The prime minister, often seen as more of a friend to the West than his former boss, appears to have dialled back on pro-Palestine speeches.

Russia says Moscow and Tehran were unanimous in believing that the failure to implement the deal stemmed from the 'erroneous policy of 'maximum pressure' pursued by the US and those who think similarly'.

Official data showed a 14.5% drop in July exports amid weak consumer demand in the world markets served by China - the fastest decline since the pandemic hit in 2020.

Secureworks - an arm of Dell Technologies' - says that Chinese spies are upping their game in response to 'likely increased pressure from (Chinese) leadership to avoid public scrutiny of its cyberespionage activity.'

Channelling the Kremlin's preferred view of the geopolitical landscape, Sergei Naryshkin accused the West of trying to resist a historical shift towards a multipolar world.

Among Beijing's alleged tactics are threats of harm, online harassment and clandestine operations on foreign soil to hunt pro-democracy activists.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow will look to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus, a staunch ally, escalating a standoff with the West.

Tiktok is under immense pressure across Western countries, with government officials in the US, at the EU commission, as well as the UK and Canada forced to delete the app from their devices.

Since launching the invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Putin has said he wants to protect Russia from what he calls a degenerate West that he alleges is trying to destroy the country.

Putin said Russia had done everything it could to avoid war, but that Western-backed Ukraine had been planning to attack Russian-controlled Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014.

The cybersecurity experts suspect the hackers are targeting people who are influential in foreign governments to better understand where Western policy is headed on North Korea.

Western sanctions have crippled supplies of some crucial products in Russia.