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Cross-border tensions flare as Canada-US trade talks collapse and Kremlin warns Burnham on drones
Carney rejects Trump’s tariff “attack” as trade war looms, a Kremlin adviser threatens British drone factories, and Murdoch family feuding is exposed in newly unsealed court papers.
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Russia cancels Kanye West: St Petersburg stadium abruptly scraps plans for performance by shamed rapper – as politician condemns star’s ‘disgusting antics’
A stadium in St Petersburg abruptly cancelled Kanye West’s planned shows, dealing a setback to what would have been the first major Western concert in Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Gazprom Arena stated via Instagram that it had never signed a rental contract for the venue and had received complaints about the event,…
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Russian stadium says it will not host Kanye concerts – but promoter says shows have not been cancelled
St Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena has ultimately distanced itself from two planned concerts by the rapper Ye (formerly Kanye West), stating it never signed a lease contract and that the shows “cannot take place at our venue”. This reversed its own earlier social media announcement of the 10 and 11 October dates, which would have made…
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Ukraine unveils native jet-powered drone interceptor
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence has brought into service its first domestically developed jet-powered drone interceptor, the Alexa Spatium, designed to shoot down Russian attack drones. The v-tail unmanned aircraft targets Shahed-131 kamikaze drones and their Geran-3, Geran-4 and Geran-5 variants, and matters because it gives Ukraine a home-produced, easily deployable defence against Russia’s mass drone…
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‘Stand your ground’: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni warns Kemi Badenoch against doing a deal with Reform as they meet for coffee in Rome
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has privately urged Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to “stand your ground” and resist any electoral pact with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, according to reports of a private meeting between the two leaders. The two women, both facing pressure from insurgent right-wing rivals in their respective countries, met for an hour-long…
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Heatwave health risks threaten insurer earnings, rating agency S&P warns
The rating agency S&P has warned that Europe’s intense heatwaves could squeeze insurers’ earnings, as life and health insurers face a growing wave of claims linked to heat-related deaths and worsening health conditions, particularly among older people. This matters because insurers may respond by raising premiums for customers, and because the trend is expected to…
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Burnham eyes Trump meeting to press for Ukraine missiles
Andy Burnham has said he could hold his first meeting with Donald Trump within weeks, with a visit to New York for the UN General Assembly next month looking likely. He plans to use the trip to press the US for greater support for Ukraine, particularly more interceptor missiles, as he seeks to establish his…
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Russia threatens British factory strikes over military support to Ukraine
A former senior Russian official has warned that British drone factories could face a “semi-military” response from “unknown sources” in retaliation for the UK sharing cruise missile blueprints with Ukraine, marking one of the most explicit threats yet against UK targets over the war. Andrei Fedorov told BBC Newsnight that Vladimir Putin was under “serious”…
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Russia threatens to attack British factories in ‘semi-military’ response to UK support for Ukraine – as Putin warns ‘Pandora’s box has been opened’
Russia has threatened to strike British factories and other targets in a “semi-military” response to the UK’s growing support for Ukraine, with the Kremlin accusing Britain of directly participating in the war. The threats followed new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first foreign visit to Kyiv, where he announced that defence firm MBDA had been cleared…