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Ukraine

Steve Clarke is pictured at Hampden Park after signing a contract extension to remain Scotland head coach until 2026. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group

Clarke admits Scotland contract surprise - 'if you'd asked me I'd have said no'

Eurovision 2023 final in Liverpool to be shown live in UK cinemas

Canada's population grew by over a million in a year.
Canada's population grew by over a million in a year.

Canada’s population grow by one million in a year for first time in history

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

BBC series This Is Going to Hurt and The Responder lead the nominations at the Bafta television and craft awards with six each.
BBC series This Is Going to Hurt and The Responder lead the nominations at the Bafta television and craft awards with six each.

BAFTA Television Awards 2023 nominations announced - full list

Tourists feed seagulls in front of the Presidential palace in Helsinki, Finland. The country was named the happiest nation in the world for the sixth year in a row.
Tourists feed seagulls in front of the Presidential palace in Helsinki, Finland. The country was named the happiest nation in the world for the sixth year in a row.

What are the world's happiest countries in 2023?

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)

Xi Jinping stresses close ties with ‘dear friend’ Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Picture: Sergei Karpuhkin/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Picture: Sergei Karpuhkin/AFP via Getty Images)

What image is Vladimir Putin trying to portray from PR drive?

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.

China’s Xi Jinping to meet Vladimir Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

President Joe Biden has welcomed the arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Getty)
President Joe Biden has welcomed the arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Getty)

US President Joe Biden welcomes Vladimir Putin ICC arrest warrant

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose during their meeting in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEI DRUZHININ/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose during their meeting in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEI DRUZHININ/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

What will Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Russia mean for Ukraine?

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

International Criminal Court issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks to China's president Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand last September. Picture: SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images
Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks to China's president Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand last September. Picture: SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese leader Xi Jinping to make state visit to Moscow

Archippus Sturrock and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands at the Franco-British Summit at the Élysée Palace in Paris (Picture: Helene Ba)
Archippus Sturrock and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands at the Franco-British Summit at the Élysée Palace in Paris (Picture: Helene Ba)

Auld Alliance with France can help rebuild the good relations damaged by Brexit

The US military has released dramatic footage of a Russian jet crashing into one of its drones over the Black Sea, after the Kremlin's denial that its SU-27 clipped the propeller of the drone
The US military has released dramatic footage of a Russian jet crashing into one of its drones over the Black Sea, after the Kremlin's denial that its SU-27 clipped the propeller of the drone

Video of Russian jet crashing into US military drone released

Moldovan MP Marina Tauber attends a protest she organised on behalf of the pro-Moscow opposition Shor party in the country's capital Chisinau on Sunday (Picture: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)
Moldovan MP Marina Tauber attends a protest she organised on behalf of the pro-Moscow opposition Shor party in the country's capital Chisinau on Sunday (Picture: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)

Moldova could be first domino in Russian plan for neighbourhood destabilisation

Vertical farming, originally developed by Nasa scientists as a potential way to grow food for astronauts in space, involves rearing crops indoors in upright stacked layers, with the environment strictly controlled to optimise plant growth
Vertical farming, originally developed by Nasa scientists as a potential way to grow food for astronauts in space, involves rearing crops indoors in upright stacked layers, with the environment strictly controlled to optimise plant growth

Salad days: How farming tech invented by Nasa could solve food problems

People walk along Kuta beach during sunset on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
People walk along Kuta beach during sunset on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

Tourists to be banned from renting motorbikes on Bali

The new 10-stamp showcases some of the most popular types of flowers grown in gardens across the UK.
The new 10-stamp showcases some of the most popular types of flowers grown in gardens across the UK.

King Charles III's silhouette revealed on new special Royal Mail floral stamps

Allied Vehicles was established almost 30 years ago in Glasgow's Possilpark area. The family firm converts a variety of vehicles to make them suitable for wheelchair users, both passengers and drivers.
Allied Vehicles was established almost 30 years ago in Glasgow's Possilpark area. The family firm converts a variety of vehicles to make them suitable for wheelchair users, both passengers and drivers.

Glasgow taxi and minibus converter to take on 70 workers and boost production

Switzerland has a long tradition of neutrality in international politics.
Switzerland has a long tradition of neutrality in international politics.

Is Switzerland at risk of being too much of a people pleaser?

