Nicholas Cecil

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Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of the Evening Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories.... MORE

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Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of the Evening Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories.

UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-WAR
Politics

Three killed including 17-year-old girl in drone attack on Ukraine

More than 2,520 children have been killed or injured in Putin’s war in Ukraine, United Nations children’s organisation UNICEF has said, with the real death toll likely to be higher that this UN-verified figure

17 Apr 2025
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Politics

Russian forces 'retake key town' in Kursk as Putin delays ceasefire

Russian troops are reported to be gaining ground in the Kursk area from where Ukraine soldiers are withdrawing

13 Mar 2025
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Politics

'Move US nuclear weapons to Poland,' Trump urged to stop Putin attack

European leaders fear Russia may invade another country such as one of the Baltic States

13 Mar 2025
Politics

Putin's 'dilemma' over US-Ukraine ceasefire plan as Kremlin fears trap

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky agreed the ceasefire plan despite their bust-up in the Oval Office

12 Mar 2025
President Trump Hosts Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin At The White House
World

Trump threatens to 'devastate' Russia if Putin refuses ceasefire

'Stop the shooting and start talking,' US tells Russian President as his forces renew their attacks on Ukraine after Kyiv signs up to 30-day ceasefire plan

12 Mar 2025
Politics

UK expels Russian diplomat and another's spouse in tit-for-tat measure

Foreign Secretary David Lammy summoned Russia’s ambassador to London to the Foreign Office for a dressing down

12 Mar 2025
Politics

Russian missile attack on Zelensky's town after Kyiv drones hit Moscow

The air strikes came as diplomatic talks were being held on a ceasefire plan

12 Mar 2025
Politics

Minimum income rise for all UK work visas to £38,700 'would hit firms'

The Tories are proposing a blanket £38,700 minimum income requirement for all UK work visas

12 Mar 2025
Politics

Trump tariff chaos 'rattles even Republican-leaning small firm bosses'

The US president has doubled his planned tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum products from Canada to 50%

11 Mar 2025
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Politics

Hopes rise on Ukraine peace talks despite Trump's clash with Zelensky

Ahead of the diplomatic talks, Ukraine hit back at Russia with a huge drone attack after days of heavy air strikes by Putin’s forces

11 Mar 2025
Politics

Tory leader braces for losses at 'extremely difficult' local elections

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is expected to gain dozens of seats

11 Mar 2025
Politics

Putin 'capitalising on Trump outbursts to drive US with Europe rift'

All eyes will be on Saudi Arabia this week as discussions kick off between White House and Ukrainian delegations

11 Mar 2025
Politics

By-election test for Reform UK as 'punching' MP Amesbury to stand down

In first interview since getting 10 week suspended prison sentence Amesbury tells BBC he ‘regrets’ attacking constituent ‘every moment, every day’

10 Mar 2025
Politics

UK tells Israel to reverse decision to cut off electricity to Gaza

The moves comes a week after Israel suspended delivery of humanitarian supplies to the territory.

10 Mar 2025
Politics

PM to host second 'Coalition of Willing' summit on Ukraine

The British action comes as Ukraine and the US are set to hold talks on ending Vladimir Putin’s three-year war

10 Mar 2025
Politics

Spy claims against UK diplomat in Moscow are 'baseless,' says No10

The timing of the expulsions raises suspicions of a tit-for-tat move by the Kremlin

10 Mar 2025
Politics

Donald Trump in fresh clash over his plans to grab Greenland

US president has reaffirmed his interest in getting control of the island

10 Mar 2025
Trump speaks on his return to Washington
World

'Putin's fool?': Backlash as Trump warns Ukraine may not survive

US has already ended intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine

10 Mar 2025
Politics

'Timebomb fuses' detonating blasts on oil tankers from Russian ports

Some vessels have reached the Mediterranean before ‘mines are being triggered’

10 Mar 2025
Politics

Trump threatens Putin with sanctions after Russian blitz on Ukraine

His angry words are a startling shift in his stance on how to end Putin’s three-year war in Ukraine

7 Mar 2025
Politics

Dollar ‘falls out of favour’ as Trump's on-off tariffs hit US economy

The US president’s protectionist polices are sparking economic concerns around the world

7 Mar 2025