3 h. ago Donald Trump rules out putting US troops on ground in Ukraine as part of security guarantees

US President Trump hinted American jets could help provide air support

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5 h. ago Vladimir Putin AGREES to Volodymyr Zelensky meeting, says Trump administration

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to meet face-to-face with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the Donald Trump administration

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6 h. ago FTSE posts new closing high as falls in defence stocks are offset by retail gains

In London, defence stocks fell sharply amid hopes of peace in Ukraine with Babcock International, BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce all down.

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8 h. ago Donald Trump says UK troops will be sent to Ukraine to 'join American soldiers'

The US president firmly stated that the Ukraine are "not going to be part of NATO" but insisted European troops, including British forces, would be sent to "deter any future Russian aggression.

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9 h. ago Donald Trump says UK will put troops in Ukraine and reveals if Americans will join them

In a wide-ranging interview, Donald Trump stated firmly that Ukraine would 'not be a part of NATO' but insisted European troops, including British forces, would be sent to deter any future Russian aggression.

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10 h. ago Donald Trump says US could play role ‘by air’ in Ukraine security guarantee

US president warns Putin will face ‘rough situation’ if he does not co-operate on a peace deal

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10 h. ago Trump says it will be ‘rough situation’ if Putin does not agree peace plan

US President Donald Trump suggested American aircraft could help European nations police a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

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13 h. ago Texas Democrats shadowed by law enforcement officers to stop them repeating protest over redrawing congressional districts – US politics live

Democratic representative Nicole Collier of Fort Worth remained on House floor on Monday after refusing to sign ‘permission slip’ agreeing to round-the-clock surveillanceHurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds. Forecasters say the monster storm will turn away from the eastern U.S. and won’t make landfall, but they predict it will churn up dangerous rip currents along North Carolina’s barrier islands and could swamp roads with waves of up to 15 feet.Coastal flooding is expected to begin today and continue through Thursday on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Erin was a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds early Tuesday.Donald Trump has ruled out a ceasefire in Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his European allies visited the White House to push for US-backed security guarantees as part of any long-term peace deal. The US president, who only last week warned Russia of “very severe consequences...

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13 h. ago Macron addresses Trump’s hot mic remark about Putin’s Ukraine deal

French President Emmanuel Macron has addressed Donald Trump’s hot mic remark about a Ukraine peace deal with Russia.

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13 h. ago Medvedev mocks European leaders for 'sucking up' to Trump after Zelensky's Oval Office love

Top Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev has mocked European leaders for 'sucking up' to Donald Trump and failing to 'outplay' him during the Ukraine summit in Washington. 

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13 h. ago Putin calls Brics allies to debrief them on his Trump summit

Putin briefs Brics partners amid rising trade tensions due to Trump’s tariffs

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13 h. ago Starmer returns to Scotland after family holiday interrupted by Ukraine talks

The Prime Minister flew to Washington DC from Glasgow for the meeting held by US President Donald Trump.

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15 h. ago NATO scrambles war planes as Putin unleashes hell on Ukraine despite peace promise

Vladimir Putin unleashed more missile strikes on Ukraine overnight after European leaders joined Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump for a meeting at the White House yesterday

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16 h. ago Zelensky's masterstroke to win over Trump and avoid another White House debacle as he offers $90 billion deal to US to help end Russia

Zelensky learned several lessons from his last visit to Washington, which led to a confrontation in front of the world with both Trump and Vice President JD Vance before he departed early.

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16 h. ago Starmer hails ‘breakthrough’ on security guarantees after Ukraine talks

US President Donald Trump described the talks as ‘very good’ and said a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin would be arranged.

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16 h. ago Keir Starmer disrupts family holiday for second year in a row for Donald Trump summit

The PM was holidaying in Scotland in his family when he and other European leaders were invited to the White House by Donald Trump to discuss the Ukraine war

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17 h. ago Starmer hails ‘real progress’ on Ukraine after European leaders gather at White House

Sir Keir Starmer praised the White House meeting with eight European leaders, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, and Donald Trump as a possibly “historic step” towards ending Vladimir Putin’s war

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21 h. ago Starmer hails ‘real progress’ made during White House summit on Ukraine war

Posting on his Truth Social platform after the meeting, Donald Trump also described the talks as ‘very good’.

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22 h. ago Photos: What Zelenskyy and European leaders' visit with Trump at the White House looked like

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Europe’s top leaders met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. Read what to know and get live updates.

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23 h. ago Trump broke off his meetings with Europe’s leaders to call his friend in the Kremlin... why?

Trump’s call to the Moscow mid-session is bad news, Sam Kiley, world affairs editor, says

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