Dan Sabbagh

6 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Dan Sabbagh |Vikram Dodd

The embassy of Israel in west London was allegedly the target of a thwarted plot by Iranian nationals arrested in a series of raids across the UK last weekend. The embassy of Israel in west London was allegedly the target of a thwarted plot by Iranian nationals arrested in a series of raids across the UK last weekend.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dan Sabbagh

India’s string of attacks on Pakistan overnight – a response, Delhi says, to the killing of 26 in a terror attack in Kashmir last month – comes at a time when warfare has become increasingly normalised internationally and the restraints of the global diplomatic system weakened.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dan Sabbagh |Julia Kochetova

A Russian Shahed drone costing up to £75,000 is estimated to have inflicted tens of millions worth of damage to the site of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, according to initial assessments and engineering experts. The cost of a full fix is likely to be borne by western governments including the UK, because initial estimates are that a complete repair will cost more than the €25m available in a special international contingency fund.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Dan Sabbagh |Julia Kochetova

“I’m not just here to avenge my brother,” says Luntik, 20, one of Ukraine’s newest soldiers, as he takes a break from training. He has joined up, he says, to try to liberate the territory of Ukraine from the Russian invaders: “When the thief is coming to your house and you are afraid he might harm you or kill your wife, you will take actions and, if necessary, kill the thief.”The mild spring day, somewhere in Kharkiv region, belies the seriousness of the conversation.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Dan Sabbagh

“I am the candidate of peace,” Donald Trump declared on the campaign trail last November. Three months into his presidency, not only is the war in Ukraine continuing and the war in Gaza restarted, but in Yemen, the number of civilian casualties caused by US bombing is rapidly and deliberately escalating.