4 h. ago Trump says ‘no deal until there’s a deal’ on Ukraine war after talks with Putin – live

Pair decline to take questions in short press conference as US president says ‘we didn’t get there but we have a good chance of getting there’No deal after brief Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine in AlaskaThe president has yet to deplane, but is currently greeting Alaska governor Muke Dunleavy and senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, all Republicans, aboard Air Force One, per the White House.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also says that for the expanded bilateral meeting and lunch, Trump, Rubio, and Witkoff will be joined by treasury secretary Scott Bessent, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, defense secretary Pete Hegseth, and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump says no deal to end Ukraine war but 'great progress made' after high

US President says ‘we didn’t get there’ after nearly three hour meeting with Russian leader in Anchorage

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4 h. ago Art of No Deal : Donald Trump fails to secure peace deal during Putin summit

A meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken place in a bid to negotiate a ceasefire to end the war with Ukraine, yet despite lauding 'progress' , no deal was secured

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5 h. ago Trump and Putin admit there's still work to be done before a deal to end the Ukraine war and issue warning to the rest of the world: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest updates as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet one another in an historic summit in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

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13 h. ago Hillary Clinton says she’d nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he helps broker a deal to end Ukraine war

Clinton, a longtime rival of Trump’s, said she would personally nominate the president for the elusive price if he brokered a peace deal that did not ‘capitulate’ to Putin

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35 h. ago Putin ready to make Ukraine deal, Trump says before Alaska summit

US president’s comment that Russian and Ukrainian leaders may have to ‘divvy’ things up likely to raise alarmDonald Trump has said he believes Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal on the war in Ukraine as the two leaders prepare for their summit in Alaska on Friday, but his suggestion the Russian leader and Volodymyr Zelenskyy could “divvy things up” may alarm some in Kyiv.The US president implied there was a 75% chance of the Alaska meeting succeeding, and that the threat of economic sanctions may have made Putin more willing to seek an end to the war. He also said a second meeting – at present not confirmed – between himself, Putin and Zelenskyy would be the more decisive. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Trump says 25% odds Putin meeting ends in FAILURE as he's accused of selling out to Russia with minerals deal to stop war

President Donald Trump said Thursday that there's a '25 percent' chance his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is a failure.

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3 d. ago Hurry, hurry, hurry! It’s Trump’s great Ukraine giveaway. Bargains galore, if your name is Vladimir Putin | Marina Hyde

The Art of the Deal, the Art of War: I doubt the US president has read or understood either. If Zelenskyy is a worried man, who can blame him?Good to have it confirmed that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will be talking about Ukraine behind its back on Friday in Alaska, as the US president rambled through a press conference on Monday in which he explained that Putin “wasn’t going to mess with me” and that Ukraine was going to have to accept new borders. And listen – you’ll agree that territorial pronouncements mean so much more coming from a guy whose staff once shamelessly redrew a hurricane impact map to stop him looking stoopid. It’s a true honour for the Ukrainians to see their country effectively carved up by someone who would prefer to post-rationalise any old crap with a Sharpie than admit he doesn’t have the first clue about it and cares even less.Leave it to the tasteful visionary behind the Gaza Riviera to categorise what he’s doing as trying to get back some of Ukraine’s...

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7 d. ago Ukraine war 'to end' as US and Russia aim to 'reach deal to halt conflict'

The war between Russia and Ukraine could soon cease, as peace talks are moving towards a deal which would see Ukraine give up territory to Putin as he gears up to meet with Trump

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8 d. ago ‘Bullies’ Trump and Putin 'must be stopped by UK and France’ from forcing rotten deal on Ukraine to end war

US President says there’s a ‘good chance’ a summit involving Putin and Zelensky will happen soon

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9 d. ago Trump hails ‘great progress’ after Witkoff meets Putin for talks on Ukraine

US president calls meeting ‘highly productive’ amid unconfirmed reports on halt to long-range strikesDonald Trump has claimed “great progress was made” during talks on ending the war in Ukraine between his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Wednesday.The three-hour talks came two days before a deadline the US president set for Russia to reach a peace deal in the war or face fresh sanctions. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israeli protesters demand Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal outside Netanyahu’s office

Israeli protesters rallied outside Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on Monday, 4 August, calling to end the war in Gaza, return all hostages under a comprehensive deal, and cancel the motion to sack attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara.

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