Moment Ukrainian traitor who defected to Russia is blown up by car bomb in failed assassination bid that left him with arm and leg wounds

Former Lt-Col of the Ukrainian SBU, Vasily Prozorov, 48, was seen walking to his vehicle before the explosion, with an anonymous source saying the blast occurred as he started his car.

Hero schoolboy cloakroom workers who ran towards gunfire and saved dozens during ISIS Moscow concert hall attack are given bravery medals and laptops... and rapper promises a million roubles is on its way

Islam Khalilov and Artem Donskov - both 15 and students at the same school who worked at the Crocus City Hall - were presented with laptops as awards, Russian media reported.

Schoolboy hero of Moscow bloodbath: 15-year-old working part time in cloakroom of concert venue is hailed for his heroics after guiding more than 100 people to safety down emergency exit

As terrorists started shooting concert-goers on Friday, 15-year-old Islam Khalilov (pictured) was working in his part-time job as a cloakroom attendant at the Crocus City Hall venue in Moscow.

Russia finally admits it is 'at war' despite jailing people for using the term instead of 'special military operation' when describing Putin's invasion of Ukraine

The Kremlin has long presented its offensive on Ukraine as a 'special military operation', banning domestic media outlets from using the word 'war' and prosecuting anti-offensive campaigners

More than 60 are arrested across Russia on final day of vote that is set to confirm Vladimir Putin's fifth term as president

At least 65 people have been detained across 16 cities across Russia today alone, according to independent election monitoring group OVD-Info.

Russia (and occupied Ukraine) heads to the polls in national election - but Putin is all but certain to win

Members of the public will cast their ballots through till Sunday at polling stations across the vast country's 11 time zones as well as in illegally annexed regions of Ukraine.

George Galloway is sworn in to Parliament - before immediately comparing Israel to the Nazis: New Rochdale MP accuses Netanyahu of 'holocaust' in Gaza, calls Hamas a 'legitimate government' and says the 'next election will be about Muslims'

The Workers Party of Britain leader officially took his new seat this afternoon, nine years after last sitting on the green benches.

George Galloway likens Israel to the Nazis committing a 'holocaust' in Gaza after being sworn in as Rochdale MP as he defends Hamas as a legitimate Palestinian government and refuses to say Britain is right to back Ukraine in fight against Russia

The Workers Party of Britain leader officially took his new seat this afternoon, nine years after last sitting on the green benches.

Meet George Galloway, the fedora-wearing, Pro-Gaza firebrand who gave Starmer a bloody nose: Four-times married new Rochdale MP boasts a love life as stormy as his political career (and pretended to be a milk-licking cat on Celebrity Big Brother)

His landslide victory in Rochdale last night, a particularly terrible blow for Sir Keir Starmer , is yet another extraordinary twist in the career of the 69-year-old from Dundee.

The fedora-wearing, Pro-Gaza firebrand who has given Starmer a bloody nose: Four-times married George Galloway boasts a love life as stormy as his political career, hailed Saddam's 'courage'...and pretended to be a milk-licking cat on Celebrity Big Brothe

His landslide victory in Rochdale last night, a particularly terrible blow for Sir Keir Starmer , is yet another extraordinary twist in the career of the 69-year-old from Dundee.

From 'Gorgeous George' to 'Gaza George': How firebrand politician Galloway, a former Labour MP, put a pro-Palestinian stance at the heart of his successful bid for a shock return to the Commons for a third different party

The 69-year-old put his pro-Palestinian stance at the heart of his campaign to be elected in the Greater Manchester constituency.

Terrifying moment Ukraine hits back by shelling Russian border city Belgorod with heaviest bombardment of the war that kills 14 including two children - as Kyiv blames death toll on Putin's 'unprofessional' air defences

Video has caught the terrifying moment that Ukraine hit back against Russia today by shelling border city Belgorod with the heaviest bombardment of the war so far.

Putin's revenge: Russia launches 'everything it has' in its most intense aerial attack of Ukrainian cities days after Vladimir's forces suffered humiliating loss of a warship in occupied Crimea

Video released on social media appeared to show a huge explosion at a high rise in Kyiv. Drones and missiles struck at least five other Ukrainian cities on Friday

Putin's revenge: Russia launches its most intense aerial attack of the war with missiles raining down on Ukrainian cities including Kyiv days after the humiliating loss of a warship in occupied Crimea

Video released on social media appeared to show a huge explosion at a high rise in Kyiv. Drones and missiles struck at least five other Ukrainian cities on Friday

'He looks like Gareth from The Office': Keir Starmer dons military fatigues for troop visit photoshoot as he follows in the footsteps of Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson

Keir Starmer was pictured in camouflage gear posing alongside British troops as he made a pre-Christmas visit to Estonia yesterday.

Keir Starmer warns of 'real and constant' Russian threat to the UK as Labour leader seeks to burnish his pre-election defence credentials with Christmas visit to British troops in Estonia

The Labour leader warned that Britain and its allies 'need to be prepared' and ready to 'deter' Vladimir Putin 's forces as he made a pre-Christmas trip to soldiers deployed near the Russian border.

Moskaus neues Einfallstor? Im Niger entscheidet sich die Zukunft des Sahel

Seit der Westen den Kampf gegen den Terror in der Region verloren gibt, scheint Russlands Stunde gekommen. Bislang schwankte das Transitland für Migration, ob es mit der EU brechen und sich Moskau zuwenden soll. Ein neuer Deal setzt nun ein...

Putin clamps down on Russia's LGBT community as members of the 'gay and transsexual movement' are classed as 'extremists' from today

The Supreme Court handed down the ruling in Moscow today. It did not say whether certain individuals or organisations would be affected by the ruling.

Inside the 'terror tunnels' of Gaza: Extraordinary video taken within 300-mile snaking network illustrates momentous task facing Israel as they fight Hamas

The reporter is able to stand and walk past rows of propaganda posters as masked terrorists from Hamas's allies Islamic Jihad crouch down with assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades.

Bed bug panic gripping Paris was stoked by Russian trolls, French intelligence suspects

Experts told French RMC radio that Russian trolls used fake 'doppelganger' articles looking like they were written by reputable French newspaper to fire on the bed bug panic on social media.

Has a second Russian fighter jet been shot down by friendly fire in a week? Footage 'shows smoke rising from destroyed Su-35 after pilot ejects in Donetsk'

A clip circulating on the Telegram messaging app shows what is believed to be the wreckage of the stricken plane burning in a field near Mariupol , with a thick trail of black smoke rising from the crash site.