4 h. ago Airdrie v Falkirk: Diamonds ready to scrap and fight as leaders come calling, says McCabe

Rhys McCabe's men host the Championship frontrunners looking for some vital points in their survival bid

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18 h. ago Trump hits out over calls from Starmer for US guarantees on Ukraine peace

European leaders have called for the US to provide security guarantees for a Ukraine ceasefire deal.

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40 h. ago Trump News and Live Updates: E.U. Leader Calls for ‘Surge in Defense’ for Ukraine

Trump News and Live Updates: E.U. Leader Calls for ‘Surge in Defense’ for Ukraine  The New York Times

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45 h. ago Ukraine summit live: Starmer calls on Europe to step up as leaders meet

Ukraine summit live: Starmer calls on Europe to step up as leaders meet  The Times

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48 h. ago Donald Trump facing backlash from his own party after attack on Zelensky

The US President had a stormy meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky where Donald Trump called the Ukrainian leader "disrespectful" and it has not gone down well with members of his Republican Party

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61 h. ago Keir Starmer urged to focus on restoring size of army after defence announcement

Prime Minister has faced calls from Liberal Democrats as deputy leader Daisy Cooper said. “It’s vital for the UK to invest in our armed forces so we can lead by example, support Ukraine and boost our collective security.”

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69 h. ago Donald Trump offered to build skyscraper project in Russia after rant at Zelensky

US President Donald Trump has attacked the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky calling him a "dictator" before another sour exchange at the White House which has been well received in Russia

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3 d. ago Kurdish PKK declare ceasefire following 40 years of bloodshed in Turkey after jailed leader called on militants to disarm

The conflict between Turkey and the PKK has led to tens of thousands of deaths since it began in 1984.

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3 d. ago PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after more than 40 years of conflict

Kurdish militant group responds to call from its jailed leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to lay down armsOutlawed Kurdish militants have declared a ceasefire with Turkey after a landmark call by the jailed PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, asking the group to disband.It was the first reaction from the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) after Öcalan this week called for the dissolution of the group and asked it to lay down arms after fighting the Turkish state for more than four decades. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘Dummies for Putin’: Democrats defend Zelenskyy after ‘shameful’ Trump meeting

Ukrainian leader abruptly left White House after being publicly berated by US president in Russia ceasefire talksUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic lawmakers rushed to defend Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Ukrainian leader was publicly berated by Donald Trump in a disastrous Oval Office meeting.The US president accused Zelenskyy of “gambling with world war three” while his vice-president, JD Vance, called the Ukrainian leader “disrespectful”, before cutting short talks aimed at kicking off the process of ending Kyiv’s three-year war with Russia. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Donald Trump calls Zelensky 'disrespectful' as he warns Ukraine leader 'gambling with WW3'

President Volodymyr Zelensky is participating in one of the most important meetings of his life as he hopes to convince Donald Trump to extend the US agreement to defend Ukraine

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4 d. ago Zelensky braces for Trump showdown: Ukrainian leader jets into Washington to sign key rare earths deal

Volodymyr Zelensky 's delegation is expected to sign a landmark economic agreement with the U.S. aimed at financing the reconstruction of war-damaged Ukraine

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4 d. ago Lip reader reveals what was said when Starmer and Trump's mics were off...and which leader called the other 'handsome'

EXCLUSIVE: The US president hailed 'special' Sir Keir during an extraordinary meeting to discuss Ukraine 's future and the role the two countries have in the peacemaking process.

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4 d. ago Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to disarm – in shift that could shake up region

Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications The ageing leader of a Kurdish militant group imprisoned on a remote Turkish island has called on the group to disarm and dissolve itself, signalling the start of a fragile peace with Turkey after four decades of guerrilla warfare, attacks and reprisals.Abdullah Öcalan, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), a group long regarded as a terrorist organisation in Turkey as well as in Britain and the US, issued the message in a letter read out by allies in Istanbul. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Jailed Kurdish leader calls for group to disarm, in major shift that could shake up Turkey and Middle East

Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications The ageing leader of a Kurdish militant group imprisoned on a remote Turkish island has called on the group to disarm and dissolve itself, signalling the start of a fragile peace with Turkey after four decades of guerrilla warfare, attacks and reprisals.Abdullah Öcalan, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), a group long regarded as a terrorist organisation in Turkey as well as in Britain and the US, issued the message in a letter read out by allies in Istanbul. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ontario heads to polls for snap election in face of looming Trump tariffs

Premier Doug Ford called for the early vote, arguing he needs ‘strong mandate’ in case of US-Canada trade warVoters in Canada’s most populous province head to the polls on Thursday to elect a new premier who may have to face the task of preserving Ontario’s economy in the face of punishing US trade tariffs.Doug Ford, the Progressive Conservative party leader who has been the province’s premier since 2018, called the snap election last month, arguing that he needs a “strong mandate” to steer the province through any trade war with the US. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump’s spending bill may face a big problem: Disgruntled Senate Republicans

After the House passed its budget resolution, Senate Majority Leader John Thune called it a ‘first step in what will be a long process, and certainly not an easy one’

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6 d. ago Tusk says European leaders heading to London to discuss joint plans on defence – Europe live

Polish prime minister says EU leaders will meet on Sunday and calls for greater defence mobilisation across EuropeThe London summit is understood to be still in planning and would serve as a forum for European leaders to get debriefed on both Macron and Starmer’s conversations with Trump during their respective visits to the White House and to consider implications for European and Ukrainian security.It so happens that Starmer is due to speak in UK parliament in the next half hour, so we could get an official confirmation of what Tusk said.I hope that this greater [defence] mobilisation of Europe, of member states and Europe more broadly, will become a fact.[Before meeting at the next European Council,] we will be in London on Sunday, together with our British friends and a group of leaders, to talk about these joint plans on defence. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Badenoch says US being realistic and UK needs ‘to be so too’

The Conservative leader also said she ‘wouldn’t be afraid’ to call Vladimir Putin a dictator if it were her heading to the White House for talks.

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7 d. ago ‘Absolute tool bag’: What new deputy director Dan Bongino has to say about the FBI

He’s called former leaders ‘incompetent’ and ‘potentially corrupt’

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