33 h. ago Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this ‘very compassionate man’ | Catherine Bennett

Some of the president’s Tory fans seem to find the grim reality of the president’s actions invigorating rather than terrifyingShort of emigration, what is the best option for Britain’s dazzled Trump followers now their hero confirms he is not Europe’s ally but Vladimir Putin’s? That’s assuming what we can’t in the case of Nigel Farage MP: that they do not share the US president’s well-documented weakness for a genocidal invader. Even his more respectable British acolytes have until recently finessed, quite successfully, their love of Trump with his long history of Putin-pleasing. No one more so than Boris Johnson, former prime minister, self-styled saviour of Ukraine and still Trump’s most dependable British idiot.To Johnson’s way of thinking, detailed in numerous Daily Mail columns, it is Trump-doubters who are always the ridiculous, panicking, hysterical, whingeing headless chickens. When Trump looked likely to win the US election, Johnson likened the reaction of the “western libe...

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2 d. ago Donald Trump reveals fresh plan to get Russia and Ukraine peace deal back on track

Donald Trump vowed to end the war between Russia and Ukraine in a single day while he campaigned to return to the White House but so far his efforts have fallen short

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3 d. ago Ulez not about raising money for Transport for London – Sir Sadiq Khan

The Mayor of London was speaking a year after the scheme was expanded.

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3 d. ago Putin ally says UK will have to return Russia money that London has 'illegally' gifted to Ukraine

Putin ally says UK will have to return Russia money that London has 'illegally' gifted to Ukraine  Reuters

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4 d. ago South London boy, 14, told to give his pocket money to security guards he terrified in robbery

South London boy, 14, told to give his pocket money to security guards he terrified in robbery  Yahoo News UK

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5 d. ago Putin's closest ally says Russian dictator 'regrets' Ukraine war for 'unexpected' reason

Alexander Lukashenko, the premier of Belarus branded the "last dictator in Europe" suggested Vladimir Putin was not expecting the pushback in Ukraine that led to a full-scale war

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7 d. ago Manchester United may terminate lease on London offices to save money

Manchester United may terminate lease on London offices to save money  The Guardian

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7 d. ago US 'in secret talks with Putin ally to restart Nord Stream 2 pipeline' two years after it was blown up in sabotage attack

The talks aim to rescue the controversial undersea pipeline which funnels Russian gas to western Europe. It once symbolised Europe's energy reliance on Russia before being sabotaged in 2022.

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7 d. ago Myanmar's head of military government travels to ally Russia for talks with Putin

The head of Myanmar’s military government is traveling to Russia, a major ally of the Southeast Asian nation shunned by much of the West for overthrowing a democratically elected government and subsequent brutal repression

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7 d. ago Europe has a lot to do before it can exert real influence on a Ukraine peace deal

The continent’s role in any ceasefire will be limited unless countries commit more to Kiev and the Zelenskyy-Trump relationship is repairedUkraine war: live updatesEurope and the UK are hoping they are on the brink of assembling a credible military coalition that Donald Trump can only refuse to support at risk of appearing openly to ally with Vladimir Putin – an alliance many grassroots Republicans reject.The plan is a long shot since it requires enough countries inside Nato to offer practical support to such a coalition of the willing, and also needs Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, to patch up his relations with Donald Trump following Friday’s Oval Office meeting. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Putin ally pushes deal to restart Nord Stream 2 with US backing

Ex-spy Warnig’s plan to involve American investors shows breadth of Trump’s rapprochement with Russian president

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9 d. ago FIFA president opens door to Russia returning to play in the World Cup

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has revealed he would like to see Russia return to play in the World Cup in the future. Russia have been banned from international football since invading Ukraine.

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1 week ago London council forks out £400k of taxpayers money in 5 years on pothole injuries

A total of 342 claims have been filed against Croydon council since 2020

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1 week ago As Western brands eye a return to Russia, new challenges are emerging

The landscape has significantly altered since the brands left the country

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2 w. ago Starmer fails to rule out Russia’s return to the G7 on anniversary of Ukraine invasion

Security minister Dan Jarvis was pressed on whether Russia should be allowed to return to the international forum of countries, saying that it is ‘a matter to be discussed with international allies’

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2 w. ago Minister fails to rule out Russia’s return to the G7 on anniversary of Ukraine invasion

Security minister Dan Jarvis was pressed on whether Russia should be allowed to return to the international forum of countries, saying that it is ‘a matter to be discussed with international allies’

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2 w. ago ‘I’d never loved it so much’: Ukrainian woman who felt compelled to return home

On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Yuliya Danilina talks about her decision to return to Ukraine despite the risks – and the legacy of occupation she found‘I felt paralysed by fear’: Danilina’s escape from Ukraine (2022)Before Russia invaded in 2022, a red dog collar arrived in the post. I’d bought it for my rough collie, Pippa, but it was too large. So I drove to Bucha, a 20-minute drive from my village of Klavdievo-Tarasovo, to get it resized by a leatherworker there. He was very kind and said he could fix it and to come back later that week.The next day, the war started. I managed to escape the bombs and food shortages of the early weeks of the war, I left Ukraine and came to England to be with my then 27-year-old daughter, Sasha. Arriving in March 2022, it took me about a month to come to my senses – I didn’t realise how deeply in shock I was. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Brits back Zelensky over Trump as new poll shows three in five think Ukraine leader is doing well

An Ipsos survey showed three in five Britons (60 per cent) believe the Ukrainian President has done a good job of handling Russia's brutal invasion.

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2 w. ago London leaver: 'If we had all the money in the world we would never have left London'

London leaver: 'If we had all the money in the world we would never have left London'  Evening Standard

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2 w. ago London leaver: 'If we had all the money in the world we probably would never have left London'

Geoff and Lydia Wright swapped the pubs, restaurants and easy West End access of Zone 2 for family life in the Home Counties

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