Kieran Tierney has been on the bench in the main for Arsenal and could leave in the summer.
Kieran Tierney has been on the bench in the main for Arsenal and could leave in the summer.

Why months of struggles for so many Scotland players could temper belief

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to present his Integrated Review to MPs this afternoon. Picture: Getty Images
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to present his Integrated Review to MPs this afternoon. Picture: Getty Images

Global threats creating a world ‘defined by danger, disorder and division’

No one is responsible for offering confidential support or counselling to young people who have lost a parent (Picture, posed by model: John Devlin)
No one is responsible for offering confidential support or counselling to young people who have lost a parent (Picture, posed by model: John Devlin)

Bereaved children need help and, right now, many are not getting it

An injured boy from the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol takes part in an arts therapy session in Kyiv last year. Picture: Getty Images
An injured boy from the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol takes part in an arts therapy session in Kyiv last year. Picture: Getty Images

Ukraine says 464 children killed since Russian invasion began

105,000 Ukrainian children lived in institutions before the war, like this one in eastern Ukraine, pictured in 2014.
105,000 Ukrainian children lived in institutions before the war, like this one in eastern Ukraine, pictured in 2014.

Ukraine's children housed in institutions face 'extreme risks' from war

Tyson Fury is set for an undisputed bout with Oleksandr Usyk scheduled for Wembley Stadium in April - Credit: Getty Images
Tyson Fury is set for an undisputed bout with Oleksandr Usyk scheduled for Wembley Stadium in April - Credit: Getty Images

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk: Undisputed fight is on, says the WBA

Mark Galeotti, writer and analyst on Russian security affairs, looked at the issue of ‘What does defeat in Ukraine tell us about Putin's Russia?’ at the annual Erickson lecture at the University of Edinburgh.
Mark Galeotti, writer and analyst on Russian security affairs, looked at the issue of ‘What does defeat in Ukraine tell us about Putin's Russia?’ at the annual Erickson lecture at the University of Edinburgh.

Ukraine’s secret weapon against invasion is Vladimir Putin, expert claims

Tom Stocker, Partner and corporate crime specialist at Pinsent Masons
Tom Stocker, Partner and corporate crime specialist at Pinsent Masons

Businesses need to assess and prepare for geopolitical risk - Tom Stocker

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Friday.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Friday.

Analysis: Sunak to work with France on small boats, but MPs may not like it

Russian and Belarusian players have been unable to compete at Wimbledon ever since Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine - Credit: Getty Images
Russian and Belarusian players have been unable to compete at Wimbledon ever since Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine - Credit: Getty Images

Wimbledon to lift ban on Russian and Belarusian players

Mae Muller is the successor to Sam Ryder as the UK entry for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool with ‘I Wrote A Song’, the first female representative in five years - Credit: Getty Images
Mae Muller is the successor to Sam Ryder as the UK entry for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool with ‘I Wrote A Song’, the first female representative in five years - Credit: Getty Images

Eurovision 2023: Mae Muller announced as UK entry on BBC Radio 2

A woman stands among debris of the destroyed house after recent Russian air strike in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early on Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrainian officials and media said.
A woman stands among debris of the destroyed house after recent Russian air strike in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early on Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrainian officials and media said.

Russian missiles target cities across Ukraine, officials say

Andy Murray in a practice session ahead of his first-round match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Andy Murray in a practice session ahead of his first-round match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Andy Murray: I won’t go 'nuts' if Russian players get Wimbledon go-ahead

Teddy bears and toys represent the thousands of children abducted by Russian forces in Ukraine at this protest in Brussels last month (Picture: Nicolas Maeterlinck/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images)
Teddy bears and toys represent the thousands of children abducted by Russian forces in Ukraine at this protest in Brussels last month (Picture: Nicolas Maeterlinck/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainian kids are being abducted and sent to Russian 're-education camps'

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Exiled Belarusian pro-democracy leader given 15 year jail sentence in absentia

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

Full list of banned number plates released for 2023

Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)
Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

Live Aid style fundraiser for Ukraine in works

Five tips on how to get Eurovision tickets according to experts

The Moldovan parliament voted through a draft law to change the Moldovan language to Romanian language on all legislative documents.
The Moldovan parliament voted through a draft law to change the Moldovan language to Romanian language on all legislative documents.

