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Prince William meets Estonian President Alar Karis in Tallinn, Estonia (Picture: Suzanne Plunkett/WPA pool)

Why Prince William's visit to Estonia is diplomatic rebuff to Trump Scotsman comment

The UK’s Russia sanctions regime incrementally ramped up from February 2022 (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

HMRC lifts the lid on trade sanctions enforcememnt

Ukrainian army medics provide first aid to a man at the scene of a Russian Iskander missile attack on a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Friday (Picture: Diego Fedele)

I was once pro-Russia, now I'm on the receiving end of its missiles Nigel Osborne

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves meets military personnel. Credit: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire

Disability benefits likely to be cut to fund defence spending

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Osaka in 2019 (Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Readers' Letters: Russia is waging a secret war on the UK

A signature mushroom cloud rises from a nuclear bomb explosion on Bikini Atoll in 1954 (Picture: Galerie Bilderwelt)

SNP's stance on nuclear weapons makes no sense when Putin has them Scotsman comment

US President Donald Trump's intelligence has been underestimated, says reader (Picture: Carl Court - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: World should be grateful for Donald Trump

Keir Starmer did his best to flatter Donald Trump, presenting him with an invitation from King Charles to make an 'unprecedented' second state visit, but the diplomatic charm offensive may not be working (Picture: Carl Court/pool)

If Trump were a Russian agent, he would be acting just like he is now Ian Johnston

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky with Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Oval Office

Analysis What US decision to pause military aid means for Putin's next move

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron at the meeting of European leaders in London.

Europe needs to be 'hard-headed' to achieve peace, says Scottish MP

Charles Gascoigne was a Scottish industrialist.

The statue of forgotten Scottish industrialist in occupied Ukraine

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US President Donald Trump meeting Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC.

Trump invited for unprecedented second state visit in charm offensive

Political scientist Sir John Curtice of Strathclyde University. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

John Curtice suggests John Swinney's anti-Reform summit will help SNP

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a statement on defence spending in the Downing Street Briefing Room

The US is right that Europe must work more closely together on defence Ian Murray

Donald Trump is said to agree with the last person he spoke to, which should give Keir Starmer at least a window of opportunity to influence him (Picture: Ting Shen)

Sickening Gaza video speaks volumes as Starmer preps for Trump meeting Scotsman comment

If Vladimir Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, his ambitions will not end there (Picture: Valery Sharifulin)

Why Corbyn and Farage are 'useful idiots' for Putin Joani Reid

A serviceman mourns at the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in Russian-Ukrainian War in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Scottish MPs on visit to Ukraine praise 'utter defiance' of its people

Readers' letters: SNP must stop squandering millions on wind turbines

Representatives of the Children of Ukraine (from left) Varvara Tkachenko, Olexander Pidhirnyi and Ylesaveta Pidhirnyi during a service to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle.

Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine – Trump

Ukrainian troops fire artillery shells towards Russian positions in Donetsk (Picture: Roman Pilipey)

How Donald Trump has betrayed the UK as well as Ukraine Christine Jardine

Trump battle of wills over Ukraine should not mask the horrific impact of war Scotsman comment

Donald Trump deserves plenty of harsh words, but they may just drive him even closer to Vladimir Putin than he already is (Picture: Chip Somodevilla)

World needs Starmer to play the distasteful role of 'Trump whisperer' Scotsman comment

The USS Arizona burns furiously in Pearl Harbor after Japan's surprise attack on December 7, 1941 (Picture: Hulton Archive)

Trump’s attack on Ukraine will ‘live in infamy’ like Pearl Harbor Stephen Gethins

The Kremlin and St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square

New guidance a reminder to review sanctions procedures

A piece of street art in the Gorbals, Glasgow, by artist Ashley Rawson, showing US president Donald Trump behind bars (Picture: Jane Barlow)

As Trump plumbs new depths, we must defend West's post-war values Joyce McMillan

Lance Corporal Jamie Killorn plays the pipes during Nato's Steadfast Dart military exercise in Smardan, eastern Romania (Picture: Vadim Ghirda)

As Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator', UK must urgently rearm Scotsman comment

A self-portrait of Franki Raffles during a trip to the Soviet Union.

