Mia Jankowicz

Sweden has dropped plans for 13 wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to security concerns. Wind turbines could interfere with radar and slow Sweden's missile response, its army said.

Ukrainian officials said North Korean soldiers are already coming under fire in Russia's Kursk region.

Russia is training North Korean troops to use combat drones, a Ukrainian official told BI. Andrii Kovalenko told BI that the new combat skills "pose a threat to both Ukraine and South Korea."

A London restaurateur's complaint about diners who don't spend much has sparked debate online, amid a tough time for the hospitality industry.

Trump has appointed Pete Hegseth as his defense secretary. On a podcast last week, Hegseth said he didn't want US intervention forcing Putin's hand.

The USS Virginia's propellors got tangled in fishing nets off Norway, with a coast guard vessel needing to help cut it loose, per local reports.

Russia is paying $2,000 a month for each North Korean soldier, per reports. But the soldiers, who could number 100,000, probably won't see any of it.

Russia's nuclear doctrine now sees any aggression made with the help of a nuclear state as a joint attack.

Officials in two Russian regions have said public bodies won't be holding New Year's parties this year.