1 hour ago Donald Trump's Gaza blackout as US President BANS visas for desperate and starving kids

Visas for starving and sick children from Gaza have been halted by Donald Trump's administration following pressure from a conservative activist who questioned why they were allowed into the US

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2 h. ago London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump is ‘not a force for good’

Trump previously called the London mayor ‘a nasty person’

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2 h. ago Sadiq Khan claims Donald Trump could be 'inadvertently radicalising people'

Sir Sadiq dismissed jibes that President Trump made against him on a recent visit to Scotland, where he claimed the London Mayor was "a nasty person".

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3 h. ago Zelensky returns to Washington, this time with Europe at his side

Editorial: The stakes are higher than at that fateful Oval Office meeting in February, and Ukraine’s president is flanked by Europe’s most senior leaders to get a ‘yes’ from Donald Trump

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3 h. ago Moment flustered Putin winces as he's bombarded with questions from the free press asking him if he will 'stop killing civilians'

Sat alongside Donald Trump ahead of their meeting in Alaska on Friday, Vladimir Putin looked visibly uncomfortable as he was queried about a possible ceasefire in Ukraine.

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3 h. ago UK and EU at Zelenskyy’s side in Washington for meeting with Trump

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’European leaders including Keir Starmer will join Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-backed plan that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.As well as the UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Italy’s PM, Giorgia Meloni, and the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, will all accompany Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Starmer hails Zelensky’s desire for ‘just peace’ amid fears of Russian land grab

The Prime Minister and French president Emmanuel Macron chaired a meeting of the coalition of the willing on Sunday afternoon.

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4 h. ago Vladimir Putin 'agrees to Ukraine security guarantees' during Donald Trump talks

The move was confirmed by Donald Trump's right-hand man Steve Witkoff minutes after the President boasted of “big progress on Russia”

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4 h. ago The Guardian view on the Alaska summit: there must be no more gifts to Vladimir Putin | Editorial

As Volodymyr Zelenskyy heads to Washington amid talk of land swaps, European leaders must have his backHours after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin departed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on Friday, Moscow officials reported that two more villages in Ukraine’s east had been seized by Russian forces. It was a grimly apt postscript to a “peace summit” that allowed a pariah leader to posture on the world stage, but signally failed to achieve the outcome that its host claimed to desire.Mr Trump had suggested that he would be “unhappy” if a ceasefire were not agreed during discussions with Mr Putin. There would, he warned, be “severe consequences” if his guest proved unwilling to end the war. Predictably, no ceasefire announcement was forthcoming, and the sanctions Mr Trump has repeatedly threatened, but never imposed, have been kicked into the long grass. Instead, the US president offered a crucial concession to Mr Putin, concurring that a cessation of hostilities sh...

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5 h. ago Vladimir Putin 'agrees to major Ukraine security guarantees' during Donald Trump talks

Russian President reportedly backs US-EU deal offering Ukraine “game-changing” security guarantees as Zelensky, Trump & EU leaders prep for crunch peace talks.

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6 h. ago Shock new poll reveals why Aussies see Donald Trump as a bigger threat than 'communist dictator' Xi Jinping

A shocking new poll has revealed why Australians are more concerned about Donald Trump than China's military threat.

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7 h. ago Vladimir Putin's surprising lunch menu for meeting with Donald Trump is revealed

The US President and Russian leader held crunch talks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on Friday and were expected to eat together at a luncheon.

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7 h. ago Zelenskyy says territorial swaps not possible under Ukrainian constitution ahead of White House meeting – live

Steve Witkoff says Russian president agreed to allow US and European allies to offer Ukraine security guarantee and also unspecified concessions on five Ukrainian regionsGermany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will also be travelling to Washington tomorrow for the Trump-Zelenskyy talks, according to the federal government.The chancellor’s spokesperson has been quoted by BBC News as having said:The trip will serve as an exchange of information with US President Donald Trump following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.Chancellor Merz will discuss the status of peace efforts with the heads of state and government and underscore Germany’s interest in a swift peace agreement in Ukraine. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Ukrainians left disappointed at Trump rolling out red carpet for ‘tyrant’ Putin

Ukrainians have reacted with anger to the welcome received by Russian president Vladimir Putin as he arrived in Alaska for a summit with his US counterpart Donald Trump on Friday (15 Aug).

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8 h. ago Putin won in Anchorage. Now Zelenskyy and Europe are in an even more perilous position | Rajan Menon

Trump’s summit failed to achieve a ceasefire, but the Russian president will be very happy with how events are unfoldingDonald Trump portrays himself as a hard-nosed dealmaker. Yet in the run-up to Friday’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, his claim that the Russian leader held him in high regard and was therefore serious about ending the war in Ukraine sounded naive. Putin doesn’t let sentimentality shape his political and military decisions. Nor has he disavowed his longstanding claim to four Ukrainian provinces: Donetsk and Luhansk, which together comprise Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south. Despite Russia’s overwhelming numerical advantage in troops and weaponry, Putin occupies only one province, Luhansk, almost entirely. Yet he persists.In the days before his meeting with Putin, Trump said the Russian economy “stinks” and that falling oil prices would cause Russia’s war to run aground. The war has certainly placed severe s...

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8 h. ago Black mayors of cities Trump decries as 'lawless' tout significant declines in violent crimes

Members of the African American Mayors Association started noticing last year declines in violent crime in their cities

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9 h. ago How the world's media descended on Alaska only to find themselves with no beds, no phone signal and just 12 minutes of speeches from Trump and Putin

Members of media travelled thousands of miles to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage for just over ten minutes of speeches from Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

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9 h. ago Fatal explosion at U.S. Steel's plant raises questions about its future, despite heavy investment

The explosion this week at U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh-area plant has reignited debate about its future

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9 h. ago Watch: US fighter jets escort Putin out of Alaska after Trump summit

The Kremlin has released footage of Vladimir Putin being escorted out of Alaska by US fighter jets after his meeting with Donald Trump on Friday (15 Aug).

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9 h. ago Ghislaine Maxwell’s grand jury transcripts are likely a dud, but other documents could reveal much

The din might have died down for now, but the Epstein imbroglio might rear its head again when Congress returnsWhen Donald Trump’s Department of Justice requested the release of grand jury transcripts in criminal proceedings against sex-traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the move did little to quiet an ever-growing chorus of critics frustrated by the US president’s backtracking over disclosing investigative files.Indeed, the justice department’s filings in this request revealed that only two law enforcement officers testified during grand jury proceedings in New York, undermining notions that unsealing them would reveal numerous truths. Continue reading...

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