Jonathan Rugman , Foreign Affairs Correspondent

Just as Russia is becoming increasingly isolated on the world stage, it seems Vladimir Putin himself has become even more cut off. 

We took a look at the latest on the situation in Ukraine and asked whether there were any indications of how Western officials think the conflict will play out.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Russia has “shattered the peace of Europe” – and he deplored the “tragic loss of life, human suffering and destruction”.

We woke up in a different world today, said Germany’s foreign minister, into a world suddenly thrust right back into the darkest days of the Cold War.

We’re joined by Jonathan Rugman to look in detail at exactly where military action is taking place.

French police have reportedly arrested a former member of the Saudi royal guard, suspected of involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Triggered by soaring temperatures, the wildfires afflicting Turkey are the worst in the country’s history.

Tunisia’s decade-old democracy is facing its biggest crisis yet, after the president ousted the government and suspended parliament last night amid fierce protests.

Japan’s ill-fated Olympic games have suffered another blow after Japanese spectators were banned from events in and around Tokyo. 

The president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, has been assassinated and his wife seriously injured after an attack on their home in the early hours of this morning. 

Nearly half the population of Australia is back in lockdowns ranging from three days to two weeks as the country tries to stop the Delta variant spreading this winter.

The ministry of defence has denied claims by Russia that it fired warning shots at a Royal Navy ship in the Black Sea, near the disputed territory of Crimea.

The 30 nations of Nato have today agreed that China poses a “constant security challenge” and it threatens to undermine the global rules-based system.

South Africa’s president has said vaccines are “desperately needed now” as the country faces a third wave of coronavirus. In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News, President Cyril Ramaphosa, the only African head of state at the G7 summit in Cornwall, said “much more” was needed from G7 leaders to tackle coronavirus. Mr Ramaphosa…

After a day of elbow bump greetings and meetings with the royal family, today it was down to business at the G7 summit in Cornwall, as the leaders held a series of bilateral meetings. Boris Johnson insisting he wanted “pragmatism and compromise on all sides” in the row over post Brexit trade arrangements with Northern…