Steve Bannon claims the searches, targeting 35 individuals, happened on the same day he was charged with fraud The FBI conducted raids targeting dozens of senior Donald Trump supporters this week, Steve Bannon, who served as adviser to the former US president, has claimed.

Lloyd Austin calls “encouraging” reports of advances near Kharkov and Kherson US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cautiously cheered battlefront developments after Ukraine said it had made advances during a counter-offensive in the southern and eastern regions. Russian officials on the ground acknowledged some setbacks but said Ukrainian forces were suffering “colossal” casualties.

A cessation of hostilities is the only way to avoid an accident, IAEA chief warns Attacks on the Russia-controlled Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant must stop, Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said, warning of a looming “nuclear accident” at the site.