5 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Peace push fizzles as Witkoff leaves Moscow with no sign of deal

Zelenskyy says ready to meet Trump and that Russia is hoping US loses interest; Briton held in Ukraine on Russian spy allegations. What we know on day 1,379See all our Ukraine war coverageSteve Witkoff was reported to have flown out of Moscow on Tuesday night after Kremlin aides said no progress was made towards ending the Ukraine war. It came after two weeks of diplomatic chaos and haggling beginning with the Russian leaking of a 28-point wishlist that Moscow had discussed with the US, followed by frenzied efforts involving Ukraine and Europe to produce a counter-proposal more acceptable to Kyiv.Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that after their five-hour meeting the two sides were “neither further nor closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine. There is a lot of work to be done.” On Tuesday, a video feed showed Vladimir Putin asking Witkoff, Donald Trump’s envoy, about a short tour of Moscow he had taken before the meeting, with Witkoff calling it a “magnificent city”. The feed then c...

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24 h. ago Arsenal ‘agree’ transfer deal to sign Ecuadorian winger twins, 16, with one likened to Neymar

ARSENAL have reportedly agreed a deal to sign Ecuadorian wonderkids Edwin and Holger Quintero, it's been claimed. The 17-year-olds are currently plying their trade with Ecuadorian side Independiente Dele Valle, which has churned out several Prem stars. Chelsea duo Moises Caicedo, Kendry Paez and Arsenal newboy Piero Hincapie are all products of the Independiente academy....

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38 h. ago Arsenal 'agree deal to sign twins' with pair in London this week to complete formalities

Arsenal 'agree deal to sign twins' with pair in London this week to complete formalities  Football London

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4 d. ago Manchester United midfield signing set to arrive ahead of transfer

Man United have agreed a deal to sign an exciting young midfielder, who is set to arrive in Manchester.

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5 d. ago Canada's prime minister and Alberta's premier sign pipeline deal which could reverse oil tanker ban

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premier of Canada’s oil rich province of Alberta have agreed to work toward building a pipeline to the Pacific Coast to diversify the country’s oil exports beyond the United States

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6 d. ago Joao Gomes to Man Utd transfer latest as Ruben Amorim plan emerges amid £44m talks

Manchester United are in talks with Wolves over a deal to sign midfielder Joao Gomes in January, with the Red Devils optimistic about getting a transfer over the line.

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8 d. ago ‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last

It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for CopDawn was breaking over the Amazonian city of Belém on Saturday morning, but in the windowless conference room it could have been day or night. They had been stuck there for more than 12 hours, dozens of ministers representing 17 groups of countries, from the poorest on the planet to the richest, urged by the Brazilian hosts to accept a settlement cooked up the day before.Tempers were short, the air thick as the sweaty and exhausted delegates faced up to reality: there would not be a deal here in Brazil. The 30th UN climate conference would end in abject failure. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future

US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leaderUS officials have told Nato allies they expect to push president Volodymyr Zelenskyy into agreeing to a peace deal in the coming days, under the threat that if Kyiv does not sign, it will face a much worse deal in future.The US army secretary Dan Driscoll briefed ambassadors from Nato nations at a meeting in Kyiv late on Friday, after talks with Zelenskyy and taking a phone call from the White House. “No deal is perfect, but it must be done sooner rather than later,” he told them, according to one person who was present. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: defeating Russia an ‘illusion’, says Putin, as he welcomes Trump deal

Russia’s president says US-led plan ‘could form the basis of a final peace settlement’, bolstering concerns in Europe about one-sided nature of US-brokered deal. What we know on day 1,368See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageVladimir Putin says Ukraine is being unrealistic if it does not accept the US plan to end the war, declaring: “Ukraine is against it. Apparently, Ukraine and its European allies are still under illusions and dream of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield”. The positive response from the Russian president adds weight to the views of European and Ukrainian officials that the deal amounts to a “capitulation”. Addressing Russia’s national security council, Putin called the 28-point plan “a new version” and “a modernised plan” of what was discussed with the US ahead of his Alaska summit with Donald Trump in August, and said Moscow has received it. Putin said the plan “could form the basis of a final peace settlement”.Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reac...

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1 week ago Trump envoys issue ultimatum to Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thursday

Hardline message over US-Russia plan at volatile meeting in Kyiv sparks alarm among European allies

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1 week 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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1 week ago Trump tells Ukraine to sign peace deal in days as Zelensky warns of ‘most difficult moment in history’

Volodymyr Zelensky said he and the US are working to carve out a ‘dignified and effective’ path for peace. But he has warned that his war-torn country faces a ‘very difficult choice’

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1 week ago Zelensky & Europe give nervy response to Trump’s Ukraine peace plan – as US warns ‘sign by Thursday or have weapons cut’

VOLODYMYR Zelensky and Europe have offered a shaky response to Donald Trump's peace plan as the US warned Ukraine must sign the deal by Thursday - or have weapons "cut". Sources close to the situation said that Kyiv was under greater pressure from Washington than during any previous peace discussions. In a post on X,...

