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(Left to right) European Council president Charles Michel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, France's president Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US president Joe Biden and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are given a tour of the Itsukushima Shrine. Picture: Jacques Witt/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

G7: Western leaders launch new measures to stop Russia, China

A statue of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is toppled at al-Fardous Square in Baghdad, Iraq, in April 2003 (Picture: Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images)

For many countries, the Iraq War is a lasting reminder of western hypocrisy

A mother spends time with her children in a park provided by an aid organisation in earthquake-hit Syria.

‘No toys, no games, no schooling’: Life in earthquake-hit Syria

Migrants picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel are escorted off from a UK Border Force boat upon arrival at the Marina in Dover, southeast England, last year.

Why new ‘deterrent’ to stop non-legal arrivals in UK is pointless

Customers smoke marijuana at the New Amsterdam Cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where Marijuana has been legal since 2018.

Canadian province decriminalises hard drugs

Handout photos of the Polish Defence Ministry shows Leopard 2A4 tanks at the military rest range in Zagan, Poland in 2013.

Analysis: Is ‘armoured punching force’ enough to be a game changer for Ukraine?

What is the history of Friday the 13th? Cr: Getty Images/Canva Pro

Friday 13th: Its history, why it's unlucky and unfortunate events on Friday 13th

A phone displays a Tweet about the hanging by Iranian authorities of Mohsen Shekari. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Iran executes first prisoner involved in anti-government protests

Monument of Leonardo da Pisa (Fibonacci), by Giovanni Paganucci

Fibonacci Day: why November 23 is an important day in maths?

Cormac McCarthy PIC: Mark Von Holden/Getty Images

Book review: Stella Maris, by Cormac McCarthy

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled a change in approach in his war in Ukraine with threats of a 'dirty bomb' now among his strategy.

The West urgently needs to go tougher on Putin's threat of a 'dirty bomb'

Cormac McCarthy PIC: Mark Von Holden/Getty Images

Book review: The Passenger, by Cormac McCarthy

St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine. Recent Russian attacks around Kyiv and across Ukraine have targeted power plants, killing civilians and employees of the key infrastructure.

Russia to increase targeting of Ukraine infrastructure

A weather warning is in place for much of the country

Yellow weather warning issued for much of the country

TOPSHOT - People carrying luggage walk past vehicles with Russian license plates on the Russian side of the border towards the Nizhniy Lars customs checkpoint between Georgia and Russia on Sunday. - Russian authorities acknowledged a "significant" influx of cars trying to cross from Russia into Georgia.

The problematic question of Russia's 'refugees'

The statue of philosopher David Hume on Edinburgh's Royal Mile (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why David Hume is a man for our times – Julian Baggini

This general view shows a burning fire at a power station in Kharkiv, late September 11, 2022, following a missile strike amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yevhen TITOV / AFP) (Photo by YEVHEN TITOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russians have “pretty much turned and fled Ukraine” claims former army chief

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 7, 2022. (Photo by Sergei BOBYLYOV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI BOBYLYOV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin says Russia 'hasn't lost anything' as he brands sanctions a ‘danger’

These are the Top 10 ‘cowboy culture’ phrases often used in the UK

Andy Murray takes on compatriot Cameron Norrie on Wednesday.

Murray v Norrie: TV and scheduling details for Cincinnati clash

Emma Raducanu of Great Britain fields questions from the media during the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 14, 2022 in Mason, Ohio.

How to watch Raducanu v Williams in the UK

Andy Murray was delighted with his victory over Stan Wawrinka.

Murray grinds down Wawrinka in Cincinnati opener to set up Norrie clash

Andy Murray will play Stan Wawrinka in Cincinnati.

Murray handed Cincinnati main draw promotion and could face Norrie

Serena Williams is set to call time on her tennis career in the coming weeks.

Williams explains why she is retiring from tennis

The Google Doodle today

Kuroda Seiki: Google Doodle celebrates Japanese painter

A Russian serviceman stands guard at the territory outside the second reactor of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Energodar. Picture: Andrey Borodulin/AFP via Getty Images

Russia undermining safety of Europe's largest nuclear power - MoD

A picture taken on July 21, 2022 shows a car moving past a crater on Kherson's Antonovsky (Antonivskiy) bridge across the Dnipro river caused by a Ukrainian rocket strike, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Threat of Western-supplied weapons has changed Russian tactics suggests MoD

Gullane's Oliver Mukherjee shows off the trophy after winning the Scottish Amateur at Gailes Links. Picture: Scottish Golf.

