11 h. ago Donald Trump moans about Putin, gushes over 'cute' Barron and jokes about being shot in video with grandchild Kai

Donald Trump turned from President to doting grandfather in a new video filmed by his teenage granddaughter Kai, where they played a round of golf together.

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21 h. ago Donald Trump thanks Putin for saying US president is too GOOD to be awarded the Nobel Prize

The Russian leader was quick to praise Trump after Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado was named as the peace prize laureate.

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25 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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33 h. ago Putin praises Trump's efforts on 'complex crises' despite Nobel Peace Prize snub

Vladimir Putin praised Donald Trump for his work on the Israel-Hamas deal - and was asked whether he thought the US president had been unfairly snubbed for the Nobel Peace Prize

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45 h. ago Donald Trump misses out on Nobel Peace Prize after saying 'I'll never win'

The Orange Manbaby has not been successful in his bid to become the fifth US President to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, despite his administration's very public jostling

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63 h. ago Donald Trump's hopes for Nobel Peace Prize soaring as odds cut following ceasefire deal

Ladbrokes bookies fancy Donald Trump's chances of being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow, after the US President announced a Gaza ceasefire last night (October 8)

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1 week ago Democrats liken Trump to Putin after call to use US cities for military training

Illinois governor JB Pritzker and others condemn the US president for suggesting cities be used as military training groundsA leading Democrat has compared Donald Trump to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after the US president told military leaders on Tuesday that the armed forces should use US cities as “training grounds”.JB Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, which is bracing for Trump to deploy national guard troops to his state, questioned the president’s mental health and accused him of behaving like an autocrat. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Russian TV exposes Putin and Trump's Alaska chat on need of 'Trumpist Europe'

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump met in Alaska in August in a bid to end the war in Ukraine, but as it turns out, the two world leaders spoke about a lot of other things as well

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1 week ago UK defence chief gives verdict on Donald Trump's brutal 'paper tiger' jab at Putin

Defence Secretary John Healey told The Mirror Russia is 'not as tough as Putin likes to pretend' and said he welcomed Donald Trump's jibe

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1 week ago Trump and Putin are threatening to carve up Europe between them. Suddenly, it all feels a bit 1939 | Simon Tisdall

Forget the US president’s seeming volte-face on Ukraine this week: he and Putin fundamentally agree that European liberal democracy is the problemFor many people in eastern Europe, August 1939 may not feel that long ago. That was the moment Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union secretly agreed to partition Poland and forcibly subsume the sovereign Baltic republics and Finland into their totalitarian “spheres of influence”. The world knows what came next.Now the question arises: is it happening again? This time around, it’s Donald Trump’s United States and Vladimir Putin’s Russia making the big geopolitical power-play – and, once again, all of Europe is potential prey. Notwithstanding last week’s sparring over Ukraine, the two leaders’ core aims appear closely aligned.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump, Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping depicted in ‘Mount Rushmore’ at Thai shopping mall

A shopping mall in Thailand has installed a Mount Rushmore display using the faces of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping.

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2 w. ago Putin mouthpiece tells Trump to look in mirror as Russian leader 'disappointed and upset with him'

Naughty Donald Trump has upset 'disappointed and upset' Vladimir Putin with his comments about Ukraine's chances of regaining its territory, a daft Kremlin mouthpiece has said

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Trump’s support for Ukraine: a welcome but not reliable vote of confidence | Editorial

Having exhausted a failed policy of appeasement, the US president may at last be ready to put pressure on Moscow The judgment of a man who fails to distinguish between aggressor and victim when describing the Russia-Ukraine war is not worthy of respect. Unfortunately, when that man is the US president, his opinion cannot be ignored.Earlier this year, Donald Trump asserted that Vladimir Putin had “all the cards” and urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make peace in terms that resembled surrender. This week, Mr Trump declared that Kyiv might achieve total victory, liberating all territory currently under Russian occupation.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine’s president says the world is in `the most destructive arms race in history’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is telling world leaders that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in history."

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2 w. ago Russia and Ukraine fire drones, missiles and bombs as Zelenskyy seeks help at UN

Russia says it shot down three dozen Ukrainian drones heading toward Moscow

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3 w. ago Orthodox patriarch defends recognition of an independent Ukrainian church

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians has defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine

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3 w. ago Poland says Russian jets violated oil platform safety zone in Baltic Sea as Nato confirms it intercepted MiG

Nato spokesperson condemns ‘reckless Russian behaviour’ after three MiG-31 fighters enter Estonian airspace for 12 minutesHere we go: we are now getting more details on the 19th package of sanctions, via Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.We are still waiting for the announcement on when we will get more detail on the 19th sanctions package. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nato confirms it intercepted Russian aircraft over Estonia as EU calls violation a ‘dangerous provocation’ – Europe live

Nato spokesperson condemns ‘reckless Russian behaviour’ after three Mig-31 fighters enter Estonian airspace for 12 minutesHere we go: we are now getting more details on the 19th package of sanctions, via Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.We are still waiting for the announcement on when we will get more detail on the 19th sanctions package. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nato intercepted Russian aircraft over Estonia as EU calls violation an ‘extremely dangerous provocation’ – Europe live

Nato spokesperson condemns ‘reckless Russian behaviour’ after three Mig-31 fighters enter Estonian airspace for 12 minutesHere we go: we are now getting more details on the 19th package of sanctions, via Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.We are still waiting for the announcement on when we will get more detail on the 19th sanctions package. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Russia has shown ‘full extent of contempt for international law’, says von der Leyen, as EU proposes new Russian sanctions – Europe live

Ursula von der Leyen says Russian strikes on Kyiv that hit EU office ‘are not the actions of someone who wants peace’Here we go: we are now getting more details on the 19th package of sanctions, via Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.We are still waiting for the announcement on when we will get more detail on the 19th sanctions package. Continue reading...

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