Brussels needs and an “emergency mechanism” in case its plan to fund Kiev with Russia’s money backfires, an EU official has said The entire global financial system could be jeopardized if Euroclear, the main EU clearing house holding hundreds of billions in frozen Russian money, is sued over using the money to fund Kiev, a senior bloc…

The cars will be sent through the so-called Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) scrappage scheme starting this week, the government says London drivers will have the option of sending cars that do not meet the city’s rigorous emission standards to Ukraine in exchange for a grant, instead of being retrofitted in the UK, the city authorities…

The military has claimed it will move civilians to safer areas in Gaza before launching its Rafah offensive Many of the displaced civilians crowded into Gaza’s southern tip will be directed into safe zones in the center of the Palestinian enclave before a major ground offensive begins to eliminate the territory’s last Hamas stronghold, the…