Moldovan parliament votes through law to replace Moldovan language with Romanian

An elderly woman pulls a trolley bag past a the ruins of a building in Bakhmut, one of ten Ukrainian cities destroyed by Russian forces, in December (Picture: Yevhen Titov/AFP via Getty Images)
An elderly woman pulls a trolley bag past a the ruins of a building in Bakhmut, one of ten Ukrainian cities destroyed by Russian forces, in December (Picture: Yevhen Titov/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia must be made to pay for its nine-year war on Ukraine – Lesia Vasylenko

​Mr Duguid has blamed Putin’s war for the rise in energy bills.
​Mr Duguid has blamed Putin’s war for the rise in energy bills.

More than 125,000 energy bill support payments sent to Banff and Buchan resident...

Gavin Matthews of Solas
Gavin Matthews of Solas

Friends of The Scotsman: Putin tramples Ukraine but judgment will come

Smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City after Israel launched air strikes on the Palestinian enclave on February 23 (Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images)
Smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City after Israel launched air strikes on the Palestinian enclave on February 23 (Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images)

World turns blind eye as Israel crushes the Palestinian people – Kenny MacAskill

The international music show will take place at the 11,000-capacity Liverpool Arena in May. Picture: BBC/Eurovision/PA Wire
The international music show will take place at the 11,000-capacity Liverpool Arena in May. Picture: BBC/Eurovision/PA Wire

How to get Eurovision tickets to be announced on Thursday

Ukrainians take shelter in a humanitarian aid centre in the besieged town of Bakhmut on Monday (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainians take shelter in a humanitarian aid centre in the besieged town of Bakhmut on Monday (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Brave Ukrainians like Sasha are fighting in defence of the democratic world

Maxim Znek's colleciton of short stories was written in prison in Belarus, where he is still serving a ten year sentence.
Maxim Znek's colleciton of short stories was written in prison in Belarus, where he is still serving a ten year sentence.

Scottish publisher dilemma over stories penned in Belarusian jail

Wizz Air has suspended flights to Moldovan capital, Chisinau.
Wizz Air has suspended flights to Moldovan capital, Chisinau.

Airline Wizz Air to suspend flights to Moldova over ‘risk’ in country’s airspace

Banksy artwork in Ukraine
Banksy artwork in Ukraine

Ukraine protecting Banksy murals with 24/7 security in war torn cities

Ukraine postage stamps depicting a Banksy mural
Ukraine postage stamps depicting a Banksy mural

Ukraine issues Banksy stamps showing Vladimir Putin in judo match

At the beginning of the invasion, in an attempt to seize Kyiv, the occupiers advanced deep into the Kyiv Oblast. There were blood-spilling battles and terrible destruction of infrastructure. At the end of February, the dam on the Irpin river, which also served as a road bridge, was destroyed. The water flooded the villages of Demydiv and Kozarovichi and almost reached Gostomel.
At the beginning of the invasion, in an attempt to seize Kyiv, the occupiers advanced deep into the Kyiv Oblast. There were blood-spilling battles and terrible destruction of infrastructure. At the end of February, the dam on the Irpin river, which also served as a road bridge, was destroyed. The water flooded the villages of Demydiv and Kozarovichi and almost reached Gostomel.

Why environment is the ‘silent victim’ of Russian invasion

Father Vitaliy, helps a young girl with her homework in a public bomb shelter in Kharkiv. Picture: Maciek Musialek/DEC
Father Vitaliy, helps a young girl with her homework in a public bomb shelter in Kharkiv. Picture: Maciek Musialek/DEC

Ukraine one year on: 'Every day, some other village or city is destroyed'

Empty fruit and vegetable shelves at an Asda store (Pic: Yui Mok/PA Wire )
Empty fruit and vegetable shelves at an Asda store (Pic: Yui Mok/PA Wire )

Farmers’ union warns fruit and veg shortage in shops is ‘tip of iceberg’ for UK

The UK Government has been urged to increase defence spending due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The UK Government has been urged to increase defence spending due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

UK Government urged to increase defence spending over Ukraine

China's President Xi Jinping will be taking note of how Vladimir Putin's attempt at military expansion works out (Picture: Alexandr Demyanchuk/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
China's President Xi Jinping will be taking note of how Vladimir Putin's attempt at military expansion works out (Picture: Alexandr Demyanchuk/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine War is wake-up call about dangers of authoritarian regimes

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