My dog Axel 'wouldn't get on' with Larry the cat, says Burnham

The PM says he doesn't think his poodle-mix would "get along" with Larry the cat, who has lived at No 10 for 15 years.

UK Must ‘Get Really Serious’ About Cutting Welfare, Burnham Says

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK should make it harder for Britons to claim benefits as the government seeks to tackle a soaring welfare bill.

By Irina Anghel

France raises questions over UK participation in EU’s €5bn tech start-up fund

Debate over British role shows strained relations during UK-EU ‘reset’ negotiations

UK PM Burnham pledges to reform social care system

One week after taking office, Andy Burnham vowed to overhaul the UK's social care system, which is largely privatised, to ease pressure on the National Health Service, which struggles to discharge patients with no social care in place.

Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax rises – UK politics live

Defence secretary Wes Streeting says the country will see a prime minister that ‘runs towards big and difficult issues’ Good morning. Yesterday Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, told Sky News that, while Andy Burnham spent his first week as PM focusing on cost of living issues, this week the public would see “a prime minister that runs towards big and difficult issues rather than runs away from [them]”. Those challenges include reforming social care and, as Peter Walker reports, Burnham h...

By Andrew Sparrow

Amid protests in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heads to the White House

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with Ukrainian political analyst Oleksandr Kraiev about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's upcoming visit to the White House.

By Debbie Elliott

Zelenskyy outlines expectations from meeting with UK's new PM

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has outlined his expectations for his upcoming meeting with the UK's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

By Ulyana Krychkovska,Alona Mazurenko

North Korea sending 30,000 troops to Russia is a ‘win-win’: analysts

North Korea is rumoured to be sending tens of thousands more troops to Russia in support of its war in Ukraine, marking a deepening of the two countries’ defence ties and a major escalation of Pyongyang’s involvement in the conflict, if confirmed. Late on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that preparations had been under way in Russia’s Voronezh region to receive another 30,000 North Korean troops since last month. He also claimed Pyongyang was planning to send additio...

By Park Chan-kyong

New British PM Burnham to host Zelensky for first foreign leader visit since taking office

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, using his first meeting with a foreign leader since taking office to underline London's "unwavering support" for Kyiv. The visit comes ahead of Zelensky's trip to Washington on Tuesday.

By FRANCE 24

Andy Burnham explains why rescue dog Axel won’t be joining him at No 10

Axel the Bichon-Poo was adopted by Andy Burnham and his wife nearly 10 years ago

By David Lynch

Zelenskyy says Russia seeks 30,000 more North Korean troops

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed that Russia is preparing to receive an additional 30,000 North Korean troops. Local experts say frontline deployment is unlikely despite growing Pyongyang-Moscow military ties. In a social media post on Saturday, Zelenskyy claimed that Russia wants another 30,000 North Korean soldiers, and that preparations have been underway in Russia’s Voronezh region to receive them since June. The Ukrainian leader added that North Korea was also preparing

By The Korea Herald

Burnham says he’s prepared to disagree with Trump ‘to defend UK’s national interest’

New British prime minister also says he would not call general election before 2029

By Paul Sandle

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosting Volodymyr Zelensky as first foreign visitor

The two leaders are expected to meet at a naval base, where they will hear how UK-led training programs are helping strengthen Ukraine's armed forces and deliver results on the battlefield.

Burnham to host Zelensky in first foreign leader visit

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as his first foreign leader since taking office a week ago.

Burnham to host Zelenskyy in signal of continued U.K. support

The Ukrainian leader is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump later this week.

After Ukrainian drones hit a Wildberries warehouse in St. Petersburg, one eyewitness spoke to Meduza about the fire, the road closures, and the workers left waiting

Early on the morning of July 24, Ukrainian forces attacked more Wildberries logistics centers — this time in Crimea, the Leningrad region, and St. Petersburg. In Russia’s northwest, drones damaged two separate warehouse complexes, in Shushary and Utkina Zavod. Authorities did not report any injuries. Nikolai (name changed), a St. Petersburg resident who was near the site of the drone strike in Shushary, told Meduza what happened after the attack.

Putin plans to mobilize between 300,000 and 500,000 people, says Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that following the State Duma elections, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin intends to carry out a mobilization and plans to call up between 300,000 and 500,000 people.

8 Gangster Shows Better Than Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders made seedy British gangster culture into a cinematic historical masterpiece, but it is not the greatest gangster TV show of all time.

By Faith Roswell

Burnham says he is prepared to call out Trump ‘if right for Britain’

Andy Burnham says he would be prepared to call out Donald Trump to defend Britain's "national interest before anything else" if it is the right thing to do, in his first major interview as prime minister.

By Abubakar Ibrahim