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Despite Russia’s failures, Kyiv hasn’t won yet – and the biggest worry is support draining from the Western powers

As winter looms, double-digit inflation and energy costs will test unity.

We spoke to General Sir Simon Mayall, a former deputy to the Head of the British Army.

NORTH Sea-focused Viaro Energy has recruited an industry heavy hitter with deals experience to its management team as it underlined its growth…

NORTH Sea-focused Viaro Energy has recruited an industry heavy hitter with deals experience to its management team as it underlined its growth…

NORTH Sea-focused Viaro Energy is eyeing more acquisitions in the area and has beefed up its board in support of its push for growth.

Because kabul airport has fallen, although we have to understand that losing that as an exit route severely limits — and has severely limited — our ability to evacuate people. those left behind dont have much hope to hold onto. many are in fear, others displaced, struggling to find food. tomorrow marks the end of americas longest war. its legacy is uncertain as the future of afghanistan. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. joining me now is sir simon mayall, who is former deputy chief of the uk d...

But some of the fundamentals are the same. and it is easy to forget that we didnt really go into afghanistan in 2001 to create a switzerland in central asia. we did it for our own security reasons. and then we got dragged into an idea that we could completely reform afghan society. 0n the security side, we have had 20 years of at least suppressing terror attacks coming from afghanistan and in the meantime, of course, we had the whole generation of nearly half the whole generation of nearly half ...

With the Middle East in a state of persistent change and upheaval, there has long been a need for a comprehensive, yet readable, study that can give the intelligent and interested ‘lay-person’ a greater understanding of this diverse, complex region.

Country Life Trending: April 5, 2021 Colonel Mordaunt’s Cock Match, 1784–86, 59in by 41in, by Johan Zoffany (1733–1810), Tate Collection. Credit: Alamy Lt Gen Sir Simon Mayall on Colonel Mordaunt’s Cock Match by Johan Zoffany ‘Cockfighting was considered “disreputable” by the time of this picture, as were some of the identifiable characters in it. For me, the vibrant tableau summons up the exotic allure of India, those intoxicated generations of Britons, as they ...