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Convictions follow a 10-week trial at Maidstone Crown Court.

Prime minister warns Vladimir Putin ‘will never be able to cleanse the blood of Ukraine from his hands’

Vladimir Putin should be ‘held to account’ if he commits war crime, Ben Wallace says

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‘Russia has lost significant amounts of armour and people – Ukrainians are fighting brave’, Ben Wallace says

The Met Office said that unsettled weather will stay around over the coming days

Thomas Byrne said Ireland would support removing Russia from the Swift financial system, and the EU may return to that issue.

‘To do a no-fly zone, I would have to put British fighter jets directly against Russian fighter jets’

The promise was introduced nearly 100 years ago when there were only two branches of the retailer.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has also reprimanded NHS National Services Scotland.

The family had last been seen on Wednesday February 16.

The business said that it is ‘monitoring’ recent developments.

The country’s biggest force is rolling out the scheme across London in March to help rebuild public trust after a spate of scandals.

The Ukrainian foreign minister said the capital was hit in the early hours of Friday morning.

A photograph of a woman bloodied by Russian airstrikes in Ukraine leads many of the Friday papers.

Boris Johnson said the Russian invasion of Ukraine marked ‘a dark day in the history of our continent’.

The former bodybuilder and action movie star said that having grown up in Austria in the aftermath of war he knew that ‘everyone suffers’.

In heartfelt statements multiple Hollywood stars prayed for the safety of family and friends and a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

But the Ministry added it was ‘highly likely’ Russia had seized the shuttered Chernobyl nuclear plant.

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‘We must prepare ourselves for difficulties....but the British public have always been willing to make sacrifice to defend democracy’

Couple urge world leaders to support nation under attack by Putin’s troops

Icy roads could cause travel issues on Friday morning in Northern Ireland, Scotland and northwest England.

The piece by the anonymous painter, Bomb Middle England, is part of a collection of works to go under the hammer.

Boris Johnson has announced a “severe” package of economic sanctions to pile pressure on Vladimir Putin.

Boris Johnson said the invasion of Ukraine had been a ‘dark day’ for Europe.

One picture, from US Earth observation company Planet, shows smoke rising from a site in Chuhuiv.

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They were spotted at the Cardiff hospital at about midnight on February 16.

Putin adversary urges Boris Johnson to go further in targeting Kremlin-linked elite

Pablo Tarazaga-Orero, 28, is also said to have destroyed a vase belonging to the Watermelon Sugar singer.

A party spokesperson said all their MPs now understood ‘whose side Labour is on’.

Study of 36 major cities across continent found England’s biggest at the bottom in terms of affordability

James Cleverly denies that funding ‘smells a bit iffy’ – or that any came from ‘Putin’s friends’

The aircraft that crashed into the Channel killing both the player and the pilot had no licence to carry paying passengers.

EU leaders are meeting on Thursday evening to discuss and agree on a range on sanctions against Moscow.

Ukrainians living in London call on British government and other western powers to support Kiev

The award is presented for special achievement and distinguished public service, and the Sussexes said they were honoured to be recognised.

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The DUP leader is facing questions about the extent of discussions he had with the UUP last year about potentially rejoining a party he left in 2003.

The package includes an intention to impose an asset freeze on all major Russian banks.

The force is looking into 12 alleged gatherings reportedly held during Covid restrictions.

The Foreign Secretary told Andrei Kelin the assault on Ukraine will make Russia an ‘international pariah’.

Sir Patrick, who is set to take over from June, said he is ‘deeply honoured’ by the appointment.

Chancellor joins Boris Johnson in effectively being questioned under caution over alleged Covid breaches

UK’s full list of economic measures announced in bid to isolate ‘bloodstained aggressor’ Putin

Priti Patel’s plans to remove claimants not working as asylum backlog hits record levels at more than 100,000

Five further oligarch allies of Vladimir Putin will be targeted, banks assets will be frozen and Aeroflot banned from landing planes in the UK.

