4 h. ago O’Neill urges PM to use peace deal’s 30th anniversary to announce unity poll

Stormont’s Sinn Fein First Minister said calling a referendum on Irish unification would mark the ‘fulfilment’ of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

Economics

22 h. ago Inside Brookside legend Suzanne Collins' life as Nikki Shadwick set to return

Soap legend Suzanne Collins is reprising her role as Nikki Shadwick in Channel 4 soap Brookside for a special crossover episode to mark Hollyoaks' 30th anniversary

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52 h. ago Foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before any peace deal would be ‘legitimate targets’, Putin warns

Putin's comments came hours after European leaders pledged their commitment to a potential peacekeeping force

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59 h. ago Trump is undermining Europe’s new world order – much to Putin’s glee

Europe’s every move to try and force Putin into a peace deal is dogged by the US president’s flip-flopping on Russia, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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62 h. ago US could take lead in ‘buffer zone’ inside Ukraine to protect future Russia aggression if peace deal materializes: report

Trump has thus far declined to commit American forces to any peacekeeping effort in Ukraine

Economics

67 h. ago Putin's war threat to the West: Russian leader vows to target any Western troops deployed to Ukraine after 'coalition of the willing' committed to sending soldiers in peace deal

The chilling threat came just a day after Kyiv 's allies said they had signed up to a plan that could see foreign soldiers stationed in Ukraine to guarantee any future peace deal.

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68 h. ago Putin says foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before any peace deal would be 'legitimate targets'

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine before a peace agreement has been signed will be considered “legitimate targets” by Moscow's forces

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3 d. ago Brookside icon Ricky Tomlinson pictured as Bobby Grant for first time in decades

The cast of Channel 4's soap Brookside have reunited after 30 years and will be on screen in a special edition of Hollyoaks to celebrate the show's 30th anniversary.

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3 d. ago Leaders gather for ‘Coalition of the Willing’ talks on Ukraine security guarantees – Europe live

Emmanuel Macron says Europe ready to provide such guarantees at meeting in Paris todayRutte gets also asked about his views on Russia’s opposition to the deployment of any Nato troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees.He says:“But why are we interested in what Russia thinks about troops in Ukraine? It’s a sovereign country. It’s not for them to decide. Russia has nothing to do with this. Ukraine is a sovereign nation. If Ukraine wants to have security guarantee forces in Ukraine to support the peace deal, it’s up to them. Nobody else can decide about it. “Do you really think if he would not have been elected president united states, that Italy, Canada, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium and Luxembourg would have committed to do 2% this year? Do you really think that the whole of Nato would have committed to 5% committed to 5% including 3.5% core defence spending at the Nato Summit in The Hague?”“He took that leadership role, and it is not easy to solve this, but he is absolutely commi...

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3 d. ago Jumanji review – startling 90s game fantasy adventure with Robin Williams in winning form

Williams is exuberant but controlled as elephants trample the town and a waterfall crashes down the stairs in bizarre Kiplingesque fantasy that still holds upThe Jumanji franchise has been enjoyably revived in the last few years, but the new reboot films don’t have the purely startling quality of the original fantasy-surreal adventure from 1995, now rereleased for its 30th anniversary. Adapted from a 1981 children’s picture book by Chris Van Allsburg, it starred Robin Williams in an exuberant, winning but notably controlled lead performance. This is an entertainment in the broad Hollywood tradition of Capra and Spielberg, with a boisterous touch of Peter Pan in that the stern father figure and the scary villain are both played by the same actor. But there’s something else, too, a dash of something that, if it were played straight, would be genuinely creepy. And actually, even played just the way it is, it’s still pretty creepy.Williams plays Alan Parrish, a guy who in his childhood ...

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4 d. ago UK troops could deploy to Ukraine straight away if peace deal reached says minister

Armed forces minister Luke Pollard told The Mirror an 'enormous' amount of planning has gone into a Ukraine peacekeeping operation as he hailed moves to improve recruitment and retention

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6 d. ago Report that rejects claim NI peace deal stops UK leaving ECHR sparks debate

Amnesty has said for the UK to repudiate the European Convention on Human Rights would be a ‘serious breach of international law’.

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7 d. ago Claims NI peace deal stops UK leaving ECHR ‘entirely groundless’ – think tank

The Policy Exchange claims public debate on human rights law reform had been ‘distorted’.

Economics

7 d. ago Prince Harry could 'shatter reconciliation' with William if he goes ahead with move

Prince Harry and Prince William are set to mark the 30th anniversary of Princess Diana's death on August 31 however it appears a royal reconcilliation isn't on the cards.

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1 week ago Brookside's Billy Corkhill and Barry Grant set to return for Hollyoaks crossover episode

The special one-off Brookside crossover episode to mark Hollyoaks' 30th anniversary was announced earlier this month and is due to air in October

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1 week ago Brookside's first villain returns for Hollyoaks crossover alongside another soap legend

Two more Brookside legends have been confirmed to be returning for the upcoming Hollyoaks crossover episode to mark the Channel 4 soap's milestone 30th anniversary

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1 week ago Farage has no right to ‘tear up’ Good Friday Agreement – Hanna

But DUP MP Sammy Wilson has backed the Reform UK leader’s plans to renegotiate the peace deal.

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1 week ago Why another 2 MILLION Russians will have to die for Putin to save face in Ukraine: The horrifying numbers of a never

The claim comes as US President Donald Trump pushes Ukraine to accept a peace deal on Moscow's terms, warning that otherwise Kyiv risks losing the war.

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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 Vance says it’s up to Europe to provide ‘lion’s share’ of Ukraine security guarantees

Vice President says it will up to neighbor states to provide ‘lion’s share’ of peacekeeping support to Kyiv if peace deal with Russia can be agreed

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