3 d. ago Keir Starmer warns Donald Trump that 'now is not the time' for lifting sanctions on Russia

The PM joined the latest talks of the so-called 'coalition of the willing' in the French capital as allies continued to draw up plans for a possible peacekeeping force.

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4 d. ago Donald Trump's demands to 'charge Europe for missile strikes' exposed in leaked texts

A member of Donald Trump's team revealed the White House's plans to 'levy' its allies after Vice President JD Vance said the US strikes on Houthi rebels could 'bail out' Europe and raise oil prices

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4 d. ago Trump has signed an executive order overhauling elections. Here’s what it means

President Donald Trump's executive order demanding sweeping changes to US elections has the potential to significantly reshape the voting process, despite likely legal challenges.

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5 d. ago Colorado bows to Trump's demand for 'unflattering' portrait to be removed

An unflattering portrait of Donald Trump made by a British-born artist has been removed from the Colorado State Capitol after the president criticized the painting.

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5 d. ago Donald Trump sparks major change after furious rant about his presidential portrait

Colorado state Capitol has caved into Donald Trump's demand the presidential portrait to be removed, which was followed by bizarre comments from guests at the Denver building

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6 d. ago Donald Trump demands removal of 'purposefully distorted' portrait

The US president demands the portrait by British artist Sarah Boardman hanging in the Colorado state capitol is removed

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6 d. ago Donald Trump demands 'purposefully distorted' presidential portrait taken down immediately

'Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves,' Trump said as he demanded 'Radical Left' Democrat Governor Jared Polis remove the artwork, claiming it had been 'distorted'

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9 d. ago Trump’s demand that US could take over Ukraine’s reactors is not credible

US president’s plan for American firms to run power plants is unrealistic and is opposed by Putin and ZelenskyyAs a demand, it is Donald Trump at his most confusing. The American president appears, at least according to Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, to have told Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that “American ownership” of Ukraine’s four nuclear power plants would be their best protection in future – although the Ukrainian president said on Thursday that “the issue of property, we did not discuss”.Of the four, the most significant, and the one that Trump has repeatedly referred to in the past week, is the vast, six-reactor Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. It is Europe’s biggest nuclear generator, located on the southern bank of the Dnipro River. Before the full-scale Russian invasion it produced about 20% of the country’s electricity but it is now on the frontline of Europe’s largest war since 1945. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Putin launches drone strikes on Kyiv hours after Trump challenged him to 'tango' and agree Ukraine ceasefire as pressure mounts on Kremlin to back down

The massive missile and drone attacks cast doubt on Vladimir Putin's willingness to accept Donald Trump's demands for peace in the three year war.

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2 w. ago So much for peace: Putin launches brutal strikes across Ukraine just hours after Kyiv signalled it was ready for ceasefire following successful US

The massive missile and drone attacks cast doubt on Vladimir Putin's willingness to accept Donald Trump's demands for peace in the three year war.

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2 w. ago Greenland goes to polls in s election PM calls a ‘fateful choice’

Poll takes place against backdrop of threats by Donald Trump and growing demands for independenceGreenland’s prime minister said voters face a “fateful choice” as the Arctic island goes to the polls in a pivotal election closely watched by Europe and the US.The vote on Tuesday has attracted global attention after Donald Trump’s repeated assertions about acquiring the autonomous territory, using military and economic force if necessary. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Inside Europe's £670bn arms race spending spree as threat of WW3 with Russia looms

US President Donald Trump's demands of NATO alllies prompts massive European boost in future firepower - backed by the UK - to fill the gaping hole left by America's likely disengagement

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3 w. ago Donald Trump 'secretly calls Zelensky's Ukraine rivals' but US President is left embarrassed

Ukrainian opposition leaders have hit out against Donald Trump's demands to hold elections in the country during times of war in a similar parroting of Kremlin lines

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3 w. ago Donald Trump halts US military aid to Ukraine and demands 'commitment to peace' from Volodymyr Zelensky

JD Vance says Europe needs to be ‘realistic’ on the Ukraine war after Trump administration announces pause to military aid

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4 w. ago Trump’s style of petty domination was in full display with Zelenskyy | Moira Donegan

Trump and Vance, I think, never really intended to have a conversation with Zelenskky. Instead, they wanted to look tough on TVThe last time Donald Trump did this, it was in secret, and he got impeached over it. In 2019, Donald Trump, on a phone call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, demanded that the Ukrainian president produce – or fabricate – evidence of wrongdoing by Hunter Biden, the son of Trump’s eventual opponent in the 2020 election, in exchange for continued US military aide.At the time, Russia had already seized control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea, and was funding violent insurgent groups in the country’s east; it was increasingly clear that a full-scale Russian invasion was coming, as it finally did in 2022. Since the end of second world war, it has been America that checks Russian expansionist ambitions in Europe – America that provided the backstop to the Nato alliance, America that secured the independence of eastern Europe. Trump wanted to condition that longstanding r...

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4 w. ago ‘Bewildering’: US media and politicians react to Trump’s televised attack on Zelenskyy

The showdown between the US president and the Ukrainian leader dumbfounded various outlets and politicosOne television star turned president visits another far more powerful one on a stage set and attempts to introduce a plot twist of sorts. What could go wrong?The high-stakes White House showdown that unfolded on Friday after the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, demanded US security guarantees was deemed a damaging setback to Donald Trump’s goal of forging a peace deal – and a win for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin – by some US political commentators. Continue reading...

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