2 h. ago European leaders rally behind Zelenskyy after stunning Trump clash – Ukraine war live

European leaders voice support for Ukrainian leader as US support for Kyiv hangs in the balance following disastrous meetingJD Vance was supposed to be the inconsequential vice-president.But his starring role in Friday’s blowup between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy – where he played a cross between Trump’s bulldog and tech bro Iago – may mark the moment that the postwar alliance between Europe and America finally collapsed. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago How JD Vance emerged as the chief saboteur of the transatlantic alliance

Vance snaked his way in first to the row between Trump and Zelenskyy, his second intrusion this month after MunichJD Vance was supposed to be the inconsequential vice-president.But his starring role in Friday’s blowup between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy – where he played a cross between Trump’s bulldog and tech bro Iago – may mark the moment that the postwar alliance between Europe and America finally collapsed. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘Trump is abandoning Ukraine and wants a weaker EU’: Dominique de Villepin on Europe’s moment of truth

The former French PM says the US is no longer an ally of Europe – but has joined Russia and China as an ‘illiberal superpower’Dominique de Villepin made his name with a memorable speech to the UN security council in February 2003, just before the US-led invasion of Iraq. De Villepin, the then French foreign minister, in effect signalled France’s intention to veto a UN resolution authorising the war, forcing the US and UK to act unilaterally. He warned that Washington’s strategy would lead to chaos in the Middle East and undermine international institutions. The prophetic plea was met with applause, a rare event in the security council chamber. It led to the career diplomat’s inclusion as a character in David Hare’s 2004 anti-war play, Stuff Happens.Now the veteran statesman, who warned about the risks of Europe’s over-reliance on the US many years before it became a mainstream opinion in Paris or Berlin, is back with advice on how to respond to the most serious breakdown in Europe’s...

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8 h. ago GSK abandons diversity targets as UK drugmaker becomes latest firm to drop inclusion policies amid pressure from Donald Trump

The pharmaceutical firm has followed several companies which have dropped diversity goals amid pressure from President Donald Trump, who has slashed federal DEI schemes.

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20 h. ago Trump can’t fulfil his promise to fix the economy, so he’s blaming workers instead

Forget about inflation. Now it’s all about cutting ‘waste’ in the form of jobs and our already paltry social safety netDuring his presidential campaign, Donald Trump never missed an opportunity to harp on inflation, promising that “on day one” he would “end inflation” and lower the costs of groceries, cars, and other common goods.Well, it’s day 40, and inflation saw its largest increase in over a year. Blink and you might have missed that Trump and his fellow Republicans have largely abandoned their concerns about inflation to focus on government “waste”. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Keir Starmer's incredible 'actually' moment IN FULL as he shuts down Donald Trump

Keir Starmer used a visit to Washington to press Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine as he looks to find a quick endgame to Russia's bloody invasion of its neighbour

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59 h. ago Russia could reinvade Ukraine without US security guarantees, Starmer warns

UK prime minister faces major diplomatic effort to get president on board after he said no plans for US ‘backstop’Keir Starmer has warned that Vladimir Putin could invade Ukraine again unless the US provides security guarantees as he arrived for critical talks with Donald Trump at the most precarious moment for European stability in decades.With the future of Ukrainian security hanging in the balance, he urged the president to commit a US backstop to a British and French-led peacekeeping force, saying it was the only way to avoid Russia plunging Europe back into war. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Germany can turbocharge Europe’s renewal – if it will only seize this moment | Timothy Garton Ash

Three times in the postwar era Germany made strategic choices that benefited Europe – with the US at its side. Now it must do it in opposition to TrumpThree times in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, its chancellors have made strategic choices that opened the door to a better future for Europe. Today there’s not just an opportunity but an urgent need for a fourth such historic moment. If the country’s new coalition government under Friedrich Merz manages to seize the chance of this crisis, both Germany and Europe will go forward. If it fails, then by the end of the 2020s both may have fallen backwards farther and faster than most of us could have imagined in our worst nightmares.The big difference with those three earlier pivotal moments is this: in 1949, 1969 and 1989 the Federal Republic’s policy was fundamentally aligned with that of the United States. This time, Germany has to build up a stronger, free, democratic and Ukraine-supporting Europe against the current p...

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7 d. ago Donald Trump 'abandoning war crime prosecution of Russia for invading Ukraine'

President Trump has already found himself at loggerheads with European nations in recent days during his bid to broker an end to the war.

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7 d. ago Starmer will not challenge Trump on his attack on Zelenskyy when the pair meet

UK prime minister aiming to cool escalating transatlantic row over war in UkraineKeir Starmer will not risk riling Donald Trump by challenging him over his attack on Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, when the pair finally meet next week, as the prime minister seeks to cool an escalating transatlantic row.Starmer will fly to the US in the coming days for what could be a defining moment for his leadership, as Europe and the US trade accusations and insults about the origins of the war in Ukraine and the best way to end it. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Martin Rowson on Britain desperately clinging to the US while Trump abandons Ukraine – cartoon

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1 week ago Flattery, abandoned astronauts and a ‘male body part’: Key points from Trump and Musk’s interview with Fox News

The president and his powerful aide faced some weird and awkward moments in the softball sit-down

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1 week ago What will US and UK do if Russia invades the Baltics? Can Europe still rely on America's nuclear umbrella if Putin attacks Lithuania, Estonia or Latvia as fears grow that Trump will abandon NATO

European officials now believe that Trump could withdraw U.S. troops from the Baltics as part of the negotiations around Ukraine , leaving the continent vulnerable

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1 week ago No seat for panicking Europe or Zelensky at Ukraine peace talks: US and Russia meet in Saudi Arabia as Germany storms out of summit amid fears Trump will abandon Baltics

The meeting in Riyadh marks a major step by the Trump administration to reverse US policy on isolating Russia and is meant to pave the way for a meeting between Trump and Putin.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer gives chilling message to Donald Trump over Putin risk

Keir Starmer said that a US security guarantee is the 'only way' of stopping Vladimir Putin's aggression as he claimed Europe faces a 'generational moment' over Ukraine.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer gives chilling warning to Donald Trump over Putin danger

Keir Starmer said that a US security guarantee is the 'only way' of stopping Vladimir Putin's aggression as he said Europe faces a 'generational moment' over Ukraine

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1 week ago Zelenskyy’s week from hell: shock in Ukraine as Trump abandons Kyiv

As Donald Trump and his officials rip up three years of US rhetoric on supporting Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is walking an unenviable diplomatic tightropeVolodymyr Zelenskyy has had some tough weeks in the past three years, but this past one may be up there with the worst of them.Back on Monday, in an hour-long interview with the Guardian at his Kyiv offices, the Ukrainian president was in a cautiously optimistic frame of mind. He said he had received “positive signals from the Americans” over upcoming negotiations. His team was working to fix a date for a meeting with Donald Trump, he said, and he was sure that the US president understood the importance of coordinating his position with Kyiv before talking to Russia. Continue reading...

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