58 h. ago ‘Our job is to maximise their losses’: how Ukraine’s forces attempt to claw back against Russian advances

Along Donetsk’s frontline, a small counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops aims to help change perceptions about the war among Kyiv’s western alliesAs Donald Trump prepared to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska in August, Russia launched an offensive in eastern Ukraine. Small groups of soldiers pushed forward near Dobropillia and, meeting little resistance, they advanced 15 to 20 km and seized a chain of villages.It is a small pocket of land, but one that has driven perceptions of the war in the last months. At the time of the Alaska summit, it was seen as proof that Russia had momentum; as Ukraine had taken back territory – albeit in the context of Russian advances elsewhere – it may have contributed to Trump’s dismissive assessment of Moscow’s military as a “paper tiger”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump will learn if he has won Nobel Peace Prize for Gaza deal TODAY: Netanyahu posts AI image of President with medal as Donald complains Obama got it for 'doing nothing'

The image, posted on the Israeli prime minister's X account, shows Trump lifting his hands as he sports an oversized medal and is showered in confetti as a cheering crowd waves Israeli flags.

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9 d. ago Museum boss quits in dispute over Trump's Eisenhower sword gift to King Charles

Todd Arrington was forced to step down after a heated clash with Donald Trump's administration, as the President prepared to hand over a huge piece of history to the King

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2 w. ago The world according to Trump: You’re all ‘going to hell’ — and I’m your only hope

President let the insults fly in blistering UN General Assembly address as he tried to make global leaders accept his truth — that it's Trump’s world and they are just living in it, writes Andrew Feinberg

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2 w. ago Donald Trump prepares to address leaders at UN General Assembly

US president to share his ‘vision for the world’ in New York

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3 w. ago Billy Bragg blasts Donald Trump's visit as 'national humiliation' amid royal festivities

As President Donald Trump prepares for a state banquet with the royal family this evening, protests continue to rage beyond the walls of Windsor Castle, with singer and activist Billy Bragg leading the way with a scathing Instagram post

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3 w. ago King Charles III prepares to welcome Trump for historic second state visit at Windsor Castle

The carriages are being polished, the family silver is being laid out, and diamonds are being dusted off as King Charles III prepares to host U.S. President Donald Trump on an unprecedented second state visit to Britain

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3 w. ago Americans have 400 days to save their democracy | Timothy Garton Ash

I never thought I’d see fear spread so far and fast. Next year’s midterm elections are now crucial for the Democratic party – and for democrats everywhereI return to Europe from the US with a clear conclusion: American democrats (lowercase d) have 400 days to start saving US democracy. If next autumn’s midterm elections produce a Congress that begins to constrain Donald Trump there will then be a further 700 days to prepare the peaceful transfer of executive power that alone will secure the future of this republic. Operation Save US Democracy, stages 1 and 2.Hysterical hyperbole? I would love to think so. But during seven weeks in the US this summer, I was shaken every day by the speed and executive brutality of President Trump’s assault on what had seemed settled norms of US democracy and by the desperate weakness of resistance to that assault. There’s a growing body of international evidence to suggest that once a liberal democracy has been eroded, it’s very difficult to restore i...

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3 w. ago King and PM prepare for Donald Trump’s unprecedented second state visit

The US president is set to arrive in the UK on Tuesday evening, ahead of a full day of pomp and pageantry at Windsor on Wednesday.

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4 w. ago Donald Trump’s top royal clangers as he prepares to meet the King on state visit

US president Donald Trump is a big fan of the British royal family – but it’s not completely clear how they feel about him. We take a look at their past ups and downs

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