2 h. ago Trump sparks meltdown in Europe as he slaps down Ukraine and pushes bold peace plan

European leaders were on the brink of a meltdown when Donald Trump slammed Ukraine and pushed a last-minute peace plan.

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10 h. ago Conservatives overwhelmingly back JD Vance for president in 2028, according to poll

It may be early days but Vice President J.D. Vance is the clear frontrunner for the 2028 Republican nomination, according to a straw poll of conservatives published on Saturday.

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12 h. ago From saviour to Judas How Trump’s pivot on Russia also endangers his own country | Simon Tisdall

With a Putin-appeasing president at the helm, it is clear the transatlantic alliance is collapsing and European leaders must plot their own courseHow do I betray thee? Let me count the ways Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning for mangling her celebrated poem to reflect Donald Trump’s multiple Ukraine treacheries. This most perfidious of presidents surpassed himself last week, accusing Kyiv of invading itself three years ago . “You should have never started it. You could have made a deal,” he fatuously griped.Candidate Trump, touting a just peace, pledged to end the war in a day. Now he praises Vladimir Putin, claims Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is “a dictator” and backs a settlement on Moscow’s criminal, one-sided terms. This deranged collapse into craven capitulation, this transition from American saviour to American Judas, took less than a month. It’s contemptible. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Shiri Bibas remains identified as Israel and Hamas prepare for another hostage

Gaza ceasefire deal still on track amid uproar over fate of two Israeli boys and initial false return of their mother’s bodyThe body of the Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been identified, Israel’s army radio reported early on Saturday, adding that Bibas was likely killed in captivity with her children.The confirmation came as Israelis and Palestinians braced for another tense exchange of hostages, prisoners and detainees on Saturday after uproar in Israel over allegations that two child hostages were “brutally murdered” by Hamas, and the group’s initial failure to deliver the body of their mother, instead returning the corpse of an unidentified woman. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago No matter how distasteful we find Trump and Vance over Europe, they speak a blunt truth | Simon Jenkins

The US has chosen the worst possible moment and the worst possible way to say it, but it is right to call for a realignmentIt’s tough being rightwing these days. You have to find something nice to say about Donald Trump. That is hard. He thinks Kyiv started the Ukraine war and its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is a “dictator”. But what about JD Vance? The US vice-president thinks that Europe’s “threat from within”, which is putting “free speech in retreat”, is worse than any threat from Russia or China. These men are deranged. What more is there to say?The answer is quite a lot. John Stuart Mill warned that “he who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that”. We must try to understand the case they are making, whether we agree with it or not. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago How do we defend free speech – without falling prey to extremism? | Kenneth Roth

JD Vance says Europe should not shun far-right parties. He seems to have forgotten 1933, but hits a key conundrumIn his speech last week at the Munich Security Conference, JD Vance pressed European leaders to stop excluding extremist parties from government. Alluding in particular to Germany’s neo-Nazi Alternative for Germany, or AfD, he accused European leaders of “running in fear of your own voters”. The US vice-president underscored the point by then meeting with the AfD candidate for chancellor.In his view, these extremist parties should be welcomed into the mainstream because they reflect voters’ concern about migration. He evidently was not troubled that the AfD also has a history of using Nazi rhetoric, making racist and antisemitic comments and plotting to overthrow the German government. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago ‘We’ve had enough’: anger threatens Zambian football after election controversy

The Zambian FA’s president Andrew Kamanga was re-elected unopposed after eight nominees were disqualifiedZambia’s victory at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon remains one of football’s most compelling stories. Returning to the country where most of the Chipolopolo squad had been killed in a plane crash almost two decades earlier en route to a World Cup qualifier in Senegal, Zambia defeated the heavy favourites Ivory Coast in the final on penalties to become African champions for the first time. But you won’t find any trace of that famous triumph at the Football Association of Zambia’s headquarters in Lusaka.“If you walk into Football House today, you will never find a single picture of what is our greatest achievement,” says Godfrey Chikumbi, a journalist and the vice-president of Mansa Wanderers in Zambia’s northern Luapula province. That, he says, is down to Andrew Kamanga, who in 2016 succeeded Kalusha Bwalya, one of the few surviving members of the 1993 squad, as president...

