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| | Nato warns war could last years | |  | | | | | | | | | Nato is warning Ukraine is likely to be mired in war for the long term. The defence alliance's deputy secretary-general, Mircea Geoană, says "the next few days and weeks could prove decisive, but the war would probably take longer... even years". It comes after several Russian strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, as UN chief Antonio Guterres visited the city for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Mr Guterres said it was "a source of great disappointment, frustration and anger" his organisation's Security Council had "failed to do everything in its power to prevent" the war.
Our live page brings you updates on the war, including the latest on US President Joe Biden's request to Congress to approve a record $33bn aid package and the British national confirmed killed in Ukraine. The UK Foreign Office says another Briton is still missing. Sources in Ukraine say the dead man is Scott Sibley, who is understood to have been fighting for Ukrainian forces. Online tributes described him as "a friend like no other" and spoke of his bravery. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian professor at the University of Cambridge tells us how his mother was found dead by a neighbour in the besieged city of Mariupol. Andrei Kirilenko says Russian shelling prevented 85-year-old Svetlana from being buried.
- Dispatch A terrifying journey to a Russian prison and back
- Analysis Isolated Russia divided over Ukraine offensive
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| | British Virgin Islands leader in US drugs sting | | | | | | | | | The leader of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been arrested over alleged drug smuggling and money laundering. Premier Andrew Fahie, the elected head of government in the British overseas territory, was detained in Miami by US agents posing as Mexican cocaine traffickers. He had agreed a $700,000 (£560,000) payment to allow traffickers to use BVI ports with an undercover informant, according to charges filed in the US. Senior BVI port official Oleanvine Maynard and her son Kadeem Maynard have also been arrested and the trio have been charged with conspiracies to import more than 5kg (11lb) of cocaine into the US and commit money laundering, authorities say. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says she is "appalled by these serious allegations". Mr Fahie and BVI Ports Authority officials could not be reached for comment . | | | | | |
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| | | He was the bloke from Gavin and Stacey who became a household name in the US. But comedian and actor James Corden says he's leaving CBS network series The Late Late Show next year. He told viewers quitting the programme he had joined in 2015 was "the hardest decision I've ever had to make" but added: "I never saw it as my final destination." Showbiz news site Deadline said Corden had "breathed new life into late-night" TV, with viral segments such as Carpool Karaoke and Drop the Mic, which featured celebrities such as singer Adele and Prince Harry. On the back of his success, Corden has gone on to host notable showbiz events such as the Tony and Grammy awards. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warned that complying with Russian demands would breach EU sanctions and would be "high risk" for companies that did so. Gas companies in some EU countries, including Germany, Hungary and Slovakia, have agreed to pay for gas in euros through Russian bank Gazprombank, which will then convert the payments into roubles.
The Financial Times has reported that gas companies in Austria and Italy are also planning to open accounts with Gazprombank. The EU said last week if buyers of Russian gas could complete payments in euros and get confirmation of this before any conversion into roubles took place, that would not breach sanctions. However, there are different views among countries on how to interpret its initial guidance, and EU diplomats have said they want more clarity. | | | | | | | | | | | | Jake Horton, Daniele Palumbo & Tim Bowler | | Reality Check | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | Several front pages feature a photo of a former British soldier killed while fighting in Ukraine. The Metro says Scott Sibley's family are being supported by the Foreign Office, as are the loved ones of another missing Briton. The Daily Telegraph uses Mr Sibley's image alongside a report the UK plans to send 8,000 troops - "one of the largest deployments since the Cold War" - to Eastern Europe and bolster Nato forces with tanks, artillery, armoured vehicles and aircraft. Other papers lead on claims of sexual harassment in the Commons - "Disorder, disorder!" says the Daily Star - proposals to end the BBC licence fee and an admission by Labour that Sir Keir Starmer's deputy, Angela Rayner, was at an event at which the party leader is alleged to have broken lockdown rules. Labour says it was a work event. | | | | | |
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