Russian president Vladimir Putin said yesterday that in his view the whole of Ukraine was &ours& and cautioned that advancing Russian forces could take the Ukrainian city of Sumy as part of a bid to carve out a buffer zone along the border.

Britain, France, Germany and the European Union all rushed their foreign ministers to Geneva for talks with Iran in a desperate attempt to give peace a chance. But it is not clear that peace now is the best option.

Eating your food at a restaurant while others are still waiting for their dish to arrive is not rude, scientists have found.

A US appeals court has let Donald Trump retain control of California&s National Guard while the state&s Democratic governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the Republican president&s use of the troops to quell protests in Los Angeles.