Europe

An Israeli private investigator wanted by the United States was arrested in London over allegations that he carried out a cyberespionage campaign on behalf of an unidentified American PR firm, a London court heard on Thursday.

Hungary has vowed to oppose a five-year funding strategy for Ukraine just floated by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

Ursula von der Leyen's husband is a director in a company that is a frontrunner in developing RNA COVID vaccines. Von der Leyen ordered billions of vaccine doses from Pfizer with a text message, now claiming she can't find the messages.

Some allies are sceptical of accepting Ukraine during an armed conflict, Ukraine needs to defeat Russia on the battlefield to be admitted to NATO, President Vladimir Zelensky has said.

Since early last month, investigators are reportedly looking into private text messages between the European Commission president and the CEO of Pfizer.

Kyiv may receive the US-made jets sometime after May 5, but the exact timeline is not yet clear, an Air Force spokesman has said.

A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured after a stabbing in London on Tuesday involving a man with a sword.

Scotland's leader Humza Yousaf resigned on Monday, further opening the door to the UK opposition Labour Party regaining ground in its former Scottish heartlands in a national election expected to be held later this year.

Ukraine's top commander said on Sunday that Kyiv's outnumbered troops had fallen back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front where Russia has concentrated significant forces in several locations.