Briefing

A preview of the NATO summitLeaders of NATO countries are preparing for two days of meetings starting tomorrow in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital.Ukraine will be a major issue. The war there has raged for more than 500 days, and the…

Israel ends its West Bank operationIsrael’s military said yesterday that it had withdrawn from the occupied West Bank city of Jenin after a large-scale incursion that killed at least 12 Palestinians, left one Israeli soldier dead and sent…

Putin, Xi and Modi met virtuallyThe leaders of Russia, China and India — the three biggest powers bidding to reshape a global order dominated by the U.S. — convened over video at a virtual summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation…

Good morning. We’re covering Israel’s most intense strikes in the occupied West Bank in decades and Janet Yellen’s upcoming trip to China.A major assault on the West BankIsrael launched the most intense airstrikes on the occupied West Bank…

A blow to affirmative action in the U.S.The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that race-based admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina were unconstitutional. The decision means that elite campuses in the U.S. that…

Prigozhin arrives in BelarusYevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, arrived in Belarus yesterday, state media reported. The Russian authorities dropped criminal charges against him and his fighters after he called off an…

Putin addressed the revoltPresident Vladimir Putin addressed the rebellion over the weekend by the Wagner mercenary group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a short televised speech yesterday. In his first public comments since Saturday, Putin…

Crisis abates in RussiaThe day after an armed rebellion by Wagner mercenaries against Vladimir Putin’s government was defused at the last minute, neither Putin nor the mercenary leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, made a public appearance, adding to…

Delays to HS2 announced by the government earlier this year in order to help ‘balance the books’ are likely to cost the taxpayer at least £366 million, according to new analysis exclusively leaked to Sky News.The government…

A missing submersible’s air is running outAn international team of rescuers was racing against time to find a deep-diving submersible with five people on board after it lost contact in the North Atlantic during a tour to explore the wreck…