21 h. ago US committed as ever to Nato and Trump is not against the alliance, says Rubio

Washington wants to see European countries increase defence spending to five per cent, the US secretary of state said

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35 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: No Trump tariff on Russia as his officials host Putin investment tsar

Kryvyi Rig hit while Kharkiv endures barrage of Shahed drones; Nato foreign ministers including Marc Rubio to meet in Brussels. What we know on day 1,135 Continue reading...

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44 h. ago ‘Defence investment is ethical’ says Healey as he meets firms to drum up capital

The Defence Secretary has met with start-up investors as part of wider Government efforts to boost financial flows into the sector.

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48 h. ago Trump’s ‘anger’ at Putin over Ukraine peace deal delay is just play acting

America’s global power and reach is waning by the day as a consequence of Donald Trump’s assaults of the west and his slavish behaviour towards Moscow, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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56 h. ago 'Angry' Donald Trump has 'very little control' over Putin and faces Ukraine war 'stalemate'

EXCLUSIVE: Russia has been fighting in Ukraine since February 2022, and while there have been some indications that Ukrainian resources have been under strain, Moscow seems to have gained the upper hand

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69 h. ago Russia says it cannot accept US peace plan for Ukraine ‘in its current form’

Moscow’s refusal highlights the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the warMoscow has described the latest US peace proposals as unacceptable to the Kremlin, highlighting the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the war in Ukraine since taking office in January.Sergei Ryabkov, a foreign policy adviser to Vladimir Putin, said some of Russia’s key demands were being addressed by the US proposals to end the war, in comments that marked a rare acknowledgment from the Russian side that talks with the US over Ukraine had stalled in recent weeks. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Trump must see through Putin’s stalling tactics over Ukraine ceasefire, Germany says

Ms Baerbock also said any US-Kyiv minerals deal must comply with European law after Ukrainian minister Andrii Sybiha said work is continuing towards an agreement

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3 d. ago Putin slaps down Trump's Ukraine peace deal and issues fresh set of demands

Moscow wants the US to take into account what it regards as the root causes of the conflict, a Russian diplomat was quoted by state media as saying on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Russian attacks on Ukraine halted overnight after 'p*ssed off' Trump's attack on Putin

Russia's deadly missile and 'Kamikaze' Shahed drone attacks on Ukraine's civilians have suddenly halted following US President Donald Trump's outburst over the delayed peace deal

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3 d. ago Ukraine reports rare night of NO 'mass drone strikes' on civilians after Trump said he was 'pi**ed off' with Putin and threatened sanctions

Ukraine did claim to have shot down two Kh-59/69 cruise missiles launched by Russia overnight to attack southeastern Ukraine.

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3 d. ago Ukraine reports NO drone strikes for first time since October after Trump said he was 'pi**ed off' with Putin and threatened sanctions

Ukraine did claim to have shot down two Kh-59/69 cruise missiles launched by Russia overnight to attack southeastern Ukraine.

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3 d. ago 'Forget about Ukraine – Donald Trump's latest fallout with Putin is all about keeping China at bay'

Inderjeet Parmar, professor of International Politics at the City, University of London, believes a major fall out between Putin and Trump would 'disadvantage the US'

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3 d. ago Donald Trump threatens Zelensky with 'big problems' over mineral deal

Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he would have "big, big problems" if he did not agree to a rare earth mineral deal that offered no guarantees to the country

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4 d. ago 'Colonisers' Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin 'carving up Ukraine like a patient on operating table'

Donald Trump has extraordinarily claimed he was "p****d off" with Russian leader Vladimir Putin as he continues to push for a deal to end the bloody war in Ukraine

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4 d. ago Russia reportedly begins rare earth metals talks with US; Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin – Russia

Pro-Kremlin newspaper reports Washington and Moscow talks have started; US president speaks out against Russian presidentRussia has accused Ukraine’s army of attacking energy sites in the Bryansk border region in a drone and artillery strike on Sunday evening.“The continuation of deliberate attacks by the Ukrainian army on Russia’s energy facilities is evidence of the Kyiv regime’s complete lack of commitment to its obligations regarding settling the conflict in Ukraine,” the Russian defence ministry said. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago China and India to face brunt of Trump tariff threat against Russian oil buyers

‘Very angry’ Trump says he will punish all buyers of Russian oil if he believes Putin is scuppering a ceasefire deal on Ukraine

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4 d. ago Trump warns Zelensky of ‘big problems’ after accusing him of minerals deal u

Donald Trump has warned Volodymyr Zelensky of “big problems” after accusing the Ukrainian president of backtracking on a rare earth minerals deal with the US.

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4 d. ago Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin approach to Ukraine ceasefire and threatens secondary tariffs on Russian oil – Russia

US president takes aim at Russian president’s criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s credibilityThe Guardian’s defence and security editor, Dan Sabbagh, has this snippet about the ineffectiveness of Trump’s negotiating tactics in regards to trying to end the war in Ukraine. You can read the full story here.During the election campaign, Trump had said that he could end the Ukraine war within 24 hours, comments he more recently claimed were “a little bit sarcastic”. That has proved elusive and his tactics to force Russia and Ukraine into agreeing a ceasefire have so far been focused on bullying and pressurising Kyiv. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump accuses Zelensky of trying to back out of Ukraine minerals deal: 'If he does that, he's got problems'

‘He’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal,’ Trump told reporters on Air Force One. ‘If he does that, he’s got some problems. Big, big problems’

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4 d. ago Trump claims Zelensky wants to back out of rare minerals deal as he issues stern warning

Trump warned that Ukrainian President Zelensky is trying to back out of a key rare minerals deal with the US, calling it a serious mistake.

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