13 h. ago Zelenskyy challenges Putin to meet in person for peace talks

Ukrainian president proposes face-to-face meeting after Russian leader suggests he is open to talks in TurkeyUkraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged Vladimir Putin to meet in person for peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday and urged Russia to accept a 30-day truce, in a dramatic turn after a weekend of diplomatic flurry.His comments came after the US president, Donald Trump, pressured him to agree “immediately” to Putin’s offer of negotiations this week with Russia, but upped the stakes by suggesting the enemies meet “personally”. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Trump craves recognition as the peacemaker president. Will diplomatic wins in South Asia and Ukraine spur him on?

A U.S.-led ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan, and a renewed push to force Russia to end attacks on Ukraine, add to Trump’s quest for recognition on the world stage as the peacemaker president, writes Oliver O’Connell

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57 h. ago Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat

Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world warThe former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has launched a blistering attack on Israel, accusing its government of committing genocide in Gaza and “carrying out the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the second world war in order to create a splendid holiday destination”.Borrell, a former Spanish foreign minister who served as the EU’s top diplomat from 2019 to 2024, and president of the European parliament from 2004 to 2007, also criticised the bloc’s failure to use all the means at its disposal to influence Israel, saying expressions of regret were simply not enough. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Hannah Darling tees up exciting finish to her US college career

Consistent Scot helps in-form South Carolina win NCAA Regional Championship

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4 d. ago Millwall boss up for Championship April award – up against two promotion

Millwall boss up for Championship April award – up against two promotion-winning managers  South London Press & Mercury

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4 d. ago Vance says Russia asking ‘too much’ in ceasefire talks with Ukraine

Trump says ‘it’s possible that’s right’ about the vice-president’s remarks amid frustrations with RussiaJD Vance has said that Russia is asking for “too much” in its negotiations with Ukraine in the latest sign of growing frustration from Washington with ceasefire talks to end the war between the two countries.Speaking at a security conference of senior military and diplomatic leaders in Washington, the US vice-president said that the White House is focused on getting the two sides to hold direct talks and is ready to walk away if certain benchmarks are not reached. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta 'plotting PSG raid' as Ollie Watkins told to sort his future

Arsenal are set to return to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer transfer window with a move for South Korean playmaker Lee Kang-In, while the Gunners are closing in on a deal for Martin Zubimendi

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5 d. ago Handshakes, friendship and ‘never, never, never, never, never’: five takeaways from Carney

In the much anticipated first encounter, a positive tone held despite the Canadian leader’s rebuff against US advancesPerhaps no world leader can ever be completely sure how an encounter with Donald Trump will play out, but Canada’s Mark Carney had grounds to be especially wary before heading to the White House for his first post-election meeting with the US president.For months now, Trump has waged a campaign of diplomatic and commercial intimidation against his northern neighbour, launching a trade war and belittling Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Winter Fuel Payment cuts hit 36,000 pensioners in South Lanarkshire ahead of crunch by

EXCLUSIVE: Data from the Scottish Parliament’s independent research unit showed that 36,057 pensioners in the council area are now missing out on the £300 payment.

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8 d. ago OLIVER COPPARD: 'Reform winning in South Yorkshire is the canary in the coalmine'

Oliver Coppard, South Yorkshire's metro mayor writes for the Mirror: "If this government does not deliver for communities like mine, what happened here this week will be the story we see repeated across the country."

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1 week ago What is the new road bridge North Korea is building with Russia?

War monitor says Russia and North Korea will likely use Tumen river bridge for material transportation

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1 week ago 'Shock' moment rat filmed climbing in upstairs window of Scots home

A rat was captured trying to enter a home's upstairs window in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, as locals tell of vermin infested street.

Society

1 week ago Oti Mabuse says Strictly Come Dancing star is 'sensational' as she addresses own return

The South African dancer joined Strictly in 2015 and went on to win the BBC One dance contest twice

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1 week ago Party time as Lochar Thistle win first ever South of Scotland League title

The Dumfries side lifted the trophy after beating Creetown on Saturday.

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1 week ago Double delight for Hannah Darling as Scot nears end of college career

Scot helps South Carolina win SEC Championship for just the second time

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2 w. ago Han Kang Nobel prize lecture book sells 10,000 copies in first day online in South Korea

Korean retailers report strong sales for Light and Thread, featuring speeches, essays and poems by novelistA book featuring Han Kang’s Nobel prize lecture sold 10,000 copies in its first day on sale online.Light and Thread, which takes its title from Han’s December lecture, is her first book to be published in South Korea since she was announced as the winner of the Nobel prize in literature last October. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pope Francis’s funeral is loaded with potential for diplomatic awkwardness

Saturday’s event will feature leaders who would not usually appear in the same roomAs world leaders head to Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, fraught Vatican officials will be poring over logistics in an effort to avoid diplomatic awkwardness.Should Donald Trump be kept away from the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy? Or the French president, Emmanuel Macron, or Brazil’s leftist leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or any Iranians that might appear? There may be relief that Vladimir Putin has said he will not attend, but will everyone expect front row seats? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mark Rylance condemns music festivals for turning London park into ‘prison camp’

The Oscar-winner has backed a petition to stop Brockwell Live ‘destroying’ the south London park and its wildlife.

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2 w. ago ‘I’ve woken up with them on my face’: Portuguese millipede infestation horrifies Wellington

Residents in the city’s south despair amid swarm of putrid-smelling arthropods that mate inside buildingAt a visitor centre on the south coast of New Zealand’s capital, the blustery, briny wind is no match for the smell of thousands of decaying millipedes, which reek like decomposing vermin and rotting fish.Along the streets of Wellington’s Ōwhiro Bay, dead curled up millipedes are piled up on the footpath, as live ones march along the street. One resident says her neighbours collected five rubbish bags worth of the creatures in a week from around their home. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I’ve woken up with them on my face’: millipede infestation horrifies Wellington

Residents in the city’s south despair amid swarm of putrid-smelling arthropods that mate inside buildingAt a visitor centre on the south coast of New Zealand’s capital, the blustery, briny wind is no match for the smell of thousands of decaying millipedes, which reek like decomposing vermin and rotting fish.Along the streets of Wellington’s Ōwhiro Bay, dead curled up millipedes are piled up on the footpath, as live ones march along the street. One resident says her neighbours collected five rubbish bags worth of the creatures in a week from around their home. Continue reading...

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