90 m. ago Trump campaigned on ending Ukraine war on Day 1. Now he said it was in ‘jest’

President Donald Trump repeatedly boasted throughout his presidential campaign and after his White House victory that he could end Russia’s war in Ukraine in ‘24 hours’

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2 h. ago Queen sparked 'public backlash' with extravagance as others had to 'make do'

As war weary Britons had their post-war style dictated by their ration books, rumours of bride-to-be Princess Elizabeth being given extra coupons had critics grumbling

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2 h. ago UK warns British lawyers about possible US sanctions over advice to ICC

Several people involved in the war crimes case against Netanyahu and Gallant have received notices

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3 h. ago Three in court facing murder bid and firearms charges as gangland war rages

Marshall O’Hara, Steven Ramsey and Nicky Robertson, have appeared in court.

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3 h. ago Hamilton to discover 15 point deduction appeal just 24 hours before Championship season finale

Accies sank to the bottom of the Championship and will suffer the drop if the appeal is unsuccessful

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4 h. ago Trump envoy meets Putin hours after Moscow killing of Russian general

Russian official calls talks with Steve Witkoff ‘quite useful’ as investigation launched into suspected Ukrainian bombingDonald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has met Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin for high-stakes peace talks, hours after a senior Russian military official was killed in a car explosion near Moscow.Trump has played up Witkoff’s visit – his fourth to Russia in recent months – claiming a deal on ending the war in Ukraine was within reach. “The next few days are going to be very important. Meetings are taking place right now,” Trump told reporters on Thursday. “I think we’re going to make a deal I think we’re getting very close.” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade said Putin is ‘embarrassing’ Trump with latest Ukraine bombing

Trump repeatedly boasted during presidential campaign and after his White House victory that he could end Russia’s war in Ukraine in one day

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5 h. ago Stunned resignation and foreboding: a week in Trump’s shadow at IMF

Few policymakers mention US president by name, but his tariffs dominate IMF-World Bank meetingBusiness live – latest updatesKristalina Georgieva’s favourite film, the International Monetary Fund boss told the audience at a packed panel event in Washington on Thursday, is Tom Hanks’s cold war romp Bridge of Spies.In one of the stranger digressions in a frequently strange week, Georgieva recalled the moment when Hanks’s character, a US lawyer, tells the Soviet spy he has been appointed to defend that he will probably be executed. “You don’t seem alarmed,” Hanks says to him; to which the spy – played by Mark Rylance – replies, “Would it help?” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago FBI arrests judge for alleged obstruction of immigration arrest operation, Patel says in deleted social post – live

Kash Patel has since deleted the post on X that had said a Wisconsin judge was arrested and accused of helping an immigrant ‘evade arrest’Apple is reportedly planning to switch assembly of all iPhones for the US market to India as the company seeks to reduce its reliance on a Chinese manufacturing base amid Donald Trump’s trade war.The $3tn (£2.3tn) technology company aims to make the shift as soon as next year, the Financial Times reported. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Archaeologists find wreck of large medieval boat in Barcelona

Experts hope vessel’s old timbers and nails will help shed light on how boats were built during medieval periodArchaeologists excavating the site of a former fish market in Barcelona have uncovered the remains of a large medieval boat that was swallowed by the waters off the Catalan capital 500 or 600 years ago.The area, which is being dug up in order to build a new centre dedicated to biomedicine and biodiversity, has already yielded finds ranging from a Spanish civil war air-raid shelter to traces of the old market and of the city’s 18th-century history. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago What is the Indus Water Treaty and what does its suspension mean for India and Pakistan?

After the tourist massacre in Kashmir, India pulled out of the 1960 agreement, which Pakistan describes as an act of war

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6 h. ago Trade war fears trigger biggest slide in US consumer expectations since 1990 recession – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsXi announces plan for Chinese economy to counter impact of US trade warEuropean stock markets are rising this morning, amid hopes that China is relaxing some of its tariffs.In London, the FTSE 100 index is up 12 points or 0.13%, at 8417 points. Engineering companies are among the top risers, with aerospare manufacturers Melrose up 3.6%, and Rolls-Royce up 2%, after Safran reported that tariffs on aircraft parts have been lifted.“We learned last night that China has taken the decision not to tax engines or landing gear or nacelles - in other words a certain number of aerospace equipment parts.”“It demonstrates that the situation is very fluid.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago In Kyiv, we don’t believe in the fantasy of Trump's ‘peace deal’. Our reality is more dead civilians | Nataliya Gumenyuk

At the scene of the deadliest attack on our capital this year, I see the war on Ukraine is still very real – and Putin shows no signs of ending itWar teaches you to believe only in what happens, rather than what is merely said or promised. A day after the “peace talks” in London, which the US secretary of state Marco Rubio didn’t even turn up for, Ukrainians were not anxiously waiting for the results of a possible deal, which looked unfeasible anyway. Instead, they were counting their dead.According to Ukraine’s air force, in the early hours of Thursday morning Russia launched 11 Iskander ballistic missiles, 37 KH-101 cruise missiles, six Iskander-K cruise missiles, 12 Kalibr cruise missiles, 4 KH-59/KH-69 missiles and 145 drones. For Kyiv and Kharkiv residents that night, this was not just a case of reading numbers on a news feed, but hearing and feeling explosions rock their cities. It turned out to be the deadliest night for the Ukrainian capital this year.Nataliya Gumenyuk is a ...

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7 h. ago ‘We have lost our humanity’: Holocaust survivors call for end to war in Gaza

Israelis are gathering on Holocaust Memorial Day to speak out against Palestinian starvation and sufferingFew days speak so profoundly to the soul of Israel than Holocaust Memorial Day. As the country sat in silence on Thursday to remember six million Jews exterminated by the Nazis, the same refrain was, as always, repeated by many: never again.But for some across Israel, as the war in Gaza continues to ravage the Palestinian people and wipe out entire families, never again had come to hold another meaning. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Israelis protest against Gaza war with rare decry over Palestinian casualties

Holocaust survivors gathering on Holocaust Memorial Day speak out against Palestinian starvation and sufferingFew days speak so profoundly to the soul of Israel than Holocaust Memorial Day. As the country sat in silence on Thursday to remember 6 million Jews exterminated by the Nazis, the same refrain was, as always, repeated by many: never again.But for some across Israel, as the war in Gaza continues to ravage the Palestinian people and wipe out entire families, never again had come to hold another meaning. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Israelis protest against Gaza war with rare outcry over Palestinian casualties

Holocaust survivors gathering on Holocaust Memorial Day speak out against Palestinian starvation and sufferingFew days speak so profoundly to the soul of Israel than Holocaust Memorial Day. As the country sat in silence on Thursday to remember 6 million Jews exterminated by the Nazis, the same refrain was, as always, repeated by many: never again.But for some across Israel, as the war in Gaza continues to ravage the Palestinian people and wipe out entire families, never again had come to hold another meaning. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Woman unfairly dismissed from Marks and Spencer because she was pregnant, tribunal rules

The tribunal heard that the claimant was not given a formal termination letter, notice period or any right to appeal

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7 h. ago Mapped: Territory Ukraine could lose as details of US peace deal proposal revealed

As the US lays out its territorial proposals for a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow, The Independent maps the land which Ukraine stands to lose

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7 h. ago Enzo Maresca confirms major double boost to easy Chelsea injury fears: 'He's close'

Chelsea set to have first-team duo back in near future

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7 h. ago Ukraine 'may have to give up land to stop Putin's war', admits Vitali Klitschko

Three years on from when Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine began, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko says the nation may have to make a sacrifice to end hostilities

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