A prominent member of the Tory right has come out in support of Rishi Sunak as the UK’s next prime minister and and declared that if former premier Boris Johnson won the contest it would be a “guaranteed disaster.” Steve Baker, a Northern Ireland minister and prominent Brexiteer who backed Johnson in the 2019 general election, told Sky News that ...

  Giorgia Meloni plans to uphold Italy’s pro-Ukraine and pro-Nato stance, but her government is set to shift internal policy to provide a greater shield for the country’s companies and industry. The leader of Brothers of Italy formally takes over from Mario Draghi as head of government Sunday. The two have already exchanged the little bell used to open cabinet ...

Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure was extensively damaged as Russian troops delivered another large-scale wave of missile strikes, leaving 1.5 million or more people temporarily without power. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had launched a “massive attack” overnight, with some 36 missiles fired, most of them intercepted but some that hit their marks. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is nearing the ...