39 m. ago Marco Rubio reveals that what Zelensky did before cameras started rolling is reason why he should apologize

Marco Rubio said that Volodymyr Zelensky should apologize to Donald Trump and cast doubts on whether the Ukrainian president really wants peace after their disaster meeting.

Politics

62 m. ago The scary numbers behind PSG's preparations for Liverpool Champions League clash

Liverpool may have been top of the Champions League league phase but Arne Slot's side have still drawn the short straw for their round of 16 tie against Paris Saint-Germain

Sport

66 m. ago Ukrainians rally around President Zelensky after Oval Office blowout

The remarkable exchange seemingly extinguished Ukrainian hopes for a steadfast US partnership against Russia

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92 m. ago Darts tournament bigger than UK Open has 4,000 entries and ‘idiots’ in party tent

The World Darts Federation-organised Dutch Open is the biggest open darts tournament in the world, with thousands of players of all ages from across the globe entering

Society

2 h. ago Jump by Simon May review: a thoughtful salvo in the war on procrastination

Procrastination may be my one true gift. I’m one of those go-getters who, when the going gets tough and a job needs to get done, will find something else to do. Even the smallest thing, like making a cup of tea or providing my child with medication, can be delayed by some dreamy fantasy in my own head.

Events

2 h. ago Why John Swinney is a greater Kremlin asset than Nigel Farage

Brian Wilson explains why he won’t be going along to John Swinney’s ‘Convention of the Righteous’ to oppose Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party

Politics

2 h. ago Trump's disgraceful attack on Ukraine's Zelensky shows why UK needs billions to rearm

After Donald Trump lambasts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, it is clearer than ever before that Europe needs to look to its own defences

Politics

2 h. ago ‘Trump is abandoning Ukraine and wants a weaker EU’: Dominique de Villepin on Europe’s moment of truth

The former French PM says the US is no longer an ally of Europe – but has joined Russia and China as an ‘illiberal superpower’Dominique de Villepin made his name with a memorable speech to the UN security council in February 2003, just before the US-led invasion of Iraq. De Villepin, the then French foreign minister, in effect signalled France’s intention to veto a UN resolution authorising the war, forcing the US and UK to act unilaterally. He warned that Washington’s strategy would lead to chaos in the Middle East and undermine international institutions. The prophetic plea was met with applause, a rare event in the security council chamber. It led to the career diplomat’s inclusion as a character in David Hare’s 2004 anti-war play, Stuff Happens.Now the veteran statesman, who warned about the risks of Europe’s over-reliance on the US many years before it became a mainstream opinion in Paris or Berlin, is back with advice on how to respond to the most serious breakdown in Europe’s...

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2 h. ago Isaac Newton’s beer mug to go on show in Royal Society exhibition in London

Though scientist was not thought to be a great drinker, he may have used beer as an ingredient in the homemade ink in which he wrote his greatest workIssac Newton has long been a familiar figure in museums around the world. Now, one of the famed scientist’s most prized possessions is due to go on display for the first time in 160 years: his beer mug.The wooden mug will be on public display at the Royal Society, in central London, from 4 March, alongside items including Newton’s greatest work, the Principia, and the scientist’s death mask, which was prepared shortly after his death to serve as a likeness for sculptures. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Why women and children will die because of 'hard man' Keir Starmer's aid budget cut

By taking life-saving funds from the world’s most vulnerable women and children, Keir Starmer has abandoned Labour’s principles and the party’s recent manifesto pledge

Events

2 h. ago Marco Rubio demands Zelensky apologize after heated Oval Office exchange

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to apologize after his meeting with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office turned ugly.

Society

2 h. ago Zelensky inundated with messages of support from world leaders after Trump berates him in Oval Office meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s social media site was flooded with moving messages of support from leaders around the world, including the U.S., after he was mocked and yelled at by President Donald Trump Friday in a meeting in the Oval Office.

Politics

3 h. ago From Cabinet secretary to doomsday president: What being a designated survivor is like

The designated survivor for a president's address to Congress starts the day as a Cabinet secretary and ends it that way, too, God willing

Politics

3 h. ago Robbie Williams is "okay with being cabaret" as he prepares for Murrayfield gig

The former Take That singer says he has finally come to terms with his true status and accepts that he isn't the rocker he once tried to be.

Politics

4 h. ago World's oldest people expert shares one 'overlooked secret' to living a longer life

Dan Buettner has spent his career researching the world's 'Blue Zones', where people are reportedly more likely to live to 100

Politics

4 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: ‘Not good for both sides’ says Zelenskyy of stunning Trump exchange

Zelenskyy regrets clash but says Kyiv won’t enter peace talks without security guarantees against another offensive. What we know on day 1,102See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageAfter an extraordinary exchange with US president Donald Trump at the White House, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an appearance on Fox News in which he said the public row was “not good for both sides.” But Zelenskyy said Trump – who insists Putin is ready to end the three-year grinding war – needs to understand that Ukraine can’t change its attitudes toward Russia on a dime. Zelenskyy added that Ukraine won’t enter peace talks with Russia until it has security guarantees against another offensive. “It’s so sensitive for our people,” Zelenskyy said. “And they just want to hear that America (is) on our side, that America will stay with us. Not with Russia, with us. That’s it.”After the tense exchange and shortly before departing for his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida for the weekend, Trum...

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4 h. ago Brits warned as popular Spanish island ramps up border security with huge change

British travellers are being urged to prepare for an advanced new security measure being rolled out at a busy Spanish border among other EU borders later this year

Events

5 h. ago ‘A spectacle to horrify the world’: what the papers say about Trump and Vance’s meeting with Zelenskyy

The shocking and unprecedented scenes in the Oval Office dominate UK front pages today, with the papers united in horror The unprecedented scenes in the Oval Office dominated the front pages on Saturday, with the papers united in their horror. Adjectives including disastrous and vile were used to describe the meeting in which Donald Trump and his vice-president JD Vance openly berated the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The Guardian leads with a quote from Donald Trump: “You are gambling with world war three”, characterising the meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents as “disastrous”. In a separate sketch of the furious row, David Smith wrote that “Trump on Friday presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history.” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago How China's secretly preparing for an invasion of Taiwan that'll make Ukraine look like a tea party and could end in a hellscape engulfing the world

Hellscape. That is the US military codename for the defence of Taiwan. Tens of thousands of autopilot kamikaze drones will first turn the skies black and then the land and seas blood-red.

Society

6 h. ago Trump live updates: Zelensky says White House clash was bad for both sides; FBI returns seized classified boxes to Mar

Trump and Ukrainian president were discussing security and minerals deal as part of Russia peace agreement when meeting descended into shouting match

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