Iona Cleave

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Iona Cleave |Memphis Barker

Moscow's show of military might reveals how Kremlin depends on 'foreign backers' to prop up war in UkraineThey came in behind the T-80 tanks and the Yars nuclear missiles. They were not much to look at; spindly, winged things carted on the back of a few lorries. But drones were included in Moscow's Victory Day parade for the first time on Friday, capping their rise to become the most deadly weapon on the battlefields of Ukraine.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Iona Cleave |Nick Squires

Plumes of white smoke have poured from the Sistine Chapel, announcing to the world that 133 cardinals have selected a new pope and he has accepted. Robert Prevost has been named the newly-elected pontiff and taken supreme authority over the Catholic Church. He has chosen the papal name Leo XIV. What happens next? A solemn ceremony to formally inaugurate the new Pope typically takes place a few days after his election.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Lila Randall |Iona Cleave

Many faithful are hoping that the second day of the conclave will give the Church a new pope after a first vote produced black smoke on Wednesday evening, sending a disappointed crowd to disperse in all directions in Rome. Yesterday, some of the people had started thinking that the long wait was the sign cardinals had reached a decision in a first vote, which would be unprecedented in the modern era.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Iona Cleave |Daniel Hardaker

Victory Day is one of the most important dates in Russia's calendar, acting as a tribute to the Soviet Union's triumph over Nazi Germany, in which 27 million Soviet citizens died. During Vladimir Putin's 25 years in power, he has helped turn May 9 into a grandiose nationwide event celebrating patriotism, statehood and the military, which has swelled in size since the start of the war in Ukraine. A grandiose military parade will take place on Moscow's Red Square, where Putin addresses the nation.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Iona Cleave

‘Are we going to continue to lose lives over a few miles of territory?’ – Ukraine war will not end any time soon, warns VanceMoscow’s forces control roughly one fifth of UkraineA police officer stands at the site of a terminal of the Nova Poshta (New Post) delivery service damaged during a Russian drone strike in Odesa. Photo: Reuters©Telegraph Media Group Holdings LtdToday at 03:30The war in Ukraine will not end “any time soon”, the US vice-president has warned.