Celtic won't have to travel to Ukraine to face Shakhtar Donetsk in European clash

Jeremy Clarkson, 62, has insisted today’s “useless youth” pose “the biggest problem of them all”, despite worries about Russia’s war with Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s plans for Eastern Europe, plus Brexit, and the energy crisis facing Britons this winter.The former Top Gear presenter lashed out at the younger generation in his latest column, claiming “today’s teenagers are far more hopeless than anything humanity has ever produced before”.Jeremy fumed at young people for being intolerant to certain food groups, “deciding what sex they’d like to be”, and for perpetuating cancel culture. The opinionated TV personality went on to suggest that the coronavirus pandemic has made the behaviour of the youth even worse.Jeremy explained his point in The Sunday Times, adding the pandemic: “Taught them they could get an A* in all their A-levels without doing any revision. “And that you don’t need A-levels anyway because the government will use its magic money to pay your wages and your restaurant bills, even when you’re not doing a job.”It comes as this year’s A-level students’ results have taken a hit after grades were teacher-assessed during the pandemic, in the absence of exams.The results have also sparked concern amongst school leaders that disadvantaged pupils have been impacted most severely from the lockdowns and poor access to IT while working from home.Despite these widespread fears about inequality, Jeremy concluded: “I fear this lot are so shot through with arrogance and entitlement, and so clueless about how the world works, they’re going to be hopeless for life.“Which is a worry, because when we are old, they’ll be the ones in charge.  “Which means we’ll be going to bed every night in our looted houses, with some warm

Vladimir Putin demands absolute fealty to the Russian state, and woe to anyone who defies him.

Russian army recruiters are targeting homeless men as Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine enters its seventh month, according to horrifying reports. Putin's mobilisation efforts have so far seen him raise the minimum age for recruits and turn to Russia's prison population.

Taliban preacher has been killed in a bomb attack outside a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan. Police in Herat confirmed that Mujib Rahman Ansari, as well as some of his guards and civilians, were killed in the blast as they were making their way to the mosque.

Vladimir Putin to have died from a mysterious fall from a window.It’s a fate that is all too common for critics of Putin’s regime. The official report says that Maganov, who had issued a statement opposing the war on Ukraine, “fell from a window at Central clinical hospital” where he was being treated for a mysterious “severe illness” that has not been specified.

READ MORE: Brit gardener 'shot in neck' and killed by Russians while helping comrade in Ukraine Maganov's death is the latest in a series of mysterious deaths of Russian energy bosses killed in suspicious circumstances since Putin's war in Ukraine began. Maganov had been the chairman of major Russian oil supplier, LUKOIL, since 2020, and had been awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky in 2019 by alleged close pal Vladimir Putin.He had been in senior positions within the company, which has served a number of major European countries including Germany, since joining the board in the early 1990s.There has been no official statement on the cause of death, however an initial report from MASH media which has links to Russian law enforcement claims "he threw himself out of the window", indicating suicide.Police are reported to be working at the scene following the death.The late energy tycoon leaves behind a brother, Nail Maganov, 64, who is the head of another oil company Tatneft after the pair followed in their father's footsteps and entered the oil industry.He was also survived by his wife Fania, the head of an English-speaking school, and his son Ravil, a racecar driver.

Ukraine, it has been claimed Putin has incurable cancer, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's, and that he either has just three years to live. And at a recent meeting with the director of the Russian National Guard, Viktor Zolotov, Putin has given his critics more amunition to stoke the medical fire. READ MORE: Vladimir Putin 'sharply deteriorating' and 'can't attend meetings', say insiders Whilst discussing his invasion with Zolotov, Putin was photographed clutching a table as he spoke to his general.His apparent frailty has been seen by many as a sign that all is not well within the Kremlin's elite.

Russian politician and military general has called for a missile strike against the UK that "would be the end" of the Queen and the Royal Family.Making an appearance on Russian state-controlled Channel 1, hardliner Andrey Gurulev, 54, also claimed that the fastest way for Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine conflict would be by using hypersonic missiles to "wipe out the British Isles".The lieutenant general, who served as a Russian tank commander, also laid out exactly how he thinks military action against the UK would bring about the dissolution of the monarchy. READ MORE: Brit blokes 'dare' Russia to annihilate UK with deadly hypersonic missilesHe said: "Let’s make it super simple.

missiles, with one saying "I dare you" and another branded Vladimir Putin's army "drunken tools".Military commander and MP Andrey Gurulev appeared on Kremlin state TV earlier this week and said hypersonic missile strikes should be used to “wipe out the British Isles”. The lieutenant general, who served as a Russian tank commander, said that rather than leading to full-scale world war, this would halt the Ukrainian conflict and bring victory to Putin.

