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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov seen in this file photo.
Kremlin responds to former British PM’s missile claims, calls it a lie
MOSCOW — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said in a BBC documentary that Russian President Vladimir Putin “sort of threatened” him before the invasion of Ukraine by throwing at him: “A missile would take a minute”.However, the Kremlin has since told reporters Johnson’s comments are “a lie”.“What Johnson said was a lie. Either it was a deliberate lie, but then for what purpose? Or it was an unintentional lie, insofar as he did not understand what President Putin said,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that there had been “no missile threat.”The first episode of Boris Johnson’s three-part documentary will be broadcast on Monday evening on BBC Two. The former head of the British government recounts his “very long” and...
January 30, 2023

Kremlin responds to former British PM’s missile claims, calls it a lie

Estonian military reservists attend a training in a countryside near Haapsalu, Estonia, on Friday
Estonia calls up reservists to participate in military drills
TALLINN — Estonia’s military conducted snap drills for reservists from territorial defense units on Friday.More than 800 reservists and members of the paramilitary Estonian Defense League participated in the drills in Haapsalu.The government stressed that this is an exercise and there is no immediate military threat to Estonia.Lääne district commander Maj. Andres Valli said the training during the drills was adapted to the combat experience in Ukraine.“Based on the lessons of the Ukrainian war, we use more small unit tactics and we train for dispersed combat operations on terrain with the emphasis on the usage of anti-tank systems,” he said.“So that there wouldn’t be only the anti-tank units but also infantry personnel who would be able to use the anti-tank weapon...
January 30, 2023

Estonia calls up reservists to participate in military drills

Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him in phone call before Ukraine invasion
Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike
LONDON — Britain's Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in an "extraordinary" phone call in the run-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The then-prime minister said Putin told him it "would only take a minute".Johnson said the comment was made after he warned the war would be an "utter catastrophe" during a "very long" call in February 2022.Details of the exchange are revealed in a BBC documentary, examining Putin's interactions with world leaders.Johnson warned Putin that invading Ukraine would lead to Western sanctions and more Nato troops on Russia's borders.He also tried to deter Russian military action by telling Putin that Ukraine would not join Nato "for the foreseeable...
January 30, 2023

Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike

President Erdogan said he would not support Sweden's bid until it extradited dozens of terrorists to Turkey
Erdogan says Turkey may accept Finland in NATO, but block Sweden
ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested that Ankara may agree to Finland joining Nato, but not Sweden.He criticized Sweden's refusal to extradite dozens of people allegedly tied to Kurdish militant groups and other critics of his government."If you absolutely want to join Nato, you will return these terrorists to us," said Erdogan.His comments come days after Turkey suspended talks to accept the two Nordic nations as members.The move was prompted by a series of controversial protests in Stockholm, including one during which a copy of the Qur'an was burned.Swedish officials have condemned the protests, but defended the country's free speech laws.In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Sweden and Finland applied to join Nato last year,...
January 30, 2023

Erdogan says Turkey may accept Finland in NATO, but block Sweden

Volodymyr Zelensky says there can be no neutrality in sport while his country's athletes are dying on the battlefield
Russian athletes cannot be allowed at Olympics, Zelensky says
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that allowing Russia to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris would amount to showing that "terror is somehow acceptable".He said he had raised the issue with French President Emmanuel Macron.Moscow must not be allowed to use the Olympics for propaganda, he added.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said Russian and Belarusian athletes could compete as neutrals at the Olympics.But Ukraine has threatened to boycott Paris 2024 if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete.Attempts by the IOC "to bring Russian athletes back into the Olympic Games are attempts to tell the whole world that terror is somehow acceptable", Zelensky said in his nightly video address.Russia must not be allowed to use the...
January 30, 2023