PM brands Putin ‘blood-stained aggressor’ as he vows to ‘hobble’ Russian economy

Vadym Prystaiko said the losses suffered in Ukraine were already ‘unbearable’.

Britain has always supported ‘governments in exile’, says PM

The BBC journalists had to wear flak jackets after a siren interrupted their live Ukraine broadcast.

Boris Johnson said there would be global consequences stemming from Russia’s aggression.

The Swift system is like an international sort code that lets banks process payments.

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The Environment Agency said that severe flooding is expected to continue.

The former first minister had been heavily criticised over his political show on the network which is backed by the Kremlin.

The UK faces more disruption after three storms struck in quick succession

Nato allies under no treaty obligation to defend non-member state but UK does have forces in Baltic states and Poland and senior Tories already pressuring Boris Johnson on intervention

Ministers admit current rules creating ‘unfair outcomes’ for some Hong Kong nationals

Russian president ‘aiming to seize large part of neighbour’s territory and secure capital Kyiv’

Mr McKee rejected claims that freeports are a ‘greenwash that will result in tax avoidance and loss of public revenue’.

Louise Slorance’s husband Andrew died in Glasgow’s QEUH after being infected by a water-borne fungus.

She will continue with ‘light duties’, Buckingham Palace said

Most university leavers expected to pay more over their lifetime under reforms

Some of the alleged crimes are said to have involved girls under 16.

Michael Gove said the money, which takes the place of European funding lost in the wake of Brexit, will be allocated direct.

Michael Stennett, who died aged 74 in 2020, designed costumes and sets and painted portraits, landscapes and still lifes.

West Midlands Police is now using the Terrorism Act to bring the production order application.

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A crowd waved Ukrainian flags and chanted as they demanded that Vladimir Putin withdraw his troops out of Ukraine.

The UK Government minister said the former Scottish first minister should make clear he rejects Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.

Representatives from leading cancer charities voiced concerns about uncertainty over funding caused by the political crisis at Stormont.

Boris Johnson was working to rally European leaders after Moscow began an invasion of Ukraine.

The crowd chanted, waved Ukrainian flags and carried placards attacking the full-scale invasion launched by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The Minister for Finance said that unemployment levels across the Euro area has reached a low of 7%, while output is back to pre-pandemic levels.

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The minister has returned to Stormont after a period of self-isolation due to Covid.

A Lib Dem spokesperson said the former leader was ‘wrong’ to appear as a guest on a show hosted by Alex Salmond.

Demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street on Thursday afternoon to call for more drastic action including ‘total isolation of Russia’.

University College London student Valentina Butenko has been in Ukraine for the last few weeks, joining the Ukrainian Women’s Guard.

Boris Johnson said the world cannot stand by and let Ukraine’s freedom be ‘snuffed out’.

William and Kate will travel to Belize, Jamaica and The Bahamas, Charles and Camilla will visit Ireland and Anne will go to Papua New Guinea.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky declared martial law on February 24 as Vladimir Putin invaded eastern Ukraine.

Cameron Toner was handed a 10-year football banning order.

Prime minister pledges backing ‘diplomatically, politically, economically – and eventually, militarily’

The transport company was stripped of the rail franchise in October last year

Researchers said the information could help identify the causes of changes in the dolphin population.

Chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet continued to address the camera as the siren sounded in the background.

The Deputy First Minister’s comments came as the country reported 16 more coronavirus-linked deaths on Thursday.

Connecticut teacher Michael Monroe died in the collision in north Antrim in September 2018, and his wife Caroline was injured.

Ukraine is a major producer of wheat and corn, which could send food prices soaring as the Russian invasion hits supply lines.

Robin Swann said the events of the last week were further evidence of the crisis in the health service in Northern Ireland.

There are concerns in Western capitals of large-scale civilian casualties if Russians try to take Kyiv.