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Lisa Haseldine

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Even dirty Russian tricks might not save Viktor Orban

With a week to go until Hungary heads to the polls, Prime Minister Viktor Orban is fighting to save his political skin. Unusually for a set of...

05.04.2026 10

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Ice age / Russia has its eyes on Svalbard

Lisa Haseldine has narrated this article for you to listen to. The quiet hillside by Longyearbyen’s church gives visitors to the capital of...

03.04.2026 10

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Russia has its eyes on Svalbard

The quiet hillside by Longyearbyen’s church gives visitors to the capital of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago an austere but beautiful panorama of...

02.04.2026 20

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Ice age / Russia has its eyes on Svalbard

The quiet hillside by Longyearbyen’s church gives visitors to the capital of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago an austere but beautiful panorama of...

02.04.2026 20

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Britain’s defence spending is lower than we thought

Whenever Keir Starmer and his ministers are pressed on the lack of a plan to raise Britain’s defence spending with any speed, they skirt the...

26.03.2026 10

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Can Europe help fix Britain’s defence muddle?

Could an agreement for Britain to join Europe’s defence fund ‘Security Action for Europe’ (Safe) be back on the cards? Speaking in Paris...

25.03.2026 20

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Pay up / Reeves should tax expats to fund Britain’s defence spending

Open the first page of any British passport and you will be met by a request on behalf of the King to give its ‘bearer such assistance and...

21.03.2026 10

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Reeves should tax expats to fund Britain’s defence spending

Open the first page of any British passport and you will be met by a request on behalf of the King to give its ‘bearer such assistance and...

21.03.2026 10

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'J.D. Vance was right': Is Europe finally waking up?

The organisers of the Munich security conference weren’t subtle. A large statue of an elephant stood in one of the lobbies. The logo on all official...

19.02.2026 20

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The Democratic primary in Munich

While all eyes and ears at the Munich security conference will be on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday, it was America’s Democrats who...

15.02.2026 40

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Rubio offers an olive branch to the Europeans

As Marco Rubio boarded his flight for Munich on Thursday night, he sought to reassure nervous Europeans that they weren’t about to be berated by...

15.02.2026 20

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Starmer: Britain must be ready for war

It’s no secret that Keir Starmer prefers foreign diplomacy to the domestic side of his job. So after perhaps the most difficult week of his...

14.02.2026 700

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Has Marco Rubio done enough to reassure Europe?

As Marco Rubio boarded his flight for Munich on Thursday night, he sought to reassure nervous Europeans that they weren’t about to be berated by...

14.02.2026 10

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Security conference / Will Merz get his 'transatlantic reset' with America in Munich?

The Munich security conference started with a bang today. Breaking with tradition, German chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the conference with a...

14.02.2026 70

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Will Merz get his 'transatlantic reset' with America in Munich?

The Munich security conference started with a bang today. Breaking with tradition, German chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the conference with a...

13.02.2026 10

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Who shot Russia’s intelligence chief in Moscow?

06.02.2026 10

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Does Europe still have an ally in America?

19.01.2026 20

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Will a military boost be enough to stop Trump grabbing Greenland?

15.01.2026 10

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Call to arms / European countries are expanding their militaries. Why aren’t we?

12.01.2026 40

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European countries are expanding their militaries. Why aren’t we?

08.01.2026 10

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Dominic Cummings's warning to broken Britain on migrant crime

29.12.2025 60

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Russia / Does Putin truly believe he's the victim of his own war?

20.12.2025 20

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Does Putin truly believe he's the victim of his own war?

19.12.2025 20

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Keir Starmer's Russia problem is here to stay

16.12.2025 10

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Keir Starmer's Russia problem is here to stay

15.12.2025 7

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Putin ‘morally responsible’ for Salisbury novichok poisoning

04.12.2025 8

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We are no closer to peace in Ukraine

03.12.2025 10

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The Ukraine peace proposal raises more questions than it answers

20.11.2025 10

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Is Trump trying to strike a fresh deal on Ukraine?

19.11.2025 10

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Is Germany ready for military service?

06.11.2025 10

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How Germany is preparing for war

10.10.2025 10

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Elections / The AfD’s mission to seduce West Germany is paying off

15.09.2025 20

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Defence / Will Germany really send troops to Ukraine?

24.08.2025 10

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Will Germany really send troops to Ukraine?

23.08.2025 10

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Will Zelensky’s dash to see Trump pay off?

18.08.2025 10

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The Alaska summit doesn’t look good for Ukraine

16.08.2025 10

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Europe is giving up on free movement

14.08.2025 10

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Zelensky prepares to woo Trump one last time

13.08.2025 9

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Witkoff talks / Is Putin calling Trump’s bluff on Ukraine?

06.08.2025 10

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Wimbledon has had enough of tennis

05.07.2025 10

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Can freedom of movement survive Europe’s migrant crisis?

02.07.2025 10

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'The West isn't read for Putin's hybrid war'

29.06.2025 10

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Germany can’t avoid conscription for ever

05.06.2025 10

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