2 h. ago Trump renews Zelensky attacks as Ukraine leader appeals to allies over Oval Office meeting: live updates

The minerals deal is seen as a step toward ending Ukraine's three-year war with Russia, and references the importance of Ukraine's future security.

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3 h. ago Trump live updates: President and Vance attack Zelensky in tense White House exchange before canceling peace talks

Trump and Ukrainian president were discussing security and minerals deal as part of Russia peace agreement when meeting descended into shouting match

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4 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...

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4 h. ago Diplomacy dies on live TV as Trump and Vance gang up to bully Ukraine leader

US president said his horrific blow-up would make ‘great television’ – the White House has never seen anything like itDon’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting“This is going to be great television,” Donald Trump remarked at the end. Sure. And as they slipped into the icy depths, the captain of the Titanic probably assured his passengers that this would make a great movie some day.Trump on Friday presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history. Tempers flared, voices were raised and protocol was shredded in the once-hallowed Oval Office. As Trump got into a shouting match with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a horrified Europe watched the post-second world war order crumble before its eyes. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Ukrainian ambassador on brink of tears during vile Trump attack as Kremlin celebrates

Heartbreaking footage from the Oval Office shows Oksana Markarova on the brink of tears as Donald Trump and JD Vance tried to bully Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

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6 h. ago Trump and Zelensky's meeting descends into screaming match as president lays hands on leader

The minerals deal is seen as a step toward ending Ukraine's three-year war with Russia, and references the importance of Ukraine's future security.

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6 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...

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6 h. ago Federal workers might get email requiring response after Trump and Musk praise efforts to investigate workforce – live

Employees may again be asked to explain recent accomplishments, AP reports, days after Musk argued the aim was to ‘pulse check’ US governmentUS aid cuts have forced the UN children’s agency Unicef to suspend or scale back many programmes in Lebanon, with more than half of children under the age of two experiencing severe food poverty in the country’s east, a Unicef official said on Friday.“We have been forced to suspend or cut back or drastically reduce many of our programmes and that includes nutrition programmes,” Unicef’s deputy representative in Lebanon, Ettie Higgins, told reporters in Geneva via video link from Beirut, Reuters reports. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Trump live updates: President calls off peace talks with ‘disrespectful’ Zelensky after Vance berates him at Oval Office meeting

Trump and Ukrainian president were discussing security and minerals deal as part of Russia peace agreement when meeting descended into shouting match

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7 h. ago Trump live updates: Vance calls Zelensky ‘disrespectful’ as Oval Office meeting descends into chaos

Trump and Ukrainian president were discussing security arrangements and minerals deal as part of peace agreemeent to end Russia’s war on Ukraine

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7 h. ago Trump tears into Zelensky in brutal White House screaming match as he lays hands on leader: Live updates

The minerals deal is seen as a step toward ending Ukraine's three-year war with Russia, and references the importance of Ukraine's future security.

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7 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...

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8 h. ago Watch live: Zelensky and Trump’s Oval Office meeting as critical Ukraine minerals deal to be signed

Donald Trump greeted Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, 28 February, before Ukraine’s president signs a critical minerals deal in an effort to regain US backing against Russia’s invasion.

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8 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...

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9 h. ago Watch live: Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump to sign critical Ukraine minerals deal

Watch live as Donald Trump is expected to greet Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, 28 February, before Ukraine’s president signs a critical minerals deal in an effort to regain US backing against Russia’s invasion.

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10 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...

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10 h. ago Trump live updates: Zelensky visits White House after president’s insults; judge blocks DOGE’s mass firings

California justice rules Office of Personnel Management ‘does not have any authority whatsoever’ to remove probationary staff from any agency other than its own

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11 h. ago Zelenskyy in US for Trump meeting as Macron says he has ‘very little hope’ EU can avoid tariffs – Europe live

Macron blamed US-EU row on ‘misunderstandings’ on the part of the US administrationin 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...

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11 h. ago Trump reportedly wants to shrink size and focus of state department; climate agency braces for more cuts – live

President wants radical overhaul of state department, including fewer diplomats and embassies, Politico reports; Noaa expects more cuts after hundreds firedUS aid cuts have forced the UN children’s agency Unicef to suspend or scale back many programmes in Lebanon, with more than half of children under the age of two experiencing severe food poverty in the country’s east, a Unicef official said on Friday.“We have been forced to suspend or cut back or drastically reduce many of our programmes and that includes nutrition programmes,” Unicef’s deputy representative in Lebanon, Ettie Higgins, told reporters in Geneva via video link from Beirut, Reuters reports. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Foreign aid minister quits over cuts to her budget in fresh blow for Starmer

Anneliese Dodds warns it will be impossible to continue supporting Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan

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