US agrees to supply Ukraine with long-range army tactical missile systems; Ukraine reports advances in Zaporizhzhia areaSee all our Ukraine coverageThe United States has decided to supply Ukraine with long-range army tactical missile systems (ATACMS), an important boost to Kyiv’s capacity to target Russian military logistics at long range distances as the country prepares for a second winter at…

Canada pledges an extra C$650m in military aid during Zelenskiy visit; Ukrainian airstrike on Crimea hits Russia’s Black Sea navy headquarters See all our Ukraine coverageUkraine’s military said its forces had “successfully” struck the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea navy in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Friday. Russia’s defence ministry said that one military serviceman was missing.…

Rodney Milstreed ‘prepared himself for battle’ with steroids and a wooden club disguised as flagpole, prosecutors sayA man who attacked an Associated Press photographer and threw a flagpole and smoke grenade at police officers guarding the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, was sentenced in a federal court on Friday to five years in prison.Rodney Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, Maryland, “prepared himself…

Zelenskiy addresses US congress and meets with Biden; Russia launches largest missile attacks in a monthUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visited the US Capitol, Pentagon and the White House. Zelenskiy’s visit to Washington was a much tougher one than the hero’s welcome he was given nine months ago, as some hardline Republicans are threatening to block US President Joe Biden’s request for…

Dozens hurt, at least five of them badly, after vehicle carrying students from Long Island to a band camp in Pennsylvania collidedA charter bus carrying schoolchildren to a band camp crashed on a New York highway on Thursday, killing one person and hurting dozens of others, police said.The wreck happened on Interstate 84 in the town of Wawayanda, about 45 miles north-west of New York City, state…

Report says Euphoria actor’s death was due to ‘combined effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and benzodiazepines’The actor Angus Cloud died in July of an accidental overdose of cocaine, fentanyl and other substances, a northern California coroner’s office said on Thursday.Cloud’s cause of death was “acute intoxication” due to the “combined effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and…

Zelenskiy addresses UN security council; Poland will no longer arm Ukraine, says prime ministerUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, addressed the UN security council on Wednesday, saying there had been 574 days of “pain, losses and struggle” since Russia’s invasion of his country. He said peoples and governments had lost confidence in the UN’s ability and willingness to defend sovereign…

Attorney general questioned by House judiciary committee members in hearing that White House called a ‘circus’Merrick Garland faced down the latest Republican attacks on the justice department’s handling of Hunter Biden and other issues on Wednesday, vowing to “not be intimidated”.The House judiciary inquiry came just a week before the Joe Biden impeachment hearing, which will also focus on the…

Expanded presence to showcase original journalism and highlight issues that matter to European readersThe Guardian has launched a digital Europe edition with an expanded presence across the continent in an attempt to focus “a European lens on world issues”, its editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, has announced.The fifth digital edition of the Guardian, which launches on Wednesday, follows its UK,…

Local human rights officials say at least 27 people, including two civilians, have been killed after Azerbaijan attacked Armenian-controlled areasDozens of people – both civilians and troops – have been killed and hundreds wounded in fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, according to local officials, after Azerbaijan launched attacks on the disputed region.Azerbaijan’s presidential administration said…