3 h. ago As peace deal nears, what has Putin won after three years of slaughter... and what has he lost? NATO divided, swathes of Ukrainian territory claimed

If a ceasefire were to freeze the conflict in place, Russia would retain control of nearly a fifth of Ukraine's land, including key industrial and agricultural regions

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4 h. ago UK Minister Peter Kyle says what PM's number one priority will be in Donald Trump meeting

Science Secretary Peter Kyle has said that securing a security guarantee if a Ukraine peace deal is reached is the PM's number one priority - but Donald Trump has so far refused to commit

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10 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv’s troops regain village near Pokrovsk where ISW says Russians falter

Moscow claims recapture of some Russian territory held by Ukrainian troops in Kursk; ‘security guarantees’ hole in US-Ukraine mineral deal. What we know on day 1,100Ukrainian troops on Wednesday announced a successful counterattack to retake the settlement of Kotlyne near the key city of Pokrovsk, which many Russian forces have died trying to take over the past year. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said: “The year-long Russian effort to seize Pokrovsk has so far failed, and Russian forces appear to have abandoned the effort to take the city directly, preferring instead to conduct a wide envelopment. The Kremlin may have abandoned even that effort for now, however, in the fact of increasing Ukrainian resistance in the area and extremely high Russian losses.”The Russian defence ministry said its forces had recaptured the settlements of Pogrebki and Orlovka, north of the town of Sudzha, in Kursk oblast where Ukraine has held territory inside Russia since August 2024. The minis...

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11 h. ago BOB SEELY: The walk through Kyiv that showed me Putin will sabotage any peace deal in his bid to destroy Ukraine

BOB SEELY: On Tuesday night, as President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he had agreed a minerals deal with the US, I was walking back from supper in the Ukrainian capital.

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19 h. ago Donald Trump humiliated by Russia over peacekeeper deal ahead of new Ukraine talks

US President Donald Trump was today humiliated by Russia after Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rubbished a claim he made about Vladimir Putin and European peacekeepers in Ukraine earlier this week

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49 h. ago Donald Trump's chilling eight words that raise spectre of World War 3

Donald Trump is keen to thrash out a peace deal with Vladimir Putin to end the war with Ukraine although critics believe he is making very few demands on Moscow

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50 h. ago Trump’s US will need to work with UK and Europe on Ukraine peace deal – minister

A US security ‘backstop’ along with British and European peacekeepers is needed to safeguard a peace deal, France and the UK believe.

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57 h. ago Trump and Macron's THREE awkward handshakes go viral as French President's Gallic charm wins a 'breakthrough' on Ukraine peace deal 

Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron's 'death clasp' handshakes have gone viral over the years, with footage from 2017 showing the two leaders locking hands for 29 seconds straight.

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61 h. ago Macron warns against ‘surrender’ in Ukraine as Trump claims Putin will accept peacekeeper deal

Macron and Trump disagree over aid and securing a lasting peace after US president says Russian counterpart has ‘no problem’ with European forces in UkraineEmmanuel Macron, the French president, has warned Donald Trump against a “surrender” of Ukraine as the US president said Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin “wants to make a deal” that could include European peacekeepers.The transatlantic rift over the war was apparent on Monday as Trump and Macron – the first European leader to visit the White House since Trump regained power – disagreed over aid and efforts to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Ukraine peace deal will not survive without US 'backup', Emmanuel Macron warns Donald Trump

French President meets US counterpart at White House, where Trump says Vladimir Putin is open to European peacekeeping force in Ukraine

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64 h. ago Ukraine offers mineral deal to US as olive branch to Donald Trump

Hopes raised of commercial deal as Macron meets president for talks on peace and European security

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68 h. ago Boris Johnson claims Ukraine ‘days away’ from handing earth minerals to US as part of peace deal

Former PM’s ‘attitude that everything will be OK in the end is misguided and frankly dangerous’ says Labour MP

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2 d. ago Netanyahu ‘preparing atmosphere’ to return to war with Gaza, says Hamas official – Middle East crisis live

Hamas official Basem Naim says Benjamin Netanyahu ‘intentionally sabotaging’ peace deal According to a report from Hebrew media outlet Ynet, Israel has told international mediators that it will release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners who were initially scheduled for release on Saturday if Hamas returns four bodies today without any ceremony. The Guardian has not confirmed this report.Israel suspended the handover of 620 Palestinians it was due to free from its prisons on Saturday, putting the ceasefire agreement in jeopardy after Benjamin Netanyahu criticised what he called “disgraceful ceremonies that dishonour our hostages and the cynical use of hostages for propaganda”.We have fulfilled all our obligations according to the deal.Unfortunately, all the time Netanyahu and his government have been trying to undermine and sabotage the deal.They have committed a lot of violations – killed more than 100 Palestinians, prevented most of the basic needs of the Palestinians to enter the...

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer to push Donald Trump on Ukraine peace deal during Washington visit

The Prime Minister is set to meet Donald Trump in Washington

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer warns Donald Trump against 'disastrous' Ukraine peace deal that doesn't stop Russia attacking again

The Prime Minister called on Western allies to be 'firm and fair now' in order to prevent the 'disaster' of Russia launching another invasion.

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4 d. ago Redrawing of global energy markets map set to heap benefits on US

The prospects of peace and the return of Russian gas looks likely to serve the interests of Donald TrumpThe Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine three years ago has reverberated through the global energy industry; unravelling Europe’s decades-long reliance on gas imported via pipelines from Russia, and triggering a global squeeze on gas markets that unleashed a cost of living crisis still felt today.The prospect of a peace deal has many wondering whether the energy industry could be upended once again; this time giving way to a market serving the interests of the US president hoping to broker the deal. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talks

Kyiv ‘must be at the heart of negotiations’ says PM as US threat to block Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites fuels wave of alarmKeir Starmer has raised the stakes before a crucial meeting in Washington with the US president, Donald Trump this week, by insisting that Ukraine must be “at the heart of any negotiations” on a peace deal with Russia.The prime minister made the remarks – which run directly contrary to comments by the US president last week – in a phone call on Saturdaywith Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which he also said that “safeguarding Ukraine’s sovereignty was essential to deter future aggression from Russia”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago From saviour to Judas How Trump’s pivot on Russia also endangers his own country | Simon Tisdall

With a Putin-appeasing president at the helm, it is clear the transatlantic alliance is collapsing and European leaders must plot their own courseHow do I betray thee? Let me count the ways Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning for mangling her celebrated poem to reflect Donald Trump’s multiple Ukraine treacheries. This most perfidious of presidents surpassed himself last week, accusing Kyiv of invading itself three years ago . “You should have never started it. You could have made a deal,” he fatuously griped.Candidate Trump, touting a just peace, pledged to end the war in a day. Now he praises Vladimir Putin, claims Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is “a dictator” and backs a settlement on Moscow’s criminal, one-sided terms. This deranged collapse into craven capitulation, this transition from American saviour to American Judas, took less than a month. It’s contemptible. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Top shale boss says US oil companies will not flock back to Russia

Harold Hamm warns executives will be wary of any peace deal between Trump and Putin

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5 d. ago Mike Waltz insists Ukraine will sign mineral deal — and Trump will get a Nobel Peace Prize when war’s over

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has previously rejected an agreement for American control of much of his country’s rare earth minerals

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