44 h. ago ‘You are unleashed’: White House officials rally Memphis law enforcement ahead of National Guard troop deployment

About a dozen federal law enforcement agencies ordered by President Donald Trump to fight crime in Memphis, Tennessee, have begun making arrests

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53 h. ago Democrats liken Trump to Putin after call to use US cities for military training

Illinois governor JB Pritzker and others condemn the US president for suggesting cities be used as military training groundsA leading Democrat has compared Donald Trump to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after the US president told military leaders on Tuesday that the armed forces should use US cities as “training grounds”.JB Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, which is bracing for Trump to deploy national guard troops to his state, questioned the president’s mental health and accused him of behaving like an autocrat. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Trump vows to use 'dangerous' US cities as army training grounds to fight 'invasion from within'

Trump told senior generals that they will be going to 'war' against American cities after deploying troops in urban areas across the country

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3 d. ago New Orleans police official says crime is down after governor requests National Guard troops

A top New Orleans police official is welcoming the idea of working with federal troops deployed to Louisiana’s largest city

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3 d. ago Donald Trump urges generals to fight 'enemy within' in deeply troubling escalation

The US President appeared to be softening the ground for the illegal deployment of troops on American soil to crack down on protests and fight his political opponents

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4 d. ago Putin ‘does not want a ceasefire and does not want peace for Ukraine’, says German defence minister – Europe live

Boris Pistorius says Europe ‘will not be lured into Putin’s trap of continuous escalation’But Zelenskyy also warns about the worsening situation in Georgia and Belarus.“That is why we cannot afford to lose a single day or a single country. After Moldova’s election, we must keep supporting Moldova. The hardest task is to meet voters’ expectations,” he says.Russia failed to destabilise Moldova, even after spending huge, huge resources to undermine it and to corrupt whoever they could. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump news at a glance: Trump orders deployment of national guard to ‘war ravaged’ Portland

Officials in Portland have pushed back against the announcement, saying there is ‘no need for military troops’ – key US politics stories from Saturday 27 SeptemberDonald Trump has ordered the deployment of the national guard to Portland, Oregon, authorizing “full force, if necessary”, ignoring calls from local and state officials who say the president has been misinformed about the scale of a protest outside a federal immigration office.The president says that he has directed all necessary troops to be deployed to protect “war ravaged Portland”, claiming that immigration facilities were “under siege from attack by Antifa and other domestic terrorists”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump says he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, in latest deployment to US cities

President Donald Trump says he will send troops to Portland, Oregon

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6 d. ago Trump tells Hegseth to send troops to Portland to protect ICE facilities using ‘full force’

Trump’s demand for Portland comes after he deployed troops to other Democratic-led municipalities, including Los Angeles and Washington

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6 d. ago Donald Trump orders ‘full force’ troop deployment to Portland

It is the fourth city where the US President has staged crackdown against so-call ‘domestic terrorists’

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6 d. ago Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon

President made announcement on social media, but the White House did not immediately provide detailsDonald Trump said on Saturday he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary”.Trump made the announcement on social media. The White House did not provide details on Trump’s announcement, including a timeline for the deployment or what troops would be involved . Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Tennessee governor says more federal agents to join fight against crime in Memphis next week

For two weeks, Memphis has been bracing for an influx of National Guard troops after President Donald Trump announced his intention to deploy them to the city

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy heads to the UN as US envoy vows to defend Nato territory

Ukrainian president is expected to meet Trump on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York; Washington’s new UN envoy convenes emergency meeting. What we know on day 1,308See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has landed in New York where he will attend the United Nations general assembly and try to drum up support for a US-led peace effort to end the war in Ukraine. “We are doing everything to stop the war,” he wrote on X on Tuesday, adding that he had two dozen meetings scheduled. The Ukrainian leader is expected to meet US president Donald Trump and other world leaders on the sidelines of the UN meeting, and deliver an address on Wednesday.Zelenskyy said he would also attend the first leaders’ summit of the Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, which would for the first time be held on a global stage. The meeting, he said, underlined “the global nature of the changes brought about by this war, the war that Russia began ...

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1 week ago We will confront Russian planes in Nato airspace, UK foreign secretary says, and warns Putin risks armed clash – Europe live

Yvette Cooper says Russia is undermining territorial integrity of sovereign nations with fighter jet incursions into European territoryin BerlinThe absence of Friedrich Merz this week from the UN general assembly at which recognising Palestine as a state is the central focus might not be headline news but both in Germany and beyond it is very much being commented on. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Security guarantees for Ukraine require readiness to fight Russia, says Finland’s president

Exclusive: Alexander Stubb says a plausible deterrent and ‘American backstop’ are needed in the event of a future peace dealFinland’s president, Alexander Stubb, has said security guarantees for Ukraine, which are being discussed by the so-called “coalition of the willing”, would compel the European countries that sign to fight Russia if Moscow launched military action against Ukraine again in future.“Security guarantees in essence are a deterrent. That deterrent has to be plausible and in order for it to be plausible it has to be strong,” Stubb told the Guardian, in an interview in Helsinki before travelling to New York for the UN general assembly. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago MI6 chief says ‘no evidence’ Putin wants Ukraine peace deal as he blasts ‘lies’

In his outgoing speech, Sir Richard Moore said Vladimir Putin is ‘stringing us along’ amid failing efforts to broker a truce – calling the Russian leader out for his ‘lies to the world’

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2 w. ago Estonia says 3 Russian fighters entered its airspace without permission and stayed for 12 minutes

Estonia has summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter jets entered its airspace without permission on Friday

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2 w. ago Putin 'stringing us along' in Ukraine peace talks, warns MI6 chief

Sir Richard Moore blasted the 'lying' Russian President, saying he will never end the war while China continues to supply Russia's arms industry.

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2 w. ago ‘No evidence’ Putin wants peace in Ukraine, MI6 chief says – Europe live

The outgoing spy chief said Putin was ‘stringing us along’ with promises of progress on peaceReuters is reporting that the European Commission will propose banning Russian LNG imports by 1 January 2027, a year earlier than planned, as part of a 19th package of sanctions against Moscow, EU sources said.Meanwhile, the outgoing MI6 chief Richard Moore warned that he sees “no evidence” that Russian president Vladimir Putin has any interest in a negotiated peace short of Ukrainian capitulation, Reuters reported.“Bluntly, Putin has bitten off more than he can chew. He thought he was going to win an easy victory. But he – and many others – underestimated the Ukrainians.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump turns fire on Putin and lauds UK in press conference with Starmer

US president also advises PM to use military to stop irregular migration at conclusion of his second state visit Donald Trump has accused Vladimir Putin of letting him down in a joint press conference with Keir Starmer during which the US president piled criticism on his Russian counterpart.Trump said on Thursday that he had hoped to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine soon after entering office, but that Putin’s actions had prevented him from doing so. Continue reading...

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