Bruno Waterfield
The Times of London
United Kingdom
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Optimism grows in Belfast and Brussels
On Thursday night, two hours after his plane touched down in Belfast, Rishi Sunak held a meeting that could prove pivotal to his premiership.At 10.30pm a delega → Read More
MH17 crash: judges rule plane was shot down by Russian missile over Ukraine
Dutch judges convicted and sentenced three men for the murder of 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian missile over → Read More
You’re stupid, lazy and arrogant, EU chief tells his diplomats
European Union diplomats have been castigated by their boss for being slow, lazy, out of touch, stupid and arrogant.Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign affairs chief, delivered the brutal dressing-down in an address to overseas-based officials in the European External Action Service (EEAS). “This is not → Read More
Giorgia Meloni PM latest to join Europe’s female power group
As Italy’s first female prime minister, Giorgia Meloni will join a club of women who wield real political power in Europe as the head of their country’s governm → Read More
Skeleton hints at horrors of Waterloo during excavation of Wellington’s field hospital
It has been immortalised as Britain’s great victory, where the Duke of Wellington’s army and its allies ended Napoleon’s reign of terror on the continent at a terrible price.Now, more than two centuries later, a fresh glimpse of the horror of the Battle of Waterloo has been revealed with a new excav → Read More
‘Peaky Blinders’ gang stoles £23m diamond necklace
Armed robbers fled on electric scooters after stealing jewels, including a necklace worth £23 million, from a prestigious art and antiques fair in the Netherlan → Read More
‘Peaky Blinders’ thieves arrested after armed robbery on jewellers at art fair
Two armed robbers have been arrested after a daring daylight heist at an art and antiques fair in the Netherlands.Dramatic video footage shows four men dressed → Read More
Nato to change defence strategy in biggest overhaul since Cold War
Nato will ditch its traditional “tripwire” defence strategy at a summit this week after a warning from the Baltic States that they would be “wiped off the map” in the event of a Russian attack.The rethink, as leaders gather in Madrid for a summit this week, is the biggest overhaul of the alliance’s → Read More
Belgium returns tooth of independence hero Patrice Lumumba, murdered in Congo
Belgium has apologised for the murder of Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister, while returning the gold-capped tooth that was to → Read More
Europe splits over how war in Ukraine should end, poll shows
Splits between doves pushing for a quick diplomatic exit from war in Ukraine and hawks calling for Putin to be defeated threaten to tear the European Union apar → Read More
EU bans majority of Russian oil imports
European Union leaders have failed to agree a full ban on Russian oil after efforts to increase pressure on the Kremlin were undermined by countries dependent on its energy imports.The bloc’s energy payments to Russia since it invaded Ukraine total €56.5 billion, providing vital revenue for Presiden → Read More
Hungary and Slovakia given another two years to ban Russian oil
The European Union will extend the deadline for Hungary and Slovakia to stop importing Russian oil by two years to address deep divisions over energy sancti → Read More
Rising energy bills create cost-of-dying crisis for Belgian crematoriums
Belgium faces a cost-of-dying crisis as rising energy prices hit funeral and cremation services.As well as soaring energy bills, the industry — like other emplo → Read More
Finland will apply to Nato within days
Finland will announce a bid for membership of Nato on May 12 in a move to be mirrored by Sweden within days → Read More
Dutch resistance hero Cornelis Pieter “Kees” Kreukniet is identified in Nazi mass grave
More than 70 years after Cornelis Pieter “Kees” Kreukniet was murdered by the Nazis and buried in a mass grave the remains of the Dutch resistance hero have bee → Read More
Dutch king loses confidence of half his people
The King of the Netherlands is facing a crisis in confidence as public anger at his behaviour during the pandemic has sent support into a tailspin, a survey has → Read More
Will anyone tell Europe the age of cheap living is over?
In supermarkets across Europe food prices tick up almost every week. The war in Ukraine adds more pain to already soaring energy bills. Inflation instantly wipes out the gains of those lucky to receive a pay rise.As popular anger rises at an unprecedented cost of living crisis, and governments try t → Read More
Boris Johnson in Kyiv for unannounced meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelensky
Boris Johnson has flown to Ukraine to meet President Zelensky, after yesterday accusing President Putin of war crimes and announcing that Britain would send a further £100 million of military aid, including anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, to Ukraine.The unannounced visit was confirmed on Twitt → Read More
Ukraine needs weapons now in battle for Donbas, Nato told
Ukraine needs new and heavy weaponry immediately as the battle for Donbas heralds a huge military confrontation that will define the outcome of the war, the be → Read More
Superyachts belonging to Russians detained in the Netherlands
The Dutch have seized 14 superyachts owned by Russians that are berthed in docks or being built in shipyards.Vessels held include 12 that are under construction → Read More