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The deployment of EU and NATO military contingents to Ukraine is absolutely unacceptable for Russia and Moscow cannot allow this, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Russian authorities have thwarted a terrorist plot in the Urals, where a Tyumen resident, acting on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies, was preparing to carry out an explosion at a large industrial enterprise, the Russian Investigative Committee told Sputnik.

The war in Ukraine is having a deepening impact on civilians by the day. The scale and intensity of long-range attacks impacting residential buildings and critical civilian infrastructure are shocking. These attacks must stop.

The Ministry of National Defence is ready to support the institutions responsible for managing the incident that occurred on the morning of July 21st aboard the Liberian-flagged commercial vessel GAS LISBON, while it was transiting Romania's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Today, the Russian Chargé d'Affaires, Mr. Vladimir Ladanov, was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs.

Ed Miliband outlined his priorities following his appointment as Foreign Secretary on 20 July 2026

The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk this evening.

The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez today.

The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Rob Jetten today.

The Prime Minister spoke to the Taoiseach of Ireland, Micheál Martin, today.

British small businesses will help develop a hypersonic 'clay pigeon' target, a vehicle intended to represent threats capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound, under a new £20m investment announced today.

The Enterprise Gateway: Opening Address

Minister Pollard highlighting record spending on air power, drones, and innovation, and publishing a new SME Action Plan to grow Britain's defence industry.

The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) on Tuesday took delivery of the Penghu, the fifth of six 1,000-tonne-class patrol cutters ordered as part of an initiative to build 141 new coast guard ships by 2028.

A Chinese military helicopter was detected crossing the Taiwan Strait median line on Monday, in what a military expert said appeared to be a first.

Syrian customs authorities seized 226 RGC-type grenades on Tuesday that were hidden in a vehicle heading to Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reported citing an official statement by the Syrian authorities.

Statement by Ambassador Kate Foster, UK Chargé d'Affaires to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.

Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Syria's political transition has reached an important institutional milestone with the establishment of a People's Assembly and Constitutional Supreme Court, senior UN officials told the Security Council today, warning that continued insecurity, Israeli military activity and a severely underfunded humanitarian response threaten the country's delicate progress.

H.E. Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, has formally called on the United States Government to urgently review and remove Uganda from the temporary Ebola-related entry suspension.