Pressure builds on Keir Starmer to axe Donald Trump’s state visit after White House clash with Voldymyr Zelensky

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Pressure builds on Sir Keir Starmer to axe Donald Trump’s state visit after White House clash with Voldymyr Zelensky

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As the world awaits Donald Trump’s first key speech to Congress in second term, here are the key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glanceIn Donald Trump’s first address to Congress since returning to the White House – and his first major speech in a chilling six weeks in office – the president claimed a mandate justifying his sweeping executive orders, despite having won the popular vote by 1.5 points – the smallest margin for any successful presidential candidate since Richard Nixon in 1968.Trump’s second term has already seen him initiate sweeping mass layoffs of federal employees, and mobilize officers from nearly every federal law enforcement agency and the US military to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations. He has rattled Europe and other American allies with his pursuit of a peace deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine on terms preferential to Moscow. Continue reading...

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Some 42% agreed with the statement, ‘We have gone so far in promoting women’s equality that we are discriminating against men’.

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The Tesla showroom in was set ablaze in the early hours of Monday, destroying 12 vehicles worth a staggering £550,000 in what authorities are treating as a deliberate attack.

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‘The Donald’s’ anger with the Ukrainian president in the White House goes beyond the personal, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley – it shows a global shift in strategy from the US away from Ukraine and towards the Kremlin

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Sir Keir Starmer handed Trump a written letter from King Charles III earlier this week inviting him to on a second state visit, but many Brits are against the idea

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Volodymyr Zelensky has left the White House after the meeting to sign a critical mineral deal descended into chaos

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Volodymyr Zelensky has left the White House after the meeting to sign a critical mineral deal descended into chaos

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Volodymyr Zelensky has left the White House after the meeting to sign a critical mineral deal descended into chaos

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The Russian president and Donald Trump are pushing ahead with controversial plans to try to reach a peace agreement for Ukraine

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Donald Trump's wild rants against Volodymyr Zelensky calling him a 'dictator' have stunned Western politicians and left the Ukrainian leader claiming Trump has been sucked in by Russian propaganda

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Calling for Ukraine to head to the ballot box even while under martial law, Trump yesterday insisted that his Ukrainian counterpart had lost the support of his people

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Calling for Ukraine to head to the ballot box even while under martial law, Trump yesterday insisted that his Ukrainian counterpart had lost the support of his people

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Ukraine’s president hits back after Trump claims his country ‘could have made a deal’ earlier with Putin

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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky hit back that Trump was trapped in a disinformation bubble and that his team needed to learn ‘more truth’ about his wartorn country.

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US president says Ukraine ‘could have made a deal’ earlier as he addresses Kyiv not being invited to US Russia talks

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Nearly six in ten (58 per cent) told the YouGov survey that they either 'strongly' support or 'somewhat' back Sir Keir Starmer (pictured) deploying UK troops in the event of a ceasefire deal.

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