15 h. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Starmer has lost the moral right to raise new taxes on homes

If Keir Starmer now dares to try to fill the chasm caused by his own overspending by grabbing at the savings of the striving classes, he will be insulting the country.

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69 h. ago European leaders press Trump over peacekeeper plan for Ukraine

Leaders ask president on call to detail security guarantees US could give to European force in event of ceasefireEuropean leaders have made fresh efforts to pin down Donald Trump on the level of support he is willing to give Ukraine to push back a Russian advance, and asked him to detail the security guarantees he would provide to any European peacekeeping force inside Ukraine in the event of a lasting ceasefire.European leaders spoke with Trump by video call on Thursday after first holding a meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing” in Paris, co-chaired by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Days without war: Ukrainian children enjoy time at summer camp – photo essay

While missiles and drones are exploding in Kyiv during the bloodiest attack of the year, a mountain retreat provides a brief, peaceful escape from the chaosOn the last day of July, Russia launched an attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the bloodiest one this year: 300 drones and eight missiles killed 31 people. On the same day, 700km (435 miles) away in a camp near the city of Svalyava in the Carpathian mountains, 30 children are roasting marshmallows. Most of the children live in Kyiv, but for now, they are at the Zefir summer camp.Sofia, 15, from Uzhhorod, dresses up for a theatre performance. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Taxes, hypocrisy and dangerous waters for Sir Keir

Legally paying as little tax as you have to is known as 'Tax Avoidance' as opposed to 'Tax Evasion' which is a crime.

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1 week ago Meghan Markle and Harry divided over King Charles issue after ditching royal duties

When Prince Harry and King Charles met for peace talks last month there were high hopes that the family's feud was coming to an end, but there is still a long way to go

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2 w. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Your party doesn't want us to have two homes, let alone three, Angela

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner now has three homes - one in her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency, an apartment in London's majestic Admiralty House and now a flat in fashionable Hove.

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2 w. ago Putin got 'everything he wanted' during Ukraine peace talks warns EU diplomat

A top European diplomat has claimed Vladimir Putin got 'everything he wanted' as hopes faded last night of a peace deal. The Russian President appears not to have made any concessions despite talks.

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2 w. ago Hidden in the hills: photos of French peacekeepers uncovering Hezbollah's remnants in Lebanon

A convoy of armored vehicles carrying French peacekeepers barrels through southern Lebanon. Last year’s war between Israeli forces and Hezbollah left villages scarred and empty. Rubble lines the roads. Torn Lebanese flags and Hezbollah banners flutter from shattered buildings.

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2 w. ago Is Trump abandoning his ‘America First’ policy for Ukraine? – podcast

Donald Trump has been all smiles with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the last few days, but in trying to be ‘peacemaker-in-chief, is the president abandoning his ‘America First’ policy? Rachel Leingang and Andrew Roth discussArchive: CNBC, AFP News Agency, Fox News, Steve Bannon’s War Room, PBS NewsHour, Sky News, NBC News Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago MARK ALMOND: Positive noises, but we know who will have the last word in Trump's ear

Donald Trump emphasised at a White House press conference that he wants lasting peace, not a temporary respite, between Russia and Ukraine.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer hails Volodymyr Zelensky's desire for a "just and lasting peace" in Ukraine

European leaders appear poised to join Mr Zelensky in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian president, after his last encounter with his American counterpart in the Oval Office resulted in a diplomatic crisis.

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3 w. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Now Trump should listen carefully to his loyal European allies

In October 1986, there was a summit between the President of the United States and the Kremlin leader, at a remote and chilly site on the edge of the Arctic.

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3 w. ago Home which is a 'magnet drugs and trouble' slapped with banning order

It means peace at last for neighbours in Bond Street in Macclesfield, say police

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4 w. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: We wish Trump well in his valiant bid for a just and lasting peace 

Borders can change. When Presidents Trump and Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, they will be on territory which was once part of the Russian Empire.

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