84 m. ago ‘The free world needs a new leader’, EU foreign chief warns after explosive row between Trump and Zelensky

It comes after Donald Trump claimed Volodymyr Zelensky is ‘not ready for peace’, in an extraordinary confrontation between the two leaders

Events

5 h. ago How JD Vance emerged as the chief saboteur of the transatlantic alliance

Vance snaked his way in first to the row between Trump and Zelenskyy, his second intrusion this month after MunichJD Vance was supposed to be the inconsequential vice-president.But his starring role in Friday’s blowup between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy – where he played a cross between Trump’s bulldog and tech bro Iago – may mark the moment that the postwar alliance between Europe and America finally collapsed. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago Starmer skewers climate change adviser’s proposal to cut two kebabs worth of meat

Keir Starmer has skewered efforts by his chief climate change adviser to force people to eat less meat by reducing their intake by the equivalent of two kebabs a week.

Politics

11 h. ago PAUL BRACCHI: Did the BBC know a Hamas chief's son was starring in its documentary? If not, why not?

The controversial BBC documentary Gaza : How To Survive A Warzone begins with a young boy speaking to the camera inside the bombed out shell of a building.

Politics

12 h. ago Blackstone chief Schwarzman’s income eclipsed $1bn last year

Private equity group increased dividend payouts 18% in 2024, benefiting several top company executives

Events

13 h. ago ‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row

The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challengeLive updates The EU foreign policy chief has declared that “the free world needs a new leader”, as European leaders threw their support behind Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after the stunning White House confrontation between him and Donald Trump.Leaders from across Europe expressed their solidarity with the Ukrainian leader after the fractious exchange with JD Vance, the US vice-president, and Trump, who claimed he was not “ready for peace” and accused him of “gambling with world war three”. Continue reading...

Politics

13 h. ago Unwelcome country: why have some conservative politicians stopped acknowledging Indigenous lands in Australia?

Welcome to country ceremonies are commonplace in Australia. The campaign against them is ‘just ugly politicking’, says Aboriginal leaderGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory chief minister made a deliberate omission at an event last month commemorating the 1942 bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces. In her opening remarks, Lia Finocchiaro acknowledged veterans and the families of those who survived – but not the Larrakia people, on whose land the event was held.She later told local radio that such gestures, widely made at public gatherings to show respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, had become “tokenistic” and “divisive”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Politics

15 h. ago Zelenskyy leaves White House early after fiery meeting with Trump, who claims Ukrainian leader isn’t ready for peace – live

Press conference between US and Ukraine leaders cancelled and no minerals deal signed after angry scenes in White House; European leaders stand behind ZelenskyyUkraine ‘gambling with world war three’, Trump tells ZelenskyyDemocrats defend Zelenskyy after ‘shameful’ Trump meetingin AthensThe peaceful scenes in central Athens have now been eclipsed by the eruption of full scale clashes between rock-throwing youths and riot police. Continue reading...

Politics

16 h. ago Inside key Willie Collum showdown talks and when ref chief will address Dundee Utd

Sense of injustice could fuel Dundee Utd on at Aberdeen

Culture

17 h. ago Teofimo Lopez joins Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney on Times Square boxing card

The Ring magazine, recently bought by Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh, will put on the card

Politics

17 h. ago Zelenskyy leaves White House early after furious meeting where Trump claims he ‘disrespected US’ and is not ready for peace – live

Press conference between US and Ukraine leaders cancelled and no minerals deal signed after angry scenes in White Housein AthensThe peaceful scenes in central Athens have now been eclipsed by the eruption of full scale clashes between rock-throwing youths and riot police. Continue reading...

Politics

17 h. ago Blake Lively hires former CIA deputy chief of staff in stunning twist amid Justin Baldoni legal battle

Blake Lively has hired Nick Shapiro, the CIA's former deputy chief of staff, to serve as her PR crisis manager amid her escalating legal battle with Justin Baldoni.

Events

17 h. ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hire new head of communications days ahead of the release of the duchess's new Netflix show

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have replaced their Chief of Communications Ashley Hansen with Meredith Maines.

Politics

18 h. ago Trump tells Zelenskyy to ‘make a deal or we are out’ in angry meeting and says Ukraine gambling with world war three – Europe live

US president says he is ‘for both Ukraine and Russia’ and tells Zelenskyy he has ‘to be grateful’in AthensThe peaceful scenes in central Athens have now been eclipsed by the eruption of full scale clashes between rock-throwing youths and riot police. Continue reading...

Politics

18 h. ago Thousands of people could be missing out on benefits claim worth over £4,000

Thousands of pensioners on low incomes could be missing out on Pension Credit claim worth over £4,000 after record number of applications processed

Economics

19 h. ago No confidence vote risks sending English rugby into ‘paralysis’, clubs told

Chief executive Bill Sweeney will face a vote of no-confidence at a special general meeting in late March

Politics

19 h. ago Trump says he is ‘for both Ukraine and Russia’ as he meets Zelenskyy – Europe live

US president says he is in the ‘middle’ of negotiations and says Europe and Nato need to spend more on defencein AthensThe peaceful scenes in central Athens have now been eclipsed by the eruption of full scale clashes between rock-throwing youths and riot police. Continue reading...

Politics

20 h. ago Ungovernable by Simon Hart review: A tale of brothels, backbiting, and Conservative politics

The revelations are out from Simon Hart’s book: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip. There’s the one about being woken at 4am by an MP who was being held in a Bayswater brothel by blackmailers, not to be confused with another MP, Mark Menzies, who found it difficult to extricate himself from “bad people” and allegedly paid for his release from local party funds (which he denied); then there was Rishi Sunak’s observation about the female minister promoted to the Cabinet who was “f***ing useless but we can’t get rid of her” — which may or may not have been Kemi Badenoch. There was Boris Johnson’s attempt to kill off a disobliging report by the Privileges Committee on his lockdown activities which did not, by that time, shock Hart.

Politics

20 h. ago Zelenskyy heads for Trump White House meeting as Russia names new US ambassador – Europe live

Appointment of Alexander Darchiev is latest sign of thaw in US-Russian relationsin AthensThe peaceful scenes in central Athens have now been eclipsed by the eruption of full scale clashes between rock-throwing youths and riot police. Continue reading...

Politics

21 h. ago Building society is ‘inundated’ with worried customers over possible ISA overhaul

Richard Fearon, chief executive of the UK's fifth largest building society, said it had heard from hundreds of its members who had concerns about the potential overhaul

Economics