2 h. ago Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war

US president demands that Kyiv accepts plan that would mean giving up territory to RussiaVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine faces one of the most difficult moments in its history, after Donald Trump demanded Kyiv accepts within days a US-backed “peace plan” that would force it to give up territory to Russia and make other painful concessions.Trump confirmed on Friday morning that next Thursday – Thanksgiving in the US – would be an “acceptable” deadline for Zelenskyy to sign the deal, which European and Ukrainian officials have said amounts to a “capitulation”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago President Zelensky says he won't 'betray' Ukraine as he faces impossible Trump peace plan dilemma

‘Now is one of the most difficult moments of our history’, says Ukraine President as US tells him to sign up to losing territory or lose arms

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3 h. ago Surrender by Thursday: Zelensky insists he will 'not betray Ukraine'... but faces impossible choice after US sets peace deal deadline and Kyiv insider says 28

The 28-point plan that the U.S. has presented to Ukraine endorses some of Moscow's demands and leaves security guarantees for Kyiv vague.

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4 h. ago Trump's Ukraine deal stuns Europe as his unprecedented NATO pledge forces Kyiv into an impossible choice

Ukraine and Russia are about to enter their fourth year of ongoing conflict while Trump has pressed for a deal between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.

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4 h. ago Ukraine risks losing key partner or its dignity, warns Zelenskyy, as Trump sets Thanksgiving deadline to accept deal – Europe live

US president says ‘Thursday is an appropriate time’ in radio interview as Ukrainian leader weighs up US proposalGerman Bild tabloid is also reporting that Merz is expected to hold a phone call not only with Zelenskyy, but also with the US president, Donald Trump.Mind you: there’s been no official confirmation yet. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Army secretary set to meet with Zelenskyy to help with Ukraine peace talks, officials say

Several high-ranking Army officials, including Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, are in Ukraine to help with peace talks

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55 h. ago UK offers 1% of Brussels’ €6.7bn demand to join EU defence fund

Move raises questions about whether deal can be done before November 30 deadline

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6 d. ago UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa

Advocates fear that other donors will follow Britain’s reduction to the Global Fund for Aids, TB and malariaThe UK is undermining its legacy in fighting infectious diseases including Aids and malaria by cutting money pledged to a leading global health fund, campaigners claim.The 15% reduction in the contribution to the Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced this week – in a year when the UK, alongside South Africa, is co-host of the fund’s replenishment drive – risks encouraging other countries to cut back commitments as well, advocates fear.The Gates Foundation is a major private contributor to the Global Fund. The foundation also contributes to theguardian.org, which funds independent journalism at the Guardian Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Inside Putin’s campaign of terror in Kyiv: Why Russia keeps bombarding the capital

Russia has amplified its attacks on Ukraine despite insistence it is open to peace talks

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7 d. ago Alan Carr's US takeover: The 'Celebrity Traitors' cast set for Hollywood stardom

The hit BBC show that made Alan Carr a winner is now his launchpad, as a new audience of millions discovers the cast on US streaming

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7 d. ago ‘A scholarship made me dream of a life beyond Gaza — then the UK told me to leave my children behind’

Exclusive: Amany, a mother-of-three, was delighted when she was offered a scholarship to study an MSc at the University of Bristol earlier this year. But when the Foreign Office told her that she could not bring her husband or children, she was left with an ‘impossible choice’. She tells Maira Butt that the decision will ‘break’ her children’s hearts

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1 week ago US states must stop the power shutoffs during the shutdown | Edward J Markey and Mark Wolfe

Americans are choosing between heating their homes and putting food on the table. Officials and utilities can prevent thisAs the stalemate over government funding and healthcare benefits continues, winter is approaching – but federal heating assistance, blocked by the shutdown, isn’t arriving in time. Millions of American families are about to face an impossible choice: heating their homes or putting food on the table. As the senator for a state known for its volatile winters and as executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, we call on states and utilities to choose a different outcome for those families and shut off the shutoffs. A nationwide freeze on utilities’ ability to disconnect customers from heat for nonpayment isn’t about politics – it’s about public safety.The breakdown in federal budget negotiations has frozen the release of funding for many of the essential services families rely on nationwide, including the Low-Income Home Energy Assist...

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2 w. ago Fifa create brand new Peace Prize award – with Infantino set to hand it to Donald Trump at World Cup 2026 draw

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino is set to award the organisation’s new “Peace Prize” - to US President Donald Trump. Zurich chiefs announced the establishment of the new award under the tag-line “Football Unites the World”. Fifa said the inaugural prize was be awarded at the finals draw for the 2026 World Cup in Washington DC next month....

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2 w. ago This machine could keep a baby alive outside the womb. How will the world decide to use it?

For parents who have buried infants born too soon, a device like the AquaWomb is a miracle in waiting – and an impossible choiceBeth Schafer lay in a hospital bed, bracing for the birth of her son. The first contractions rippled through her body before she felt remotely ready. She knew, with a mother’s pit-of-the-stomach intuition, that her baby was not ready either.At just 23 weeks of gestation, her son teetered on the cliff edge of viability, the fragile threshold where modern medicine offers any promise of keeping babies alive. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sauce Gardner traded by New York Jets to Indianapolis Colts in stunning deadline deal

Gardner had only signed a four-year, $120.4 million contract extension with the Jets in July

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2 w. ago Crystal Palace January transfer lifeline for Chelsea star after deadline day deal collapsed

Crystal Palace have been offered hope in their hopes of landing one Chelsea signing this winter after he missed out on a deadline day move in the summer transfer window

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3 w. ago Abuse victims in debt set to be better protected after government scraps fee

The Independent has previously spoken to survivors who faced the impossible choice of remaining in debt or risking their abusers finding out where they live

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4 w. ago Marc Guehi transfer twist as Liverpool target's agent jets out for 'meeting'

Marc Guehi was heavily linked with a move to Liverpool on deadline day, but Crystal Palace pulled the plug on a £35m deal at the last minute

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