5 h. ago Trump envoys issue ultimatum to Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thursday

Hardline message over US-Russia plan at volatile meeting in Kyiv sparks alarm among European allies

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8 h. ago Trump warns Zelenskyy 'he'll have to like' peace deal or 'just keep fighting'

US President Donald Trump has issued a warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over his peace plan during his first meeting with New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House.

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14 h. ago Zelenskyy says Ukraine faces losing dignity or partner in peace plan ahead of Vance talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has highlighted two risks involved in regards to Trump's peace plan between his country and Russia, as a meeting with US Vice President JD Vance will reportedly be held

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14 h. ago Review: The Family Plan 2 Meets the Morgans in Christmastime London, with Familiar Sights, Stale Action and Awkward Family Dyanmics

Review: The Family Plan 2 Meets the Morgans in Christmastime London, with Familiar Sights, Stale Action and Awkward Family Dyanmics  Third Coast Review

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40 h. ago Zelenskyy to meet US army secretary after American and Russian officials draft plan to end war – Europe live

The draft plan, reportedly developed by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev, would force draconian measures on UkraineIn the last hour, Ukraine said it had received from Russia the remains of 1,000 people that Moscow said were killed Ukrainian soldiers, in the latest repatriation – a rare area of cooperation between the warring sides, AFP reported.“Today, repatriation measures took place. 1000 bodies, claimed by the Russian side to belong to Ukrainian servicemen, were returned to Ukraine,” Kyiv’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on social media. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Adulthood review – Alex Winter’s nastily comic crime noir as family intrigue over division of assets

Skeletons rattle and good people turn bad in ruthless tale that is very well played but not quite lethal enoughA bit of a throwback to the kind of noir-tinged black-comedy-dramas of yore where good people break very bad, this quietly ruthless film sticks to the template but throws in some new-fangled touches. It also draws on the talents of a cracking roster of supporting players, who add a substantial amount of texture and colour to the proceedings, not least among them the film’s own director Alex Winter, best known for playing Bill opposite Keanu Reeves’ Ted. In a peripheral but significant role, Winter plays a sad-sack stoner, the kind of tragic loser Bill might have grown up to be if he and Ted had never encountered George Carlin and his most excellent time machine.That said, something feels a bit undercooked here, perhaps due to Winter’s direction or Michael MB Galvin’s script, which seems to lack a little torque in the last turns of the screw. The set-up is simple enough, a q...

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1 week ago The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son review – a family boxing tale so unexpectedly moving it’ll leave you in tears

Chris Eubank Jnr hadn’t spoken to his father in four years. This documentary about his fight with Conor Benn – the son of his dad’s great rival – charts a reunion. It’s heart-pulverising stuffYou do not, I would hazard, expect to be moved to tears by a documentary about the Eubank family. But I suspect I am not the only one to find myself unexpectedly moved by The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son, which follows Chris Sr and Chris Jr (also a successful boxer) as the latter prepares for a fight against Conor Benn, son of his father’s great 90s rival Nigel Benn, and tracing the rapprochement between the Eubanks after four years of estrangement.Eubank Jr has all his father’s gentleness and none of his eccentricity. He also has less of his need to be noticed, and the patience of a saint. He treats his father with such quiet respect – absorbing all his performative flourishes, and clearly trying to keep his mind’s eye and his heart fixed on Eubank Sr’s underlying love – that your own heart ...

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1 week ago Skoda Kamiq review: the small SUV that does everything right – if a little too sensibly

The Skoda Kamiq might not set your heart racing, but it nails everyday driving with quiet confidence and smart design

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3 w. ago Widow of man crushed to death by giant urinal sues employer for £200,000

The retractable toilet unit has become an increasingly familiar sight in London’s West End and is designed to be lowered below ground during the day then raised up for use by revellers at night

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3 w. ago Family's bizarre $200,000 legal saga takes yet another turn after 26 dirty mattresses were dumped on their driveway as payback for a bad review

An Aussie family's fight against a rubbish company has turned into their worst nightmare.

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4 w. ago Former Liverpool star can haunt old club after blunt Jurgen Klopp response

Liverpool travel to Brentford for their next Premier League test on Saturday evening and Arne Slot's Reds will be up against a number of familiar faces in West London

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4 w. ago Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost review – Ben Stiller’s moving study on the price his family paid for showbiz

Stiller’s documentary about his parents, comedy duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, is a tender reflection on marriage and what it costs to keep smiling in the entertainment businessBen Stiller has created a sweet, affectionate, unexpectedly poignant portrait of his parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara – and, perhaps without quite realising it, of himself as well. His mum and dad were two hard-working actor-comedians who had a very successful TV double act in the 60s and 70s and a long marriage. This has been the source of so much material, based on the quarrels and tensions to which Ben and his sister Amy were intimate witnesses.Both parents’ backgrounds were hard. Anne’s mother had taken her own life; Jerry’s dad was tough and unsupportive. Perhaps they never experienced the full status of stardom that their son has enjoyed, although Jerry had a new lease of late-life TV fame in the 90s with his superb portrayal of George Costanza’s dad in Seinfeld. The film is centred on Ben and Am...

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