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Picture: Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP

UK faces 'new era of threat', as US and Russia negotiate

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a giant screen at Red Square as he addresses a rally in 2022 (Picture: Alexander NEMENOV/AFP)

Readers' Letters: Appeasement will only feed Russia's territorial ambitions

Sir Keir Starmer, left, leaves an informal meeting of leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom, at the Elysee Palace in Paris

US must provide ‘backstop’ to deter Russia, PM says after talks

East Lothian Council looks set to raise council tax by ten per cent

Readers' Letters: Taxpayers need protection from council pickpockets

Ukrainian soldiers take part in a training exercise in eastern England last year (Picture: Henry Nicholls)

Any Ukraine War peace deal needs to avoid new Cold War with Russia Brian Wilson

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth insisted 'there is no betrayal' amid growing concerns over Donald Trump's stance on the Ukraine War (Picture: Omar Havana)

Only Ukraine, not Trump, can decide to make land-for-peace deal Scotsman comment

The Doomsday Clock is seen at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest the clock has ever been to midnight in its 78-year history to signal that the world is on a course of unprecedented risk.

Explainer The Doomsday Clock is now closer to midnight - here's why it matters

Supporters of Romanian nationalist party AUR and presidential candidate Calin Georgescu attend a march in Bucharest to protest against the annulment of the presidential election. (Picture: Daniel Mihailescu)

US not only country with TikTok concerns – Why Scotland should beware Jane Bradley

There’s going to be a lot of looking the other way

Trump won, brace yourselves for four years of looking the other way Alexander Brown

A Ukrainian tanks fires during a training exercise (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov)

Why Europe needs a military to match its economic might Stephen Gethins

HMS Somerset shadows the Russian spy ship Yantar near UK waters (Picture: Royal Navy)

Russian grey-zone interference means UK must increase defence spending Scotsman comment

Donald Trump takes the oath of office to become the 47th US president

Trump warns Putin of tariffs and sanctions if Ukraine war does not end

On a visit to Ukraine, Keir Starmer said 'we all want this war to end... but right now Putin shows no sign of wanting peace' (Picture: Sergey Shestak)

Trump's shadow looms large over huge Nato training exercise in Romania Scotsman comment

The fight to defend Ukraine's borders is also about defending international law that outlaws seizing territory by conquest (Picture: Roman Pilipey)

Why abandoning Ukraine will usher in new world order based on violence
The current international legal order prohibits the use of force by countries to win territory. If this concept is shattered in Ukraine, a new world order based...
Maksym Vishchyk and Jeremy Pizzi

US President Joe Biden's failure to provide Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky with vital military equipment like Himars missiles, advanced tanks and warplanes quickly enough has seen the conflict drag on for too long, testing American taxpayers' patience (Picture: Samuel Corum)

How Joe Biden's failures over Ukraine have forced Donald Trump's hand Azeem Ibrahim

Vladimir Putin

The Wizard of the Kremlin, by Giuliano da Empoli review: 'gets Putin'

The hope felt during Ukraine's 'Orange Revolution' 20 years ago has been replaced by growing concern about the state of democracy in the world (Picture: Sergei Supinsky)

20 years after Orange Revolution, global democracy is in trouble Stephen Gethins

Ukraine is struggling to stop slow but steady advances by Russian troops (Picture: Roman Pilipey)

Are we going to war in 2025? If so, UK is woefully unprepared Tim Willasey-Wilsey

Vladimir Putin spent four-and-a-half hours answering questions from journalists and others on state-controlled television (Picture: Alexander Nemenov)

UK must not make Putin's mistake amid fears of Ukraine War escalation Scotsman comment

Russia's President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow this week (Picture: Sergei KARPUKHIN / POOL / AFP)

Readers' Letters: World War Three is not just around the corner

Understanding Russia's war aims will help people understand which politicians are serving or opposing Vladimir Putin’s strategic agenda (Picture: Grigory Sysoyev)

West is already at war with Russia. Major conflict may not be far off Professor Robert Dover

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Scotland marks 10th anniversary of drink drive law change

HMS Glasgow, the first of the new Type 26 frigates, sailing on a submergible barge being towed down the Clyde on her way to Geln Mallan on Loch Long. Picture: John Devlin.

Why defence cuts mean Scottish-built frigates are more vital than ever

Russian military vehicles drive on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow In May this year. The May 9 event celebrated the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Warmongering Russia is pushing for a global conflict

Ofgem has confirmed household energy bills are to rise again from January 1 as it announced a 1.2 per cent increase to its price cap.

The 'extremely concerning' energy bill reality for Scotland

The HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, which hosts the Trident nuclear deterrent.

Trident puts Scots 'at risk' as Ukraine fires UK-Storm Shadow missiles

Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to use threats of nuclear war to make military advances on the ground in Ukraine (Picture: Galerie Bilderwelt)

West must ignore Putin's nuclear threats and rely on Cold War logic Scotsman comment

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