Thousands of people marched on the Russian embassy in London on Saturday - and a person who attended the protest held a banner branding Donald Trump 'Putin's puppet'

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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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Donald Trump has made several scathing comments against Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and says he will only support Kyiv's war in exchange for access to the country's mineral resources

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Donald Trump Jr's love life has made headlines in recent times, with the President's son moving on from his fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle with Floridian socialite Bettina Anderson - and it's understood she isn't quite as popular within the first family

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The US and Ukraine have made significant progress towards a mineral deal, a source told the Associated Press

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Donald Trump unexpectedly sacked the most senior member of the US military - only the second black person to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs - after Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded a clear out of "woke" and "DEI" generals

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The tech firms’ efforts to change copyright laws and gain free access to intellectual property is patently wrongThere are decades when nothing happens (as Lenin is – wrongly – supposed to have said) and weeks when decades happen. We’ve just lived through a few weeks like that. We’ve known for decades that some American tech companies were problematic for democracy because they were fragmenting the public sphere and fostering polarisation. They were a worrying nuisance, to be sure, but not central to the polity.And then, suddenly, those corporations were inextricably bound into government, and their narrow sectional interests became the national interest of the US. Which means that any foreign government with ideas about regulating, say, hate speech on X, may have to deal with the intemperate wrath of Donald Trump or the more coherent abuse of JD Vance. Continue reading...

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Keir Starmer today vowed to back Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and promised to discuss safeguarding the nation's sovereignty when he meets with US president Donald Trump,

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Trump administration is seeking to oust Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counselThe US supreme court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over the agenda of Donald Trump’s second presidency.The justices said in an unsigned order that Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counsel, could remain in his job at least until Wednesday. That’s when a lower-court order temporarily protecting him expires. Continue reading...

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is reportedly not ready to sign a controversial minerals deal with Donald Trump that may see him give away billions in critical elements and revenues.

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The demonstration comes amid fears Ukraine is being frozen out of peace talks between Moscow and US President Donald Trump.

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There are three tried-and-tested strategies for getting into Donald Trump’s inner circle, from adoration to misogynyThere are three tried-and-tested strategies for getting into Donald Trump’s inner circle. No 1: be young, blond and so obsessed with the president that even the Secret Service think it’s kinda weird. That strategy certainly seems to have worked out well for Natalie Harp, a former far-right cable host who is now an official aide to Trump. Continue reading...

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Roz Foyer, the general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, said voters are losing faith in traditional parties.

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US President Donald Trump has been forced to deny that he is planning to visit Russia to see his "pal" Vladimir Putin

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The demonstration comes amid fears Ukraine is being frozen out of peace talks between Moscow and US President Donald Trump.

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Damon Hill has had a number of run-ins with Elon Musk over the past few months over the South African's ownership of Twitter and his relationship with Donald Trump

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From adding the president’s face to Mount Rushmore to pushing for him to serve a third term, party members are getting inventive in their brown-nosingIf proof were needed that Donald Trump’s cult of personality has never been stronger, it comes in the inventive ways Republican members of Congress have spent his first month in office trying to lionise him. Welcome to the sycophancy stakes.On 23 January the congressman Addison McDowell of North Carolina introduced legislation to rename Washington Dulles international airport as Donald J Trump international airport. Continue reading...

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Donald Trump has been mocked over the bizarre and resurfaced Saturday Night Live sketch which sees him donning a vibrant yellow suit and tie, dancing and promoting chicken wings

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The US Commander in Chief has continued to rage against Europe in his latest interview, this time targeting nuclear leaders Sir Keir and President Emmanuel Macron

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The US president is breaking every negotiating rule in the book, to the bewilderment of his allies. Europe is now at a crossroads Continue reading...

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