State to reduce BoI stake to zero; Germany nationalises gas importer Uniper

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a mobilisation of troops, calling up 300,000 reservists in a major escalation of his flagging invasion of Ukraine, which he portrayed as a fight to the death with the US and its allies. The Russian president’s threats come after a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the last few weeks has dealt his troops their worst defeats since the early months of the conflict, retaking more than 10 per cent of the territory ...