Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said there is a “clear line between appeasement and a peace process” after Donald Trump’s chief negotiator on the Ukraine war described Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian”.

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Kercso says that the staged Russian video of his ‘arrest’ was filmed in mid-April in Sochi, after he had already been captured

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Ukrainian military sources say they are yet to see any change in satellite internet speeds

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Russia prides itself on its digital advances — from an extensive e-commerce services sector to ambitious plans for developing artificial intelligence

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President claims Russia has been barely involved in Iran war despite evidence to the contrary

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Stocks of Elon Musk's two biggest companies are rising Wednesday after he suggested a combination was in the works to form a trillion dollar colossus in possibly the biggest deal ever

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The Supreme Court has refused to allow the Trump administration to immediately enforce new medical restrictions for transgender people in prison

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Steve Witkoff, the United States’ special envoy, lauded Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” for releasing a “wrongfully detained” American as Moscow continued bombing civilians in Ukraine.

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Kostiantyn Vlasenko said he had resigned himself to staying in that position forever after losing his legs

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Kremlin says Putin has agreed to resume trilateral talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States next month

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The talks came more than two years since Donald Trump promised in his election campaign to end the Ukraine war within 24 hours

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At least six people have been left injured in the ballistic missile attack

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Four others were killed in Nova Vodolaha, including an eight-year-old girl. Ukraine’s president called the attack ‘pure atrocity’

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Kyiv has tried desperately to keep the United States on side since Trump returned to office. But the Ukrainian president may now feel the relationship is beyond saving, writes James C. Reynolds

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The European Union has unveiled a plan to boost its presence in the Arctic

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Pensioner Stephen Hubbard was put in Russian custody in 2022, following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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Fighting raged on the frontlines as Volodymyr Zelensky tried to repair fractured relations with the US

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Jon Stewart took on Trump's controversial Russian Diesel deal in Monday's episode of The Daily Show

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Officials say Russia has launched another missile and drone attack on Ukraine and that at least four people have been killed

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South Korea says it will withdraw some staff from its embassy in Kyiv, deepening a diplomatic row over Ukraine’s announcement last month of a transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war that Seoul says was meant to be secret

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US envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Putin in Russia as Trump called on Ukraine to make a deal to settle the war

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang is urging German manufacturing companies to combine their expertise in physical machines with artificial intelligence to, as he put it, “re-engineer” the economy

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More than 100,000 people from Ukraine and Sudan can stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation

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Pope Leo XIV has spoken by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Relations worsened after Trump said he would import Russian fuel and dropped planned sanctions on Moscow

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A Homeland Security spokesperson said announcements on Ukrainian and Sudanese TPS holders would ‘be made at the appropriate time’, but protections would remain for now

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Ukrainians traditionally use the low-alcohol fermented drink called kvass for cooking

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The Philippine government has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest remarks it sees as a threat of force

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Russia has attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones, killing one person and injuring eight others

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Asian shares are mixed as the volatility in technology stocks persists

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The US president thinks somebody else needs to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine

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