20 h. ago Madonna slams Donald Trump for calling himself 'a king' in her latest attack on the President

Madonna wrote, 'I thought this country was built by Europeans, escaping living under the rule of a King, to establish a New World governed by the people.'

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21 h. ago Starmer will not challenge Trump on his attack on Zelenskyy when the pair meet

UK prime minister aiming to cool escalating transatlantic row over war in UkraineKeir Starmer will not risk riling Donald Trump by challenging him over his attack on Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, when the pair finally meet next week, as the prime minister seeks to cool an escalating transatlantic row.Starmer will fly to the US in the coming days for what could be a defining moment for his leadership, as Europe and the US trade accusations and insults about the origins of the war in Ukraine and the best way to end it. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Nigel Farage dissents from Trump’s Zelenskyy ‘dictator’ claim

Reform leader contradicts Trump rant, saying ‘you shouldn’t always take things Donald Trump says absolutely literally’Nigel Farage has contradicted his ally Donald Trump, saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy “is not a dictator” after the US president’s attack on the Ukrainian leader this week.Farage, who became one of the last UK party leaders to distance himself from Trump’s remarks, said he had been delayed in calling it out earlier because he was heading to the US to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Trump rebuked for hailing himself ‘king’ immediately after calling Zelensky a ‘dictator’: Live

President attacked after igniting feud with Ukrainian counterpart

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53 h. ago Delighted Kremlin says it 'absolutely agrees' with Donald Trump as panic grips Europe over President's attack on Zelensky and 'plans to abandon NATO'

The Kremlin said that Moscow had agreed to resume dialogue with the United States on all issues regarding the conflict in Ukraine, including prisoner exchanges.

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54 h. ago Priti Patel defends Donald Trump after US president’s social media attack on Volodymyr Zelensky

Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel defended Donald Trump over some of the comments he made during a social media attack on Volodoymyr Zelensky.

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58 h. ago As Donald Trump's 'dictator' slur signals whose side he's on in Ukraine War, UK must urgently rearm

Donald Trump’s outrageous attack on Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky must be condemned by all UK politicians, especially those who have aligned themselves with the US President

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59 h. ago Zero Day review – De Niro’s cyberhacking thriller is an astonishing amount of fun

The actor is on fine form in his first major TV role – as an ex-president trying to track down the source of a digital terrorist attack. Was it rogue hacktivists? The Russians? It’s preposterously entertaining either wayThere’s an awful lot of fun television around at the moment. I can only assume it is an equal and opposite reaction to, well, everything going on in the real world – and I’m very grateful for Prime Target, Paradise, High Potential, the forthcoming new series of Reacher and various other vital antidepressant contributions to life.But I think we can agree that there is always room for another serotonin-boosting entry into the viewing schedules. Enter Zero Day. It’s as fine a piece of hokum as you could wish to see – not least as it stars an on-form Robert De Niro in his first big small-screen outing. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Revealed: The detailed Ukraine peacekeeping plan that Sir Keir Starmer will put to Donald Trump in a matter of days... after the US President launched a blistering attack on Zelensky

British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is taking a Ukraine peacekeeping plan to US president Donald Trump next week, it has been revealed

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64 h. ago Donald Trump appals the world with 'dictator' blast at Volodymyr Zelensky

In a blistering attack that sparked international outrage, the US President warned Ukraine's leader he 'better move fast or he is not going to have a country left'.

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65 h. ago Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself ‘king’

US president made comparison after administration rescinded New York City’s congestion pricing planDonald Trump is receiving widespread backlash after he likened himself to a “king” on social media following his administration’s decision to rescind New York City’s congestion pricing program.On Wednesday, following a letter issued by his transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, to the New York governor, Kathy Hochul, that ended the transportation department’s agreement with New York over a new congestion pricing program for Manhattan, Trump wrote on Truth Social: Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Trump calls himself KING after killing policy hated by millions

President Donald Trump labeled himself a 'king' on Wednesday after his administration halted a policy that was hated by millions.

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68 h. ago Trump criticized for ‘dangerous’ comments calling Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as European leaders rush to contain crisis – live

German leader condemns US president attack as ‘wrong’ while UK and French leaders plan Washington visit in effort to influence US talks with RussiaLavrov also speaks about Russia’s alliances with Belarus, North Korea, China and Iran, and countries in Africa.He says the “comprehensive partnership with China” was “at an unprecedented level and exceeding any prior alliances of a classic type,” with both leaders attending important anniversaries in each other’s countries.I will tell you something that is a key issue for us at this stage of international development, and that is our move towards a multipolar world. It is a historic process, and it is to do with the subjective trend of new power centres appearing on the world map.Our partners in the Global South and in the east are unique civilisations and religions and are members of various integration associations, but all of them are united by a desire towards development, progressive development without external pressure At the same ...

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69 h. ago Zelensky and Trump trade insults as US president launches blistering attack on ‘modestly successful comedian’

US president tells Ukraine’s leader to ‘move fast or lose the country’ and falsely claims he started the war

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2 d. ago Zelensky and Trump trade insults as US president launches blistering attack on ‘moderately successful comedian’

US president Trump warned the Ukraine leader to ‘move fast or lose the country’, after falsely claiming Ukraine had started Russia’s war

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4 d. ago Trump and Vance have smashed the old order – how should Europe respond? | Nathalie Tocci, Yanis Varoufakis and others

The vice-president’s attack on European values signalled a historic realignment. Should the continent seek rapprochement or go its own way? Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Rare George Washington letter from key point in revolutionary war goes on sale

First US president drew hope from citizens’ response to devastating British attack in handwritten letterA letter written by George Washington, providing rare understanding of his confidence in regular Americans to fight and win the revolutionary war, has been put up for sale on Presidents Day.The first US president penned the document as leader of the Continental Army in 1777, shortly after British forces ransacked a vital military supply depot in Danbury, Connecticut – a devastating action that fellow general Samuel Parsons wrote him was “an event very alarming to the country”. Continue reading...

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