53 m. ago How sly Putin kept Trump waiting for historic phone call knowing he was 'holding all the cards' over Ukraine

Vladimir Putin was an hour late for his Tuesday call with Donald Trump and seemingly unbothered by the fact that he had kept the American president waiting.

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13 h. ago President Putin has outplayed President Trump – now it is not just Ukraine that is at stake

Editorial: The Washington and Moscow phone call represents a historic geopolitical shift in the world order – one that goes beyond any previous thawing of relations between the two countries. It is also a confirmation of Europe’s worst fears

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17 h. ago Moment smirking Putin chuckles about keeping Trump waiting before 'leaving event one hour after historic phone call was due to begin'

Vladimir Putin today laughed off a warning that he was leaving it late for his phone call to Donald Trump.

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17 h. ago Moment smirking killer bought shotgun from man in car park just hours before he murdered his mother, brother, 16, and sister, 13, in cold blood at the family home

Wannabe school shooter Nicholas Prosper, 19, gunned down Juliana Falcon, 48, his brother Kyle, 16, and sister Giselle, 13, in Luton last September.

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18 h. ago Vladimir Putin's 'nervous tic' ahead of Donald Trump call as Ukraine war fate hangs in balance

The dictator, notorious for keeping world leaders waiting, appeared in no rush to leave for his phone call with Donald Trump whilst at a separate event in Moscow - and laughed off a warning he was running late

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25 h. ago Morrisons shoppers leave 'hour long waits' at pharmacies for new service

The Morrisons Clinic has been reviewed by customers who have praised the service for being 'prompt' and 'polite' while also urging others to use it

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25 h. ago EU debates ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after Trump orders staff cuts at US

European Union government ministers are debating ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to the pro-democracy media outlet over the weekend

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50 h. ago Starmer willing to keep British peacekeeping troops in Ukraine 'for years' amid fears of Trump concessions in looming call with Putin

Officials said that UK troops' mission in the country's under any ceasefire agreement would be open-ended because of the need to deter Vladimir Putin from resuming fighting.

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69 h. ago Trump says the economy ‘went to hell’ under Biden. The opposite is true

By standard measures such as job and GDP growth and the stock market, the US economy was in excellent shapeNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.Donald Trump keeps saying he inherited a terrible economy from Joe Biden and many Americans believe him, even though that’s not true. During his White House marketing event for Tesla on Tuesday, Trump said the US and its economy “went to hell” under Biden. Last week, in his national address to Congress, Trump said: “We inherited from the last administration an economic catastrophe and an inflation nightmare.”But the truth is that by standard economic measures, the US economy was in excellent shape when Biden turned over the White House keys to Trump, even though most Americans, upset about inflation, told pollsters the economy was in poor shape. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump says he asked Putin to spare Ukrainian lives in ‘good and productive’ talks

Trump has also reportedly bowed to Russia’s demand to keep his Ukraine envoy from peace talks

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4 d. ago Trump says he personally asked Putin to spare Ukrainian lives in ‘good and productive’ talks

Trump has also reportedly bowed to Russia’s demand to keep his Ukraine envoy from peace talks

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5 d. ago Kenya great Eliud Kipchoge to seek return to form in Sydney Marathon

Two-time Olympic champion to run in Australia for first timeRace will make its World Marathon Major debut on 31 AugustKenyan Eliud Kipchoge, perhaps the greatest runner in history, has declared he will run the Sydney Marathon in August in a huge boon to the event’s standing.The 40-year-old maestro, back-to-back Olympic marathon champion in 2016 and 2020 and the only runner ever to record an unofficial sub two-hour time in the event, says he’s excited to be competing in the first year that the Sydney race has been designated a World Marathon Major. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Putin is too SCARED to tell Trump he wants to 'continue with war and keep killing Ukrainians', Zelensky says as world waits for Russia to make call on 30

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian despot Vladimir Putin of being 'afraid' of telling US president Donald Trump that he wants to continue his invasion. 

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6 d. ago Trade war threatens to rekindle inflation that economists believe ticked lower last month

U.S. inflation may have cooled a bit last month but it could be a short reprieve as President Donald Trump’s tariffs are widely expected to keep prices elevated in the coming months

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7 d. ago Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda could keep the world hooked on oil and gas

The US president is making energy deals with Japan and Ukraine, and in Africa has even touted resurrecting coalDonald Trump’s repeated mantra of “drill, baby, drill” demands that more oil and gas be extracted in the United States, but the president has set his sights on an even broader goal: keeping the world hooked on planet-heating fossil fuels for as long as possible.In deals being formulated with countries such as Japan and Ukraine, Trump is using US leverage in tariffs and military aid to bolster the flow of oil and gas around the world. In Africa, his administration has even touted the resurrection of coal, the dirtiest of all fossil fuels, to bring energy to the continent. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump administration halts $1 billion program that keeps aging affordable housing livable

The Associated Press has obtained a document showing that the Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing

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9 d. ago Trump’s USAid cuts will have huge impact on global climate finance, data shows

Campaigners say funding halt is a ‘staggering blow’ to vulnerable nations and to efforts to keep heating below 1.5CDonald Trump’s withdrawal of US overseas aid will almost decimate global climate finance from the developed world, data shows, with potentially devastating impacts on vulnerable nations.The US was responsible last year for about $8 in every $100 that flowed from the rich world to developing countries, to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of extreme weather, according to data from the analyst organisation Carbon Brief. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Perthshire charity vows to keep Ukraine aid moving in the wake of Trump withdrawing military assistance

The 100th TASH4Ukraine aid lorry will depart with donations from the charity’s Errol base early May.

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1 week ago Barry Ferguson nabs Rangers ploy right out of Walter Smith's playbook to leave Bilbao in wait – big match verdict

Rangers fans are dreaming of the Europa League final after seeing off Jose Mourinho's side in the first leg

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: Like the Leyland Sherpa van in The Spy Who Loved Me, Jonathan Powell seems indestructible

QUENTIN LETTS: Parliament at its best: that's what Sir Keir Starmer keeps saying about Westminster's response to the Trump crisis.

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