3 h. ago Coe feels ‘momentum’ but IOC presidential race remains on knife

Vote on next IOC president to take place on ThursdaySamaranch Jr, Coventry and Coe the leading contendersSebastian Coe feels he has momentum as the race to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee reaches its final hours. Most experts believe the seven-strong contest to be the next leader of global sport is on a knife-edge, with Coe one of the “big three” alongside the Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, who is the favourite, and Kirsty Coventry, whowould be the first female president of the IOC.However, Lord Coe struck an upbeat message after meeting many of the 98 voters who will decide his fate before the vote on Thursday afternoon. “I feel there is momentum,” he said. “I have enjoyed the campaign and the discussions I have had. I have listened a lot and I’ve heard about what members are concerned about and what they would like to change. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Mapped: Putin’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure from nuclear to hydroelectric

The estimated damages caused by Russia’s aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure after three years of war are more than £11 billion

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9 h. ago Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk visits destroyed energy plant in Ukraine

Usyk visited the plant one day before Vladimir Putin’s phone call with Donald Trump, in which he agreed to halt attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

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11 h. ago Zelenskyy to talk to Trump after Russia continues strikes on Ukraine

Ukrainian president says Putin broke his promise to pause attacks on energy infrastructure

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15 h. ago Putin agrees to pause energy attacks on Ukraine after Trump call but ceasefire hopes on knife edge

Doubts remain over whether the Russian president wants a truce

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26 h. ago Donald Trump backs Vladimir Putin's idea of hosting hockey games between the USA and banned Russia

The two leaders held a lengthy phone discussion on Tuesday, during which Putin agreed to a proposal by Trump that Russia and Ukraine cease attacking each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days.

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27 h. ago Putin agrees to pause strikes on Ukraine’s energy targets in Trump call amid ‘movement to peace’

The two leaders spoke for approximately 90 minutes on Monday

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7 d. ago ‘We have people going to Russia right now,’ says Trump as Zelenskyy hopes for ‘strong steps’ if Russia rejects ceasefire – Europe live

Ukraine president says Kyiv will not ‘recognise any territory occupied by Russians’Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefireFrench European Affairs minister, Benjamin Haddad, said the European Union could go further in its response to US tariffs, though a trade war was in no-one’s interest, Reuters reported.“We have the means to go further, if we want,” Haddad told TF1 TV. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump ‘strongly considering’ Russia sanctions until Ukraine peace agreed – Europe live

US president says he could implement ‘large scale banking sanctions and tariffs’ in post on social mediaMeanwhile, in Ukraine Russia launched a “massive” drone and missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities early Friday, just days after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European allies proposed that Moscow and Kyiv halt strikes on critical infrastructure, AFP reported.The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched at least 58 missiles and nearly 200 drones, damaging energy facilities across the country from Kharkiv in the east to Ternopil in the west. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump ‘strongly considering’ Russia sanctions until Ukraine ceasefire agreed – Europe live

US president says he could implement ‘large scale banking sanctions and tariffs’ in post on social mediaMeanwhile, in Ukraine Russia launched a “massive” drone and missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities early Friday, just days after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European allies proposed that Moscow and Kyiv halt strikes on critical infrastructure, AFP reported.The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched at least 58 missiles and nearly 200 drones, damaging energy facilities across the country from Kharkiv in the east to Ternopil in the west. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Zelenskyy reiterates call for air truce after huge Russian attack on Ukraine infrastructure – Europe live

Ukrainian president backs Macron’s call for limited truce and says attack used nearly 70 Russian missiles and 200 dronesMeanwhile, in Ukraine Russia launched a “massive” drone and missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities early Friday, just days after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European allies proposed that Moscow and Kyiv halt strikes on critical infrastructure, AFP reported.The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched at least 58 missiles and nearly 200 drones, damaging energy facilities across the country from Kharkiv in the east to Ternopil in the west. Continue reading...

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1 week ago All Eurostar Paris trains cancelled on Friday amid French rail disruption over suspected WW2 bomb – Europe live

French media say device discovered on tracks in Saint DenisMeanwhile, in Ukraine Russia launched a “massive” drone and missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities early Friday, just days after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European allies proposed that Moscow and Kyiv halt strikes on critical infrastructure, AFP reported.The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched at least 58 missiles and nearly 200 drones, damaging energy facilities across the country from Kharkiv in the east to Ternopil in the west. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Russia launches ‘massive missile and drone’ attack on Ukraine energy plants

Officials say Russia targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in a large-scale missile and drone bombardment during the night

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1 week ago NATO scrambles fighter jets over Poland after huge Russian drone attack on Ukraine

NATO was forced to scramble its warplanes over Poland early this morning after a huge Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's gas and energy facilities nearby

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1 week ago Nato scrambles fighter jets over Poland as Putin launches drone attack on Ukraine energy supplies

Jets were scrambled following what the head of the Ternopil regional administration, Vyacheslav Nehoda, said was an attack on a "critical industrial facility" overnight

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2 w. ago US 'backstop' needed to stop Putin reinvading Ukraine after the war, Starmer to tell Trump as PM arrives in Washington

The Prime Minister has arrived in Washington for talks with the US President with the future of Ukraine on a knife edge

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