Vladimir Putin has expressed his "deep sympathies" over the death of former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev.The commiserations over his death came in spite of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner expressing his sadness that his legacy of peace being 'destroyed' due Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Gorbachev died at the age of 91 after suffering from long-term kidney problems and was on dialysis during the Covid pandemic.READ MORE:Vladimir Putin 'finalising deal with the Taliban' as costs of Ukraine invasion mountKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said to reporters: "President Putin expresses his deep sympathies over the death of Mikhail Gorbachev."In the morning he will send a telegram of condolences to his family and friends."Gorbachev is heralded as one of the important and significant figures of the 20th century due to his role in the ending of the Cold War as well as the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.The former Soviet leader was also praised for enhancing freedom of speech and the press during his reign and his work to limit nuclear weapons.The contrast between Gorbachev's USSR and Putin's Russia has been one of constant debate with Putin himself calling the dissolution of the Soviet Union the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century".While the former leader attended summits with then-US President Ronald Reagan to find a solution to the Cold War, Putin has instead embarked on a path of restarting a war in Europe by invading Ukraine and isolating his nation from the West.Gorbachev was a notable critic of Putin in recent years as he made his feelings known about the current President's strategies.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.He said: "I

Vladimir Putin's officials are finalising a lucrative deal with the Taliban as the costs of Russia's invasion of Ukraine continue to mount. Habiburahman Habib, the spokesperson for Afghanistan's Ministry of Economy, confirmed that a Taliban delegation was in Moscow finalising contracts for supplies of Russian gas, oil and wheat.

Ukraine to take on Vladimir Putin has been slammed online for posing with a soldier who appeared to be wearing a Nazi patch on his uniform. Former US Army staff sergeant James Vasquez, 47, sold everything he owned and returned to the war-torn country after finding out his wife had left him.

Russian troops to flee if they want to survive the upcoming counter-offensive from his military forces.The long-awaited pushback is now understood to have begun and Zelenskyy has sent a clear message to Vladimir Putin’s troops: “If they want to survive, it is time for the Russian military to flee.” Around Kherson, in the south of Ukraine, Russian troops have begun to break through the Russian line at multiple points an advisor to Zelenskyy has said. READ MORE: Dad who murdered teen who refused to sleep with him at boozy Christmas party jailedIn a video interview, Oleksiy Arestovych said that efforts have been made by Ukraine to cut off supply routes in the region by targeting ferries used to move goods across the Dnieper river from Russia's stronghold in the east.

Elon Musk has warned that "civilisation will crumble" if we don't use oil and gas in the "short term". Speaking at an energy conference in Norway on Monday (August 29) the Tesla CEO called for more fossil fuels while also insisting that "we must have a clear path to a sustainable energy future"."At this time, we actually need more oil and gas, not less," he said, according to Bloomberg.

missiles in a desperate bid to fool Ukraine intelligence.

Russian police brutally detained the “rich and successful” owners of expensive Western cars parading through Moscow. The wealthy drivers were swooped upon by officers for flaunting their foreign vehicles on Moscow’s streets, as huge numbers of Russian soldiers are dying in the war in Ukraine.

Russian communist revolutionary died of a stroke in 1924, millions flocked to Red Square to see the body of the man who had led the people in revolt, civil war, and then founded the Soviet Union. And almost a century later, before the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin, millions were still turning up to see the man historians call "one of the most significant and influential figures of modern history" - who sparked and inspired communist revolutions in China, Cuba, Mongolia, Congo, Ethiopia, Afghanistan and El Salvador to name but a few.

Vladimir Putin could be replaced – either because of ill-health or simply because the war on Ukraine has gone so badly. But Kremlin experts believe Putin’s replacement could represent even more of a threat to the West with a number of potential successors who are "just as cruel" .Daniel Hoffman, the former boss of the CIA’s Moscow station, has said that a plot to oust Putin could already be in progress.READ MORE: Putin's spies claim Russian agents 'forced Boris to resign and Joe Biden secretly dying'And if a Kremlin coup comes, it could come completely out of the blue: “Nobody’s gonna ask, ‘Hey Vladimir, would you like to leave?’“No,” said Hoffman.

Christopher Vourlias When she arrived in Warsaw just weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Yanina Kucher — an entertainment industry veteran with more than a decade’s experience in her country’s film business — wasn’t prepared for an extended stay. She’d left first Kyiv, then Lviv, with her cousin’s wife and young niece in tow, traveling to neighboring Poland to wait out what she hoped would be a short-lived skirmish. Warsaw felt somehow familiar, less geographically and culturally removed than the alien metropolises of Western Europe. She had a personal and professional network in the Polish capital that was quick to find her a home. Yet her thoughts never strayed far from the war: to the parents who stubbornly refused to leave Kyiv; to the reports of the Russian army’s brutal, terrifying advance. “It’s every day,” she tells Variety. “I have friends who died in this war. I’m always in touch with my relatives and my friends.”