Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has accused the United Kingdom and France of secretly working to provide Ukraine with nuclear weapons capability, including advanced warhead technology and delivery systems. Moscow claims covert transfers of nuclear components are under discussion and warns this would violate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

A major political shockwave has hit the United Kingdom. Former U.K. Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson has been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police in a misconduct in public office investigation linked to his past association with Jeffrey Epstein.