Russian athletes cannot be allowed at Olympics, Zelensky says

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz seen in this file photo.
German chancellor says he won’t send fighter jets to Ukraine
BERLIN — The German chancellor has ruled out sending fighter jets to Ukraine, just days after committing to supplying tanks.In an interview with a German newspaper, Olaf Scholz warned against a bidding war for weapons.But Ukraine has asked allied nations to create a “fighter jet coalition” to bolster their capabilities.The US said it would discuss the idea of supplying jets “very carefully” with Kyiv on Thursday.In an interview with Tagesspiegel, Scholz said his focus was on the delivery of German-made Leopard 2 tanks.“The fact we’ve only just made a decision [on sending tanks] and the next debate is firing up in Germany, that just seems frivolous,” he said.On Wednesday Germany committed to supplying 14 of its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, after weeks of pressure from...
January 29, 2023

German chancellor says he won’t send fighter jets to Ukraine

Josephine Ballon and Avital Grinberg are from the groups taking action. — courtesy HateAid
Twitter sued over antisemitic posts left online
BERLIN — Twitter is being sued in Germany by two groups claiming the social network failed to remove six posts attacking Jewish people and denying the Holocaust, after they were reported.The posts were published after billionaire Elon Musk bought the platform in October 2022.But his tweets, which now represent most of the company’s communications output, have not mentioned the case.Antisemitism and Holocaust denial are illegal in Germany. They also violate Twitter’s own terms and conditions. BBC News has contacted the company for comment.“Twitter has betrayed our trust,” said Avital Grinberg, the president of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS), which has brought the civil action, alongside HateAid.“By allowing hateful content to spread, the company fails to protect...
January 29, 2023

Twitter sued over antisemitic posts left online

Ukrainian soldiers stand atop on APC before going to the frontline in Donetsk region Saturday. — courtesy AP /Andriy Dubchak
Heavy fighting in Donetsk as stalemate continues
KYIV — Ukraine’s military said on Sunday its forces repelled an attack in the area of Blahodatne in the eastern part of the Donetsk region. In contrast, Russia’s Wagner private military group said it took control of the village.“Units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of ... Blahodatne ... in the Donetsk region,” the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said in its daily morning report, referring to fighting on Saturday.It added that its forces repelled Russian attacks in the areas of 13 other settlements in the Donetsk region.The Wagner Group, designated by the US as a transnational criminal organization, said on the Telegram messaging app on Saturday that its units had taken control of Blahodatne. Reuters was not able to...
January 29, 2023

Heavy fighting in Donetsk as stalemate continues

File photo shows Nadhim Zahawi standing before 10 Downing Street in London.
Sunak sacks UK Conservative party chairman after inquiry into tax affairs
LONDON — UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of his ruling Conservative Party on Sunday over a “serious breach” of the ministerial code.Pressure had been building on Nadhim Zahawi amid allegations he settled a multimillion-euro unpaid tax bill while in charge of the country’s Treasury.In a letter to Zahawi, Sunak wrote he had been forced to act after promising at the start of his tenure that his government “would have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level.”Zahawi, the founder of the polling website YouGov, had acknowledged a dispute with tax authorities, but argued his error was “careless and not deliberate.”The British media reported the settlement came to €5.7 million.In his letter, Mr Zahawi said he was “concerned” about the...
January 29, 2023

Sunak sacks UK Conservative party chairman after inquiry into tax affairs

EU raises alarm on soaring asylum requests from ‘safe’ countries
STRASBROUGH —The European Union is becoming increasingly worried about the surging number of requests lodged by asylum seekers who are, in principle, ineligible for international protection, such as nationals from India, Bangladesh, Morocco, Egypt and Peru.The European Commission estimates the number of asylum applications reached 924,000 by the end of 2022 — the highest level since 2016 — while irregular border crossings tripled year-on-year to 330,000.Notably, the asylum requests included citizens from countries considered official candidates to join the bloc, like Turkey, Albania, North Macedonia and Moldova.The growing concern among member states came to the fore during a two-day informal meeting of interior ministers that took place in Stockholm this week.“We have three times...
January 29, 2023

EU raises alarm on soaring asylum requests from ‘safe’ countries

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