It is alleged that the founder of SpaceX imposed a speed limit on the Starlink terminals used by Kyiv, thereby compromising defences against Russian drones. Meanwhile, Washington has reinstated ballistic missile alerts. And Witkoff is meeting with Putin to discuss the peace plan (and an agreement to secure the release of some Americans).

Since 2022: the same acronyms, the same photos of ministers daubed in red, with Turin as the epicentre. This year’s new developments are different: the French model, the target expanded to include the PD and the CGIL, and the cap on foreigners as a rallying cry. And a paradox regarding the ‘war’

Kremlin drones flying over children returning to school: the fear and resilience of a people. “Europe does not understand that Ukraine is defending the peaceful lives of Westerners,” says Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk 

The band’s new album tells the story of a soldier killed by a drone. Before them came U2, Ed Sheeran, Pink Floyd and the Scorpions. Four years of music set against a conflict that risks becoming nothing more than an image on a screen

Firearms and innovations that sought, in vain, to reduce the deadly impact of conflicts on human beings. And today, drones and AI

As China’s military pressure grows, President Lai Ching-te joins the island’s largest annual defense drill, testing not only its armed forces but the survival of the government itself

There are “situations in which genuine dialogue and real negotiations become possible only when the aggressor (or those who keep him in power) realises not only that his attempts at conquest are doomed to failure, but also that the continuation of the aggression entails unsustainable costs”, writes John Paul II’s biographer, George Weigel

The admiral’s speech at Med-Or Day turns the narrative on the Russian threat on its head: if Moscow is currently avoiding a clash with NATO, it is not because it does not pose a threat, but because the Alliance remains strong enough to make aggression too costly