Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Ukraine and rebels agree to a ceasefire and steps towards ending conflict – video
Ukrainian officials and rebel leaders agreed to a number of steps towards ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine on Friday. The OSCE representative overseeing the talks in Minsk, Belarus, said that a ceasefire, prisoner exchange and the delivery of humanitarian aid had been agreed upon … …read more Source: The...
The 20 photographs of the week
The war against Islamic State, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the Burning Man festival the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...
The Guardian view on the ceasefire for east Ukraine
Is the agreement reached in Minsk the beginning of peace or just of a new phase of the conflict?President Putin could not have contrived it better if he had tried. Perhaps he did. In any case, on the very day the leaders of Nato countries were writing up their communiques and final statements in Wales, it looked as if the five-month-old war in...
Ukraine ceasefire holds so far as Poroshenko orders halt at dusk
Obama is ‘hopeful’ but with other Nato leaders expresses scepticism over longer term success of the truceA tentative ceasefire is holding in eastern Ukraine tonight after Kiev agreed a truce with separatist rebels that included a pullback of weapons and the release of prisoners; it held out the best hope so far for an end to a...
Estonian security officer abducted on border with Russia
Security service says officer captured and taken to Russia at gunpoint while working to prevent cross-border criminal activityAn Estonian security officer has been abducted during an operation to stop an illegal crossing on the Russian border and taken at gunpoint across to Russia, Estonia’s internal security service has...
Putin walks a tightrope as evidence mounts of Russians dying in Ukraine | Natalia Antonova
Vladimir Putin cannot appear weak, but the public wont stand for full-scale conflict. So the stalemate continuesHatred is not a tame beast. Once unleashed, it can be surprisingly hard to coax it back into its pen even for a popular leader such as Vladimir Putin. The stunning reversal of the fortunes of the Ukrainian army in rebel-held regions in...
David Cameron presses for Nato force in eastern Europe video
Opening the second day of the Nato summit in Newport, the prime minister says he hopes to agree on a ‘multinational spearhead force’ with its headquarters in Poland and units in the Baltic states. Cameron says Nato member states ‘face new and evolving dangers’ from Russia and Islamic State (Isis) … …read more...
MH370: after six months relatives still suffer in ’emotional limbo’
Uncertainty surrounding the fate of their loved ones makes dealing with loss much harder for the familiesFor Wang Le, it’s glimpsing the clock at noon; the time when he would ring his mum for a chat. For Dai Xuling, it’s the battered black bag that her sister gave her years ago, which she now carries everywhere and hugs as though it...
Ukraine ceasefire ‘agreed for east of country’ at Minsk peace talks
News reports say ceasefire due to come into effect at 1600 GMT, although there was fighting on ground near port city of MariupolA ceasefire for east Ukraine has been agreed during talks in Minsk between Ukrainian government representatives and separatist leaders, according to news reports from the Belarusian capital.The agreement came shortly...
Russian TV shows funeral of soldier killed ‘on leave’ in Ukraine
State TV says Anatoly Travkin didn’t tell his wife or commanders he was heading to Ukraine to fight with pro-Russia rebelsRussian state television has for the first time shown the funeral of a soldier killed fighting in east Ukraine, but said the serviceman died on the frontline while on leave.State-controlled TV station Channel One showed...
