3 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump and Zelenskyy: Ukraine deserves better than 'better than we feared' | Editorial

In Washington, European leaders helped steer the US president away from his embrace of Vladimir Putin’s talking points. But for how long?The verdict on Donald Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders on Monday depends entirely upon the metric used. The great fear was that this might prove a disaster along the lines of the US president’s dressing down of the Ukrainian leader in February – a scenario so plausible that Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and other key European leaders dropped everything to dash to the White House themselves in support.Following his red carpet welcome for Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Mr Trump reportedly backed the idea that Ukraine should hand over the Donbas to achieve a peace deal. Even if one were naive enough to think that the Kremlin would see that as an end to conflict, rather than a staging post for a later offensive, it would not be a “land swap” but a land grab that Ukraine – for go...

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5 h. ago There is no ‘Trump Doctrine’ in foreign policy. Just chaos | Sidney Blumenthal

The recent summit meeting in Alaska between Trump and Putin was nothing short of a theater of the absurdAll the elaborate efforts of the European allies to prevent Donald Trump from prostrating himself before Vladimir Putin came to naught at their summit meeting in Alaska. Flattering, coddling and petting the big baby appeared to have been in vain. Before the 15 August summit, the Europeans persuaded Trump to impose new sanctions if Putin would not agree to a ceasefire, which would serve as a prerequisite for any negotiations. But Trump willfully tossed policy like a stuffed animal out of the window of “the Beast,” the presidential car as he eagerly invited Putin to join him for a triumphant chariot ride.The Europeans scrambled once again, trying to get the addled Trump back on the page he was on before the summit. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, sped to Washington to confer with Trump to try to pick up the pieces. At their last encounter, Trump jibed: “You don’t have any ...

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7 h. ago Sinister reason Vladimir Putin walked with one arm by his side when meeting Trump

The Russian leader was in Alaska to attend a peace talks summit with the US President, though discussions failed to provide any concrete results.

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7 h. ago Trump says it will be ‘rough situation’ if Putin does not agree peace plan

US President Donald Trump suggested American aircraft could help European nations police a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

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8 h. ago Moment Donald Trump shows off his collection of hats and MAGA memorabilia to Zelensky and Macron during White House summit

After formal talks, Trump ushered the Ukrainian president and the French leader to a side display where he keeps dozens of caps emblazoned with slogans from his political movement.

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9 h. ago Golf chat, a gushing compliment and whispered talks on Putin's next move: World leaders let their guard down in moments caught on hot mic at White House summit 

While waiting for their counterparts in the East room of the White House, Trump leaned over to Macron and was caught saying: 'I think he wants to make a deal for me.

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10 h. ago Putin talks caught on hot mic, a candid exchange about the press and a tour of Trump's MAGA gift shop: Revealing moments world leaders let their guard down at White House Ukraine summit

While waiting for their counterparts in the East room of the White House, Trump leaned over to Macron and was caught saying: 'I think he wants to make a deal for me.

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11 h. ago Medvedev mocks European leaders for 'sucking up' to Trump after Zelensky's Oval Office love

Top Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev has mocked European leaders for 'sucking up' to Donald Trump and failing to 'outplay' him during the Ukraine summit in Washington. 

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13 h. ago NATO scrambles war planes as Putin unleashes hell on Ukraine despite peace promise

Vladimir Putin unleashed more missile strikes on Ukraine overnight after European leaders joined Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump for a meeting at the White House yesterday

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13 h. ago Volodymyr Zelensky to meet Putin ‘within two weeks’ after White House talks

The US President took to Truth Social to announce he had called President Putin and 'began the arrangements for a meeting' between the Russian President and President Zelensky

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14 h. ago Keir Starmer disrupts family holiday for second year in a row for Donald Trump summit

The PM was holidaying in Scotland in his family when he and other European leaders were invited to the White House by Donald Trump to discuss the Ukraine war

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14 h. ago Starmer hails ‘real progress’ on Ukraine after European leaders gather at White House

Sir Keir Starmer praised the White House meeting with eight European leaders, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, and Donald Trump as a possibly “historic step” towards ending Vladimir Putin’s war

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21 h. ago Putin and Zelensky to meet, Donald Trump says following European leaders summit

The US president has hosted several European leaders in Washington to discuss a pathway to ending the fighting in Ukraine.

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22 h. ago Trump takes playful swipe at Emmanuel Macron as he debuts oddly dyed hair for crucial White House talks

President Donald Trump went around a table to laud European leaders after rolling out a red carpet for Vladimir Putin, saying France's Macron 'someone who's been with me from the beginning.'

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24 h. ago Starmer says White House meeting could be 'historic' as Zelensky says he's ready to meet Putin

European leaders have gathered in Washington as Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met privately at the White House

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24 h. ago Starmer says crucial Ukraine meeting is about ‘security of the UK’ as European leaders gather at White House

Sir Keir Starmer praised the White House meeting with eight European leaders, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, and Donald Trump as a possibly “historic step” towards ending Vladimir Putin’s war

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24 h. ago What Donald Trump really thinks about Vladimir Putin after 'hot mic' blunder

Trump was overheard in conversation with Emmanuel Macron just moments before a high-stakes summit with Zelenskyy and top European leaders.

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26 h. ago Zelensky suits up for Trump summit: US president agrees Ukraine's leader looks 'FABULOUS' as he dons smart clothes for crunch talks after disastrous criticism during last White House visit

The Ukrainian leader was kicked out of the White House in a previous meeting after a shouting match erupted between the two leaders during a press conference.

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28 h. ago The Latest: European leaders arrive for White House meeting on Russia

Ukraine’s future could hinge on a hastily assembled meeting at the White House as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brings an extraordinary cadre of European leaders with him to show U.S. President Donald Trump a united front against Russia

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34 h. ago ‘Moscow must hear: stop,’ says Zelenskyy as he warns against rewarding Russia for war ahead of Trump meeting – Ukraine war live

Ukrainian president says ‘the war must be ended’ as he prepares to meet Donald Trump in Washington DC alongside European leadersTrump rules out Ukraine reclaiming Crimea or joining Nato as European leaders gather in WashingtonA Russian drone attack on a five-storey apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Monday killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others, Ukrainian authorities said.The attack, which took place just before dawn, reduced part of the building to rubble and sparked fires on at least three floors, the region’s governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram. Continue reading...

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