10 h. ago Ukraine peace talks stretch into second day at start of pivotal week for Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy resumed talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys in Berlin on Monday, after the U.S. side said a “lot of progress” had been made on ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two. Zelenskiy again met U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner after five hours of talks on […]

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1 week ago Eurovision faces major test as countries weigh Israel’s participation

The Eurovision Song Contest faces a “watershed moment” on Thursday when members of the body that organises the contest may vote on whether Israel can compete in 2026, as some nations threaten to withdraw if it is not excluded due to the Gaza war. European Broadcasting Union members will convene to discuss new rules designed […]

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1 week ago EU proposes using frozen Russian assets or borrowing to give Ukraine €90bn

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday an unprecedented use of frozen Russian assets or international borrowing to raise 90 billion euros ($105 billion) for Ukraine to cover its struggling military and basic services against Russia’s war. The European Union’s executive body has declared it favours a “reparations loan” using Russian state assets immobilised in the […]

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1 week ago Peace push falters as Putin rejects key US proposals on Ukraine

Russia and the U.S. did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s top envoys, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Trump has repeatedly complained that ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two has been one […]

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1 week ago Putin warns Europe: if you want war, then Russia will defeat you

President Vladimir Putin warned European powers on Tuesday that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of European powers would be so absolute that there would be no one left to even negotiate a peace deal. Almost four years into the war in Ukraine, the […]

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1 week ago Witkoff and Kushner to meet Putin in Moscow to discuss an end to the Ukraine war

President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest European conflict since World War Two. Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end the war in Ukraine, which his administration casts as a “bloodbath” and […]

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2 w. ago Zelenskiy says ‘tough issues’ still need to be resolved after Florida talks

Tough issues have yet to be resolved after U.S.-Ukrainian talks in Florida, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, as he and other Ukrainian officials toured Europe to rally allies and Donald Trump’s envoy headed to Moscow to brief the Kremlin. Intensified diplomacy to end Europe’s deadliest war in generations jumped across the Atlantic on Monday […]

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