's 60-year-old speech helps explain how to respond to Trump Alistair Carmichael

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Canadian Liberals' revival in polls is warning for Trump-style Tories Ian Johnston

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Vladimir Putin was delighted when the UK voted for Brexit and it's time to go back (Picture: Justin Tallis)

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People in South Sudan are today facing flooding, hunger, intercommunal violence and political unrest (Picture: Luis Tato)

Why Keir Starmer didn't have to make devastating cut to overseas aid David Green

US intelligence has been vital in helping Ukraine to defend itself against the Russian invasion (Picture: Genya Savilov)

Trump's refusal to share intel with Ukraine is his most despicable act Scotsman comment

Sigmund Freud can help us better understand JD Vance and Donald Trump (Picture: Jim Watson)

JD Vance displaying ‘savage and evil impulses’ that Freud warned about Henry McLeish

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We've just invented a JD Vance conspiracy theory. And it's pretty good Scotsman comment

Keir Starmer did his best to flatter Donald Trump, presenting him with an invitation from King Charles to make an 'unprecedented' second state visit, but the diplomatic charm offensive may not be working (Picture: Carl Court/pool)

If Trump were a Russian agent, he would be acting just like he is now Ian Johnston

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky with Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Oval Office

Analysis What US decision to pause military aid means for Putin's next move

President Trump has suspended aid to Ukraine

Zelensky says Trump clash 'regrettable' as MPs condemn end to US aid

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon: 'Bully boy alpha males' are 'upending the world'

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Scot detained for seven years in India acquitted in 'big victory'

President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Donald Trump clashed in the Oval Office.

UK 'absolutely committed' as US pauses all military aid to Ukraine

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