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45 h. ago 8 deeply weird things Donald Trump and Elon Musk did while you were sleeping

The Mirror has been reporting from CPAC, the biggest gathering of the MAGA faithful, in Washington DC. Yesterday saw speeches from Liz Truss and Nigel Farage - but the oddest appearances came from Vice President JD Vance and a chainsaw wielding Elon Musk

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48 h. ago European troops, US support are part of an emerging plan for Ukraine. But it faces many hurdles

Political and military leaders in Europe are fleshing out details of a plan for European forces to help ensure Moscow does not attack Ukraine again once the guns fall silent

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57 h. ago Top female pundit, who works for the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky Sports, stands down from Rugby Football League role after sexual assault charge

Priim was also elected as an RFL vice-president in September last year, but left her position on Thursday night after Mail Online broke the news of the serious allegations against her.

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57 h. ago Vance poses immigration as ‘greatest threat’ to US and Europe in CPAC speech

Vice-president also reaffirmed the administration’s Ukraine stance at largest conservative voters conferenceUS politics live – latest updatesJD Vance marked one month since the Trump administration returned to power on Thursday by again claiming uncontrolled immigration was “the greatest threat” to both Europe and the United States.The vice-president took the stage at the country’s largest conservative voters conference in National Harbor, Maryland, to double down on his criticism that stunned European leaders last week when he accused them of suppressing free speech and “running in fear” from voters’ true beliefs. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago JD Vance slams Europe for censorship as he issues final warning to Ukraine

Vice President J.D. Vance vows that he and Donald Trump will work to deescalate wars around the globe.

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60 h. ago JD Vance slams Europe for chilling speech as he issues final warning to Ukraine as Zelensky ties break

Vice President J.D. Vance vows that he and Donald Trump will work to deescalate wars around the globe.

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60 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: TV show Miliband and the rest of the Net Zero lunatics should be forced to watch on loop

Jeremy Clarkson called it the best thing he'd seen on television in years. That's why I spent the last couple of nights binge-watching Landman.

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60 h. ago Vance poses immigrants as ‘greatest threat’ to US and Europe in CPAC speech

Vice-president also reaffirmed the administration’s Ukraine stance at largest conservative voters conferenceUS politics live – latest updatesJD Vance marked the Trump administration’s one month since its return to power on Thursday by again claiming uncontrolled immigration was “the greatest threat” to both Europe and the United States.The vice-president took the stage at the country’s largest conservative voters conference in National Harbor, Maryland, to double down on his criticism that stunned European leaders last week when he accused them of suppressing free speech and “running in fear” from voters’ true beliefs. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago JD Vance warns US will only be friends with countries that share Donald Trump's values

US Vice President JD Vance branded his boss the "President of peace" - but warned European leaders they will only keep America's friendship if "we take our societies in the right direction"

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61 h. ago All those to speak out against Donald Trump as Mike Pence rallies against former boss

A few people have backed Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky including Sir Keir Starmer and President Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence

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3 d. ago Top female rugby league pundit who works for the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky Sports is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a sports club

Danika Priim (pictured), currently a vice-president of the sports governing body The RFL, was charged with sexual assault and is due in court next month.

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3 d. ago Zelenskyy to meet US envoy after fallout with Trump as European leaders rush to contain crisis – live

Ukrainian president says he will meet US envoy Keith Kellogg on Thursday; UK and French leaders plan Washington visit in effort to influence US-Russia talksTrump calls Zelenskyy a dictator amid fears of irreconcilable riftLavrov also speaks about Russia’s alliances with Belarus, North Korea, China and Iran, and countries in Africa.He says the “comprehensive partnership with China” was “at an unprecedented level and exceeding any prior alliances of a classic type,” with both leaders attending important anniversaries in each other’s countries.I will tell you something that is a key issue for us at this stage of international development, and that is our move towards a multipolar world. It is a historic process, and it is to do with the subjective trend of new power centres appearing on the world map.Our partners in the Global South and in the east are unique civilisations and religions and are members of various integration associations, but all of them are united by a desire towards ...

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3 d. ago Trump criticized for ‘dangerous’ comments calling Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as European leaders rush to contain crisis – live

German leader condemns US president attack as ‘wrong’ while UK and French leaders plan Washington visit in effort to influence US talks with RussiaLavrov also speaks about Russia’s alliances with Belarus, North Korea, China and Iran, and countries in Africa.He says the “comprehensive partnership with China” was “at an unprecedented level and exceeding any prior alliances of a classic type,” with both leaders attending important anniversaries in each other’s countries.I will tell you something that is a key issue for us at this stage of international development, and that is our move towards a multipolar world. It is a historic process, and it is to do with the subjective trend of new power centres appearing on the world map.Our partners in the Global South and in the east are unique civilisations and religions and are members of various integration associations, but all of them are united by a desire towards development, progressive development without external pressure At the same ...

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