16-year-old Oliver Mukherjee wins Scottish Amateur at Gailes Links

In this handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service released on Sunday, June 19, 2022, The Russian frigate of the Black Sea Fleet from the Black Sea launches a Caliber cruise missile at designated ground targets on a mission at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

MoD confirm destruction of Russian resupply vessel near Snake Island

A man stands on the steps of the grounded Rwanda deportation flight EC-LZO Boeing 767 at Boscombe Down Air Base. The flight taking asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was grounded at the last minute after intervention of the European Court of Human Rights. Picture: Getty Images

Is Britain regarded as the most heartless nation in the Western world?

A boy plays on a swing near a destroyed car in a residential area of Mariupol on May 29, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia suffers 'devastating losses amongst mid and junior ranking officers'

Tom Stocker, Partner and compliance risk management specialist at Pinsent Masons

Business needs risk assessment for Russian trade - Tom Stocker

Finland's prime minister, Sanna Marin (left), and its president, Sauli Niinistö, announcing Finland would apply for Nato membership. Photograph: Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images

Finland confirms application for Nato membership

Jeremy Hunt has not ruled out running in a future Tory leadership contest

Jeremy Hunt refuses to say whether Boris Johnson is an ‘honest man’

Why do we dread Friday 13th? (photo: Adobe)

Beware! Friday the 13th – Day of Doom… or just another day?

German Bundeswehr soldiers of the NATO enhanced forward presence battalion waits to greet German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht upon his arrival at the Rukla military base on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Photo: AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis.

What is NATO and what is its purpose?

A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid the rubble of a building heavily damaged by multiple Russian bombardments near a frontline in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Picture date, April 25

Ukrainian forces continue to recapture towns as Russians 'left vulnerable' - MoD

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. - Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel via Getty Images)

Russia's invasion of Ukraine based on mistaken assumption says MoD

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to watch the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. - Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin says conflict in Ukraine is 'necessary response to Western policies'

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Picture; Mikhail Metzel, Getty

In pictures: Vladimir Putin delivers speech as Moscow's Victory Day parade

Screengrab from video of protests in the city of Kherson, Ukraine, against the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. Issue date: Sunday March 13, 2022.

Explained: Russia planning to annex new areas of Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of a "lightening fast response" to any country which got involved in the conflict with Ukraine.

Kremlin says Western involvement in Ukraine 'threatens security' of Europe

The UK should increase tree planting to produce the wood we need to help us to achieve our climate change targets.

Pressure increasing on fragile forests - Stuart Goodall

The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet has sunk after it was heavily damaged in the latest setback for Moscow’s invasion.

Symbolic defeat for Russian military in Black Sea

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he did not want to conceded any territory.

Volodymyr Zelensky: ‘I know what victory looks like, but I don’t want to talk ab...

Handout photo issued by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office of Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine. Picture date: Saturday April 9, 2022.

Zelensky says next few days of war are crucial

A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard near a mass grave in Bucha, near Kyiv on Saturday.

Russian troops must answer for crimes

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran in 2018 (Picture: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin's appeasers in West must not make same mistake over Iran’s despotic regime

Dmitry Polyanskiy, the Russian deputy ambassador to the UN, told Sky News nations had to 'calculate all the possible outcomes' when dealing with a nuclear nation.

Watch: Diplomat claims Russia have the right to press nuclear button

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on people around the world to come "to your squares, your streets" to stand with Ukraine and against the war on Thursday. Photo by Behrouz Mehri - Getty Images

Zelensky calls for protests one month into conflict

Strikes on residential areas in Kyiv killed at least two people early on March 15, emergency services said, as Russian troops intensified their attacks on the Ukrainian capital. (Photo by State Emergency Service of Ukraine / AFP)

Kyiv residential buildings hit by Russian strikes

The US will move to revoke "most favoured nation" trade status for Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Russia 'most favoured nation' status removed: What does this mean?

This handout picture released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on March 11, 2022, shows rescuers working at the scene of an airstrike in Dnipro.Photo by Handout / State Emergency Service of Ukraine / AFP

Russia widens attacks as Lutsk and Dnipro targeted

Russian ruble: Ruble to dollar, pound, euro today and why Russian ruble’s value is crashing on Moscow Exchange (Image credit: Getty via Canva Pro)

Russian ruble to dollar, pound, euro - latest prices as more sanctions loom

Smoke rise from an air defense base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Thursday, February 24th. Photo: AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka.

What is martial law and why is it in place in Ukraine?

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Why 'Kiev' changed to 'Kyiv' and how to pronounce the Ukraine capital name

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