James Landale
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More questions than answers after major incident near RAF Fairford (opens the original)
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RAF Fairford is a slice of America in the heart of England; a forward operating base for the US Air Force since the Cold War. Its two-mile runway is so long it was once an emergency backup for the US space shuttle programme. Now it is a vital launchpad for the vast, lumbering bombers President Donald Trump uses to strike Iran, the only airbase with such capabilities available to the US in Europe. And that – by definition – has long made it a potential target. What we know about RAF Fairford coun
Ukraine's postal workers deliver lifeline under Russian fire (opens the original)
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Every morning Igor Smelyansky looks at a vast map of Ukraine on his office wall and decides where he should put his people in harm's way. His aides provide him with live intelligence about Russian attacks and he deploys his teams, balancing their potential operational success against risk to life or limb. But Smelyansky is no military commander. He is the head of Ukraine's state postal service, Ukrposhta. And every day he must decide how far to send his postmen and women into the deadly "kill zo
PM's top security adviser says Europe faces hard winter to keep pressure on Putin (opens the original)
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Jonathan Powell, the UK national security adviser, has said Europe must be ready to endure "real hardship" this winter if it is to keep up economic pressure on Russia. In rare public remarks, Powell told a conference in Kyiv that Europe's strategy of supporting Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Moscow was working. He said talk of Russian escalation was "not a problem" but a "sign of success" that pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin was finally paying off. So he said now was not the time
Ukraine faces 'toughest winter' since Russia's full-scale invasion, UN warns (opens the original)
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Ukraine is facing its "toughest winter" since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, a top United Nations official told the BBC. Alexander De Croo, head of the UN development agency, said there was a risk of "humanitarian catastrophe" if Russian attacks cut off access to power and water. Speaking in Ukraine, De Croo – the UN's third most senior official – accused Russia of systematically targeting the country's energy infrastructure. He said there was now a "race against the clock" to repair the
Russian fuel shortages bite – but will Putin change tack in Ukraine war? (opens the original)
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If you want to get a sense of the fuel crisis gripping Russia, all you need to do is spend a day driving around Moscow. At almost every petrol station we passed there was a queue of cars and lorries. Some lines were long, some short; some static, others moving steadily. If there was no queue, that meant the garage had run out of fuel entirely and was closed. Remember: this is Moscow, the wealthy, populated capital that draws in so much of Russia's vast resources. Even here the authorities cannot
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