Ukraine and Russia hold ‘productive’ first day of US-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi
Major obstacles to viable deal remain after Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of violating energy truce
Google parent earnings beat projections amid plans to invest deeply in AI
Alphabet reports $34.5bn profit and revenue soars 48% in recent quarter as it plans a sharp increase in AI spending
Ugandan opposition leader still in hiding as feud with president’s son escalates
Bobi Wine’s whereabouts unknown since he fled what he said was night raid on his home by police and military
Gunmen kill more than 160 people in attacks on two west Nigeria villages
Local politician says armed men rounded up residents, bound their hands behind their backs and shot them
Labour MPs say Starmer’s days as PM are numbered amid fury over Mandelson
MPs say release of papers on Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador could trigger leadership challenge
Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says
By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy
Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
Satellite images and witness testimony show destruction as IDF claims it was forced to take defensive measures
Email appears to confirm photo of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Virginia Giuffre is real
The message, believed to be from Ghislaine Maxwell, was released as part of the latest tranche of the Epstein files
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year, analysis finds
Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growth
Angel that looked like Giorgia Meloni removed from Rome church fresco
Vatican appears to have ordered removal of restored work, which artist confessed he had made to resemble PM
Pentagon threatens to cut ties with Scouting America over ‘core values’
Defense department says it may end support unless youth group abandons inclusivity and returns to ‘God and country’ values
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Minister defends long delays to UK military spending plan
Luke Pollard says plan expected last autumn is ‘a bigger task than many people outside defence realise’