British politicians and royal-watchers expressed criticism, and some sympathy, at comments by Prince Charles comparing Russian president Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine to the territory-seizing of Adolf Hitler.

Voting opens in Labour’s shadow cabinet elections today, with 49 MPs battling for a place in Ed Miliband’s top team.

Four Chinese Muslims who arrived in Bermuda after being freed from Guantanamo have remained in their seaside cottage, wary of the political firestorm their presence has caused.

The Prime Minister today condemned Jean-Marie Le Pen’s ‘‘repellent’’ policies and said he was confident France would reject his brand of ‘‘extremism’’.