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The destruction of the Kakhovka dam and power plant that unleashed floodwater across southern Ukraine is likely to limit Kyiv’s options in its incipient counter-offensive, according to military officials and analysts. Moscow and Kyiv traded blame on Tuesday for the demise of the dam, which spanned the Dnipro river and is located in Russian-occupied Kherson

Ilona was driving through Ukraine in the early hours of Tuesday when she heard news of the damage to the Nova Kakhovka dam. She panicked — her mother still lived across the frontline, in Russian-occupied territory close to the river. “She doesn’t walk well. She never leaves her yard,” Ilona said. Her mother lives two

Try to get your head around the magnitude of American power in 1955. The US had set up Bretton Woods and Nato. It had revived Japan and western Europe. It led mass culture (Hollywood, Elvis Presley) and high art (Abstract Expressionism, Saul Bellow). It had a monstrous share of global output. It had leaders as

Prince Harry told the High Court in London on Tuesday that his civil lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers was intended to hold some “editors and journalists to account” as he described the effect of “incredibly invasive” articles that caused him to go into a “downward spiral”. The Duke of Sussex, the first British royal to give

After weeks of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian territory and cross-border raids — a prelude to the long-awaited counter-offensive now gathering pace — it is Russia’s turn to distract and destabilise its enemy. The destruction of the Kakhovka dam over the Dnipro river is far more than a psychological game. It will have long-lasting humanitarian

European stocks fell on Tuesday as investors digested fresh data signalling a slowdown in the eurozone economy, ahead of the bloc’s monetary policy decision next week. Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 was down 0.1 per cent, while France’s Cac 40 fell 0.3 per cent and London’s FTSE 100 gave up 0.4 per cent, extending losses from

The venture capital giant Sequoia Capital is splitting its China business into a separate entity amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing. The renowned Silicon Valley firm, which made bets on fast-growing tech companies such as TikTok parent ByteDance and Alibaba, said on Tuesday it will run its Chinese business as a “completely independent” entity

The US is prepared to address China’s “increasing level of aggressiveness” in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea after Beijing conducted two “unsafe” intercepts in recent days, a senior official said on Monday. The warning from John Kirby, National Security Council spokesperson, underscores increasing US alarm over dangerous interactions between US and Chinese forces

The Kakhovka dam spanning the Dnipro river in southern Ukraine was blown up on Tuesday, flooding swaths of territory ahead of an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive and threatening crucial water supplies to a nuclear plant. Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for the attack, which Kyiv warned would have “catastrophic consequences” and affect dozens of settlements,

Apple has done it again. The $3,500 Vision Pro headset takes all the major computing trends of the past two decades, places them around your eyes in a way that looks sleek and feels comfortable, and offers an intuitive interface that is novel and intimate. Following Apple’s two-hour presentation on Monday, I was among the first

The Serbian president said he is not opposed to his country selling ammunition to intermediaries who ship it to Ukraine, in a sign that Russia’s staunch Balkan ally is pivoting westwards. Aleksandar Vučić has traditionally backed Moscow and refused to align with western sanctions on Russia after its full scale invasion of Ukraine. But in

It was not by chance that Rachel Reeves, who hopes to become Britain’s first female chancellor, chose to launch Labour’s new economic plan last month while she was in Washington DC. “It’s going to be Bidenomics on steroids,” says one adviser to the UK’s opposition party — a reference to the large subsidies for technology

The romantic dream of becoming a “digital nomad” is almost as old as the internet itself. Steven K Roberts — a pioneer who rode across the US on a computerised bicycle more than 30 years ago — wrote back in 1994 about creating a “Virtual Technomadic Flotilla . . . of travellers all over the world” on the basis

The writer is author of ‘Homelands: A Personal History of Europe’ “Do you think there’ll be a generation of 22ers?” a student asked me recently in the German university town of Göttingen. A cohort of Europeans, that is, for whom the full-scale war in Ukraine that began with Russia’s invasion in February 2022 shapes the way

Apple unveiled its long-awaited “mixed reality” headset on Monday, in its most anticipated hardware product launch since Steve Jobs revealed the iPad in 2010. The gadget, called Vision Pro, will be available “early next year”. It combines virtual reality with augmented reality, which overlays digital images on top of the real world. Apple said it

Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s vice-president, has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to launch his candidacy for president, joining a crowded field of Republicans vying to take on Trump for the party’s nomination in 2024. Pence, 63, was loyal to Trump for four years in the White House, but broke with the president when

There’s building suspense and then there’s forcing your audience to sit through a two hour presentation before announcing that your hotly anticipated, much-delayed virtual reality headsets won’t go on sale until next year. By the time Apple unveiled its VR goggles on Monday, the share price had lost its intraday record high. Likely culprits include

Rishi Sunak on Tuesday flies to Washington on a two-day mission to prove that Britain remains an important player on the world stage following recent political and economic convulsions in the UK. The UK premier will meet Joe Biden, hoping to convince the US president that Britain has a key role to play in global

British Airways, Boots and the BBC on Monday confirmed they had been affected by a “cyber security incident” involving their payroll provider which has affected some of the UK’s best-known names. BA said the incident at Zellis, its payroll provider, was the result of a “new and previously unknown vulnerability” in a file transfer tool

The Ukrainian counter-offensive that is showing signs of getting under way will be crucial in shaping the outcome of its conflict with Russia. Even now, though, officials in Kyiv and allied capitals are turning their attention to Ukraine’s long-term place in the institutions that underpin Europe’s peace and prosperity. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pushing for