All news on the topic: Drones

Brussels and Liège airports in Belgium faced disruptions overnight once again over suspected drone sightings, just hours after the Belgian government’s national security council discussed its response to the emerging threats.

Belgium’s national security council will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday after drone sightings at airports caused chaos for travelers and raised security concerns.

Brussels Airport has been closed, and all flights grounded after the reported sighting of a drone, Belgian air traffic control has said.

For a third consecutive night, drones were seen flying over a Belgian military base. This weekend, drone sightings were also reported above two other military bases and near two of the country’s airports.

The UK military will be given new legal authority to shoot down unidentified drones that pose a threat to British bases, as the Ministry of Defence steps up efforts to address the growing threat from hostile states.

Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy have started their meeting at the White House, where they have already discussed a potential end to the conflict in Ukraine and the possibility of sending US long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv.

Nigel Farage has branded Vladimir Putin “a very bad guy” in what appears to be an attempt to rebut claims that he cannot be trusted with Britain’s national security.

London Defence R&D has developed an innovative solution to one of the fastest-evolving challenges on modern battlefields — the threat of hostile drones.

German police will be allowed to shoot down drones under new legislation aimed at increasing safety after a spate of sightings across Europe.

The captain of a suspected “shadow fleet” oil tanker detained off the coast of France will go on trial in February, accused of failing to cooperate with authorities.

French military personnel have boarded an oil tanker listed among Russia’s “shadow fleet” vessels, suspected of being a launchpad for mysterious drone flights that led to the closure of airports in Denmark last week.

Denmark will impose a blanket ban on civilian drone flights ahead of a visit by European leaders to Copenhagen next week.

Russian strikes involving "hundreds" of drones and missiles have killed at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, and wounded at least 10 people in Ukraine on Sunday, as Poland scrambled fighter jets to secure its airspace.

Europe is preparing to construct a massive defence layer called the "drone wall" to deter Russian incursions into NATO airspace.

High profile environmental campaigner and Labour donor Dale Vince has claimed that the public is being ’misled’ by organic labelling standards.

Drone activity near four airports in Denmark overnight was the “work of a professional actor,” Denmark’s defence minister has warned just two days after the country’s main hub was shut down in response to sightings that unsettled European aviation.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) flew its drones, which could include the agency’s MQ-9 Predator drones, at least 50 times last year in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

I’m at the Borisov military ground in Belarus, on a rare Guardian trip to the authoritarian state, where Zapad – the joint Russian-Belarusian drills – are under way.

A ’threat of an air attack’ warning was issued in Poland following Russian drones operating over the border with Ukraine.

Poland has accused Russia of sending several drones into its territory, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk saying the country is the closest it has been to armed conflict since the Second World War.

Five of the drones were on a "direct path" to the base in a move Volodymyr Zelensky said was aimed at slowing supplies of air defences to Ukraine ahead of winter.