Meet the 'Love Is Blind' season 4 couples—for better or worse A new season means new pairings. Are the 'Love Is Blind' season 4 couples headed for happily-ever-after...or a split? My Imperfect Life · Mar 24, 2023
The battle to keep Ukraine connected to the internet amid Russian missile attacks Ukraine's access to the internet is under attack from Russian rocket strikes. The people are fighting back with death-defying repair crews and truckloads of satellite internet. ABC News · Feb 26, 2023
Spy close to Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief mysteriously dies Ultra-secretive Russian oil magnate Viatcheslav Rovneiko, who was a former spy and close to Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief, has died in mysterious circumstances near Moscow Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023
Berlin spy case ‘comes amid rise in state threat probes’ A security guard from the British embassy in Berlin has been jailed for handing secrets to Russia. The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023
Embassy spy David Ballantyne Smith was paid Russian informant ‘dedicated’ to harming UK, rules judge A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin was a paid spy under the control of a Russian agent who leaked secrets to damage UK interests, a judge has ruled. Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2023
Scot admits giving Russia classified documents while working at UK embassy in Berlin A FORMER security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin has admitted handing classified documents to Russia, but refused to name his alleged… The National (Scotland) · Feb 14, 2023
Berlin embassy spy denies existence of Russian handler David Ballantyne Smith amassed a stash of secret and sensitive material over four years before he was caught in 2021. The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023
Berlin spy caught on camera during fake Russian agent sting op David Ballantyne Smith has pleaded guilty to eight charges under the Official Secrets Act. The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023
British Embassy spy in Berlin 'put lives at risk' when he sold secrets to the Russians David Ballantyne Smith, 58, gathered a mass of classified information for Russia while working as a security guard in the British Embassy in Berlin Daily Mirror · Feb 14, 2023
Berlin Embassy spy ‘hedged bets’ during sting op with fake Russian officer David Ballantyne Smith began collecting secret information from the embassy where he worked as a security guard some four years before his arrest. The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023
British embassy guard who spied for Russia filmed "secret" letter to PM, London court told A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin collected highly sensitive information for more than three years, including "secret" government communications with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, prosecutors told a London court on Monday. Reuters · Feb 13, 2023
Fake Russians snared Berlin Embassy spy in sting op, court told He is alleged to have received substantial sums of money in exchange for sensitive information from the embassy in Germany. The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023
Spy spent years 'collecting highly sensitive secrets to sell to the Russians' David Ballantyne Smith collected highly sensitive secrets while working as a security guard in the British Embassy in Berlin and sold them to Russia for large amounts of money Daily Mirror · Feb 13, 2023
Berlin Embassy spy was caught in undercover operation, court hears Briton David Ballantyne Smith, 58, was driven by an intense hatred for his own country and by pro-Putin views, the Old Bailey was told. The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022 Couple who fled Ukraine went back because of ‘terrible’ UK rental options Joe and Irina Place are now renting in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, where they say it is safe but they face the prospect of power outages.
Daily Record · Nov 10, 2022 Couple who fled war-torn Ukraine return home due to 'terrible' UK housing Joe Place, 29, and his wife, 34-year-old Irina, were forced to leave their home in Kyiv after Russia launched its invasion in February
Daily Mirror · Nov 10, 2022 Couple who fled Ukraine returning home due to 'terrible' UK rental options Joe Place and his wife, Irina, fled war-torn Ukraine to live in Britain but now they're planning on moving back because of the spiralling costs of life and the difficulty with the housing market
The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022 Couple who fled Ukraine went back because of ‘terrible’ UK rental options Joe and Irina Place are now renting in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, where they say it is safe but they face the prospect of power outages.
The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022 Couple return to war-torn Ukraine due to cost and condition of UK rentals Joe and Iryna Place are now renting in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, where they say it is safe but they face the prospect of power outages.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022 ‘I am staying here’: Kherson residents defy Russian call to evacuate city Those who have stayed behind in first major city captured in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine anxiously await liberation
Liverpool Echo · Oct 7, 2022 Liverpool fan jailed for 'supporting democracy' in 'chilling' case Andrei Aliaksandrau and his wife Iryna Zlobina were sentenced this week
The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2022 ‘We thieves and killers are now fighting Russia’s war’: how Moscow recruits from its prisons Inmates describe visits by Yevgeny Prigozhin, reported head of the Wagner group, who is said to offer pardons for those who enlist
The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2022 What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis Horrors left behind by Russian occupying forces unearthed as Moscow’s Ukrainian supporters flee, and Putin admits tensions with key ally China
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022 Moscow’s local allies were told ‘Russia is here for ever’. Now they flee Ukraine Supporters in shock as Kremlin reneges on vow that helped project power into captured towns and villages
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022 Dr Zhivago’s heroine takes centre stage in plagiarism row Courtroom battle looms as author argues her book revealing inspiration for character became basis of an American novel