4 h. ago Vladimir Putin's WW3 threat 'has hidden meaning with ploy to influence Donald Trump'

Vladimir Putin torpedoed Donald Trump's Moscow-pandering peace plan to end the war in Ukraine with the Russian leader keen to squeeze more concessions from the US President

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20 h. ago Europe is holding the line against Trump’s and Putin’s plans for Ukraine. But it won’t be able to for ever | Martin Kettle

In the 21st-century imbalance of power, Europe and Nato have neither the arms nor the wealth to impel Russia or the US to take its peace settlement seriouslyThe failure of this week’s peace talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff fits into a now well-established pattern of standoffs on Ukraine during Trump’s second term. But the dynamic that produced these talks may be becoming more entrenched. The US and Russian interests driving the process have not changed, while the conflict on the ground is intensifying. The lack of progress this week means there will be another attempt to end the war soon, and perhaps another after that, until, one day, there is some kind of US-backed deal to halt the conflict on terms broadly favouring Russia.The geopolitical algorithm driving this effort is too consistent to ignore. It has been repeated ever since Trump re-entered the White House in January. On the campaign trail, Trump had claimed he could stop the war in a day. ...

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29 h. ago Trump announces plans to weaken regulations on fuel efficiency for cars

The president announced the plans Wednesday and was joined by the heads of three major U.S. automakers: Ford, Stellantis, and GM

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33 h. ago Trump plans to weaken vehicle mileage rules that limit air pollution

President Donald Trump is expected to announce a proposal to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry

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36 h. ago Trump's Ukraine peace plan suffers disaster as Zelensky meeting is cancelled amid Putin war threats

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the architects of the Gaza peace deal, concluded five hours of bruising negotiations at the Kremlin on Tuesday.

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38 h. ago Israel prepares to reopen Rafah crossing ‘in the coming days’

Under U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point plan, the crossing was to open in both directions

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38 h. ago Kremlin praises Trump for 'trying to find a solution' to Ukraine and insists Putin has not rejected latest peace plan but it was a 'first exchange'

The Kremlin has today praised Donald Trump for trying to reach a peace deal to end the invasion of Ukraine, adding that Vladimir Putin hasn't rejected the latest version of the plan. 

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40 h. ago ‘We’re doing arch’: Trump says his plan for DC’s answer to the Arc de Triomphe is moving forward

Trump has previously said that he is building the arch for ‘me,’ when speaking to reporters

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56 h. ago Trump says he's rebuilding Dulles airport while his administration is fixing the 'people movers'

President Donald Trump has announced plans to reconstruct Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia

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58 h. ago Putin sparks WW3 fears as he warns Europe 'we are ready to fight' ahead of US meeting

Putin has issued strong words for Europe ahead of meeting with the US special envoy today as discussions over Trump's proposed Ukraine peace plan are on the agenda

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61 h. ago Olivia Nuzzi’s scorned ex claims she and RFK Jr planned to ‘consummate their relationship’ after Trump rally

Ryan Lizza claimed that he confronted RFK Jr over Nuzzi and Kennedy’s affair, but felt that the future Secretary of Health and Human Services was ‘disturbingly unrattled’

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62 h. ago Donald Trump's security chief planning US travel ban after National Guard shooting

Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, vowed to slap the ban on nations sending "killers, leeches and entitlement junkies" in the wake of a double shooting in Washington DC

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3 d. ago EU warns Trump that Ukraine peace plan must not pardon Putin for war crimes

Concerns are growing in Europe over a US proposal which suggested a ‘full amnesty for actions committed during the war’

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4 d. ago Ukrainian delegation in Florida to meet with Witkoff and Kushner amid reports of Trump admin’s peace plan cash grab

U.S. and Ukrainian officials to continue talks on modified version of 28-point plan before Kushner and Witkoff meet Putin on Tuesday

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4 d. ago Zelenskyy aides meet Trump team in Florida for talks on peace plan

US-Ukraine meeting expected to open potentially pivotal week of diplomacy to end war

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4 d. ago Zelenskyy aides to meet Trump team in Florida for talks on peace plan

US-Ukraine meeting expected to open potentially pivotal week of diplomacy to end war

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5 d. ago Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi backtrack on plan to stay in UK while Trump is in power as couple plot return to sunny California to escape chilly Cotswold winter

Ms DeGeneres has told friends she and Ms de Rossi are planning to spend more time in sunny California because they 'miss their friends' and dread the thought of another British winter

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5 d. ago While politicians wrangle over Trump’s peace plan, soldiers are still dying, says Ukrainian filmmaker

Oscar-winning Mstyslav Chernov expressed scepticism that Putin would accept peace terms as Trump’s support wavered for Ukraine

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5 d. ago Trump's 'real' plan for ending war in Ukraine 'revealed': $300 BILLION boost to America and joint space missions with Russia to Mars... but Putin may still have the last laugh

Donald Trump is reportedly looking to engage in business deals with Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Billions could be invested into the US economy.

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6 d. ago Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m

Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollutionTrump administration orders to keep an ageing, unneeded Michigan coal-fired power plant online has cost ratepayers from across the US midwest about $113m so far, according to estimates from the plant’s operator and regulators.Still, the US energy department last week ordered the plant to remain open for another 90 days. Continue reading...

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