58 m. ago You really can see Russia from Alaska, and other things to know ahead of Friday's Trump

When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapter in the 49th state’s long history with Russia — and with international tensions

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12 h. ago Russia 'breakthrough' in Ukraine: Putin races to grab territory with lightning advance days before meeting with Trump that could end war for good

The gains came just days before US President Donald Trump was to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska for talks on the war.

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20 h. ago Zelensky warns Trump not to trust Putin ahead of crunch Ukraine and Russia talks

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Donald Trump not to trust Russian leader Vladimir Putin ahead of their bilateral summit in Alaska this Friday (15 August).

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21 h. ago ‘I’m going to Russia’: Trump appears to forget Alaska is in US as he frets over facing Putin

Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the 49th state on Friday

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23 h. ago ‘I’m going to Russia’: Trump appears to forget Alaska is in US as he frets over facing Putin amid DC crime

Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the 49th state on Friday

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27 h. ago Donald Trump ridiculed after embarrassing slip up during Putin meeting announcement

Donald Trump appeared to forget where he and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting for their face-to-face later this week, mistakenly declaring he was "going to Russia"

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36 h. ago ‘I’m going to Russia on Friday’: Trump appears to forget Alaska is in US as he frets over facing Putin amid DC crime

Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the 49th state on Friday

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37 h. ago Keir Starmer warns Donald Trump that Vladimir Putin can't be trusted 'as far as you can throw him' ahead of US President's talks with Russian leader

The US President is set to meet the Russian leader in Alaska later this week for peace talks over Ukraine .

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39 h. ago UK backs Trump on Ukraine, but ‘won’t trust Putin as far as you can throw him’

Number 10 said the UK was ‘not going to leave it to trust’ in negotiations over Ukraine.

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52 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: US ambassador to Nato says Zelenskyy could attend Alaska summit but decision is Trump’s

Matthew Whitaker spoke as Europeans put pressure on US to include Ukrainian president in meeting with PutinThe US ambassador to Nato said on Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could attend this week’s US-Russia summit in Alaska, as European leaders push for Kyiv to be part of the negotiations. Ambassador Matthew Whitaker was asked on CNN whether Zelenskyy might join US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday. “Yes, I certainly think it’s possible,” he said. “Certainly, there can’t be a deal that everybody that’s involved in it doesn’t agree to. And, I mean, obviously, it’s a high priority to get this war to end.” Whitaker said the decision would ultimately be Trump’s to make. “If he thinks that that is the best scenario to invite Zelenskyy, then he will do that,” he said, adding that “no decision has been made to this point.”Germany warned the White House on Sunday against any deal hatched “over the heads of Europeans and Ukrainia...

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59 h. ago JD Vance says Zelensky meeting Putin would not be 'productive'

U.S. Vice President JD Vance previewed the anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska this week.

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59 h. ago Vladimir Putin's dad 'gouged out his mum's eye with pitchfork in fit of rage'

A bombshell new book about Russian President Vladimir Putin's life claims his dad gouged out his mum's eye with a pitchfork during 'a fit of rage'

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2 d. ago As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition? | Simon Tisdall

The puerile standoff between the US and Russia ought to alert a slumbering public to a risk that is in many ways greater than during the cold warNuclear weapons – their lethal menace, dark history and future spread – are back in the headlines again and, as usual, the news is worrying, bordering on desperate. Russia’s decision last week to formally abandon the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty banning medium- and short-range nuclear missiles completes the demolition of a key pillar of global arms control. It will accelerate an already frantic nuclear arms race in Europe and Asia at a moment when US and Russian leaders are taunting each other like schoolboys.Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, has repeatedly threatened the west with nuclear weapons during his war in Ukraine. Last November, Russian forces fired their new Oreshnik hypersonic, nuclear-capable intermediate-range missile at Dnipro. It travels “like a meteorite” at 10 times the speed of sound and can reach...

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3 d. ago Zelenskyy issues chilling warning ahead of Trump and Putin peace summit meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed doubts about the forthcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin

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3 d. ago Trump ‘considering’ invite for Zelensky to attend Alaska peace summit with Putin

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet for a summit in Alaska next Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine

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3 d. ago Lammy and Vance host national security advisers ahead of Trump

The US president announced that he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15 to discuss the Ukraine war.

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3 d. ago Zelenskyy rejects formally ceding Ukrainian territory, says Kyiv must be part of any negotiations

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the planned summit between U_S_ President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to “dead solutions.”

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3 d. ago Trump claims he stopped World War 3 as date of 'highly anticipated' Putin meeting revealed

Donald Trump will sit down with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on Friday (August 15) in Alaska in a meeting about ending the war in Ukraine with the Orange Manbaby claiming World War 3 has been prevented

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4 d. ago Trump says ‘highly anticipated’ meeting with Putin to take place in Alaska

US president announces plan to meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next Friday

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4 d. ago Trump says talks under way for ‘swapping of territories’ in Ukraine war

US president confirms plans to meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin

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