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1 week ago Bukayo Saka shows where power lies as Arsenal star prepares to sign new contract

Bukayo Saka is poised to sign a new deal which will tie him down for the foreseeable future following months of talks with Arsenal - where he will become one of the top earners

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1 week ago Steve Clarke opens up on his Scotland future and reveals whether he could stay on BEYOND World Cup

STEVE CLARKE has revealed the door is still open for him to sign a new deal to STAY as Scotland boss. Clarke will lead the Tartan Army to their first World Cup in 28 years next summer. Tuesday night’s epic win over Denmark made him the first manager to qualify for THREE major tournaments after back-to-back Euros. Clarke’s...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv seeks $44bn from Russia for climate

The move marks the first time a country is claiming damages for such an increase in emissions. What we know on day 1,365See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkraine plans to seek nearly $44bn from Russia for the damage linked to an increase in climate-warming emissions from the ongoing war, a government minister told Reuters. The move marks the first time a country is claiming damages for such an increase in emissions, including from the fossil fuels, cement and steel used in fighting the war, and from the destruction of trees through resultant fires. “A lot of damage was caused to water, to land, to forests,” said Pavlo Kartashov, the country’s deputy minister for economy, environment, and agriculture. “We have huge amounts of additional CO2 emissions and greenhouse gases,” Kartashov said in an interview on the sidelines of the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil.Russian drones struck an apartment building in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, triggering a fire, injuring five peo...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv to buy 100 Rafale warplanes, drones and air defence systems from France

Zelenskyy hails ‘a historic deal’; families of Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia on Monday sounded the alarm about their fate. What we know on day 1,364See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkraine on Monday signed a letter of intent to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes, drones, air defence systems and other key equipment from France over the next 10 years, as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s long-term security. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who signed the document with French president Emmanuel Macron, called it “a historic deal” at a joint news conference at the Elysée presidential palace. The letter is a preliminary commitment of Ukraine stating its interest in buying a series of French defence equipment.Several families of Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia on Monday sounded the alarm about their fate, saying all contact had been cut off, as they called for international support. During a rare news conference in Paris, Darina Repina, ...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Greece signs deal to supply gas to Kyiv over ‘difficult’ winter

Agreement comes as Volodymyr Zelenskyy starts European tour aimed at shoring up Ukrainian energy supply and defences. What we know on day 1,363See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageGreece has signed a deal with Ukraine to supply US-origin liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the country amid the crippling of its energy infrastructure from Russian strikes. Sunday’s agreement came as Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Athens at the start of a European tour aimed at shoring up Ukraine’s defences and energy supply ahead of winter. The deal – to run from December until March 2026 – “marks an essential step in strengthening regional energy cooperation and European energy security”, said a joint statement from the Ukrainian president and the Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after they met. The deal would make it possible to “support Ukraine in the midst of a difficult winter”, they said. The deal came as Ukrainian energy infrastructure was damaged by Russian drone strikes overnight into Sund...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Drones hit Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery

Russian attacks kill four on Saturday; Serbian government faces deadline to oust Russian owners from state oil company. What we know on day 1,362 Ukraine’s army said on Saturday it struck a Russian oil refinery in the Ryazan region near Moscow, as “part of efforts to reduce the enemy’s ability to launch missile and bomb strikes”. Explosions and a large fire were observed at the site, said the military. Ryazan is located about 200km (125 miles) south-east of Moscow.Russian officials often do not admit such attacks have succeeded, and the Ryazan governor, Pavel Malkov, adopted the standard line that Ukrainian drones were shot down but debris happened to hit the target. “Falling debris caused a fire on the premises of one enterprise,” Malkov said. A wave of 25 Ukrainian drones attacked the region, Malkov said.Officials in southern Ukraine said four people were killed by Russian attacks on Saturday. Prosecutors in the Kherson region said “three civilians are known to have been killed” i...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: mass production of Ukrainian ‘Octopus’ interceptor drones begins

Defence ministry says locally developed technology tested in combat and shown to work against Russia’s deadly Shaheds. What we know on day 1,361See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkraine says it has started mass production of its new domestically developed interceptor drones to strengthen air defences. The first three manufacturers had begun production and 11 more were preparing to set up production lines, the defence ministry said on Friday. The drones would be based on a domestically developed technology called “Octopus” to intercept Shahed drones. It had been tested in combat and proved to be working “at night, under jamming and at low altitudes”, the ministry said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the goal is to manufacture up to 1,000 of the interceptors a day. Russia has been steadily increasing the number of drones it uses in a single strike on Ukraine.Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia’s latest attack against Ukraine as “deliberate, calculated and wicked” aft...

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