India on Thursday firmly denied claims made by US President Donald Trump that he had a recent telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which, he alleges, the PM “assured” him India would cease purchasing oil from Russia.

The captain of the giant Royal Navy battleship called his officers together to give them a first morsel of one of World War II’s most closely guarded secrets: Prepare yourselves, he said, for “an extremely important task.”

It is part of a new drive for the 27-member European Union to be ready for conflict by 2030. 

​It is part of a new drive for the 27-member European Union to be ready for conflict by 2030.