Russia

In Syria, tensions have once again escalated after American forces brought down a Syrian government jet near the contested city of Raqqa. Moscow, which backs the Assad regime, has retaliated by suspending an agreement with Washington, aimed at avoiding clashes and says it will in future regard US planes as potential targets.

Why IS the weather so bad? Please can you fill in the potholes? What about that problem with Turkish tomatoes? Why haven’t you got married again? Did you really mess with the American election? Yes – today was the annual Putin phone-in, as the Russian President fielded questions from a nation getting everything, or ALMOST…

Remember how a few days ago the White House was still saying that NO special counsel was needed to investigate links between Russia and the Trump campaign. Well now there is one.

There was no special friendship award this time: the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has met the Russian president Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, at a time when relations between the two countries have sunk to a new low.

Interview with the political commentator and Trump supporter, Scottie Nell Hughes.

Crispin Blunt, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, and Dmitry Babich of Sputnik news debate the response to US strikes on Syria.

In a deliberate echo of presidential phrases, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah today issued a joint statement condemning the US missile strike on Syria as having crossed “a red line”.

“You’ve crossed a red line, we’ll respond to any aggression” – the Russian, Iranian and Syrian alliance reacts to Donald Trump’s cruise missiles.

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has cancelled a planned trip to Moscow tomorrow, saying Russia’s continued defence of President Assad after the chemical weapons attack was “deplorable”.

President Trump prides himself on his unpredictability. Well, last night he proved the point.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of an “act of aggression against a sovereign nation” after its missile strike on Syria.

Donald Trump has hit out again over allegations of links between his top campaign team and Russia – describing it as a “total scam”.

If Brexit is the single issue dividing Europe, for the United States it’s their erstwhile Cold War foe Russia and whether Moscow meddled with the US elections to swing it for Trump.

Anne Marie Slaughter – a former director of policy planning at the State Department under Hillary Clinton who still advises the Department on foreign policy.

In the United States the Senate hearing into alleged Russian interference in last year’s presidential election is underway.