A short ceasefire has just begun in Ukraine, after Russia's President Putin declared a three-day end to hostilities to mark his country's involvement in putting an end to Nazi Germany.In Russia,...

Ukrainian drones strike Moscow hours before leaders arrive for WW2 parade6 hours agoJessica Rawnsley & Victoria BourneBBC NewsEPARussia and Ukraine exchanged a barrage of strikes overnight on...

Ukraine has reportedly launched a new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region in a major embarrassment for Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin had been determined to expel all Ukrainian forces from Russian...

Rosenberg: Russians remember WW2 with victory on their minds1 hour agoSteve RosenbergBBC Russia editorBBCEighty miles from Moscow, a park echoes to the sound of explosions and gunfire.As plumes of...

Nigel Farage’s Reform has won a crunch by-election by just six votes following a knife-edge recount in Runcorn and Helsby. Labour and Reform were separated by a wafer-thin margin of just four votes...

A Yorkshire pub is rolling back the cost of a beer to the equivalent of 1945 prices to celebrate VE Day - with nostalgic punters able to quench their thirst for just 7p a pint. When Britons drunk to...

Is Tory desperation increasing as Reform UK storms the polls in the run-up to the May 1 elections? Reform is expected to win the Runcorn by-election and pick up wins from both the Conservatives and...

Labour has been warned it will “get its head kicked in” by Reform UK at the local elections. Labour peer Maurice Glasman issued the grave warning ahead of Thursday's ballots where Nigel Farage's...

On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler became head of a “National Coalition government” containing only two other Nazis,...

Canadian PM reveals Trump brought up '51st state' during March call7 hours agoKayla EpsteinGetty ImagesDonald Trump raised the matter of making Canada the US's 51st state in a March call with Prime...

JMW Turner, Self-Portrait, c.1799 (Image: Tate)He was known as the “painter of light” thanks to his atmospheric all-weather landscapes illuminating scenes from natural life. But Joseph Mallard...

Daily Express celebrates it's 125th anniversaryLord Beaverbrook, owner of Express Newspapers, circa 1935 (Image: Mirrorpix via Getty Images)If there is one word that perfectly encapsulates Lord...

Before the great Carl Giles was employed to entertain and delight readers with his cartoons in the Daily Express, his predecessor at the paper had been just as prodigious in the years preceding him....

During a Mirpur Airport Demand Grand Conference in Birmingham, Khan claimed that grooming gangs were "a narrative that is done in order to sow division" - a speech which has been branded "naive at...