The episode added to tensions between Kyiv and DC, a relationship already strained by Trump’s reported deal with Moscow on Russian diesel imports

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First Lady Melania Trump faced backlash after taking credit for securing a ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Ukraine, while omitting Pope Leo XIV's earlier diplomatic efforts.

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Editorial: As Donald Trump turns his back on the Ukrainian people and his envoy praises Vladimir Putin as a ‘humanitarian’, the rest of Nato must make a stand

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The surge in civilian casualties in Ukraine shows how the West, including the UK, must defend Kyiv’s airspace or face worse in the future, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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Ordinary Ukrainians are now the targets of Russia’s bombs and drones as Putin gets more help from the US president, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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A ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky will begin October 29 to allow humanitarian aid and evacuations of elderly residents, the White House announced this week

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Ukraine's military has regained full use of Starlink satellite links for its drones and fast-moving equipment, according to the defense minister

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Ukraine and Russia have signaled willingness to resume peace talks and back a humanitarian mission led by U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, but deep disagreements over territory and security guarantees underscore obstacles to ending the war

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Editorial: The slow abandonment of Kyiv by the world’s richest man and its most powerful will go down as one of the most shameful episodes in America’s post-war foreign policy

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South Korean media reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited China for the first time in a year

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The Prime Minister raised the issue directly with the US president amid deteriorating relations between the White House and Zelensky

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The White House said the ceasefire in the ‘frontline war city on the brink of disaster’ will begin next week

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A drone attack has hit and sunk a cargo vessel in the Black Sea, killing one crew member and leaving three missing

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The White House says first lady Melania Trump has brokered an upcoming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the war-ravaged city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians

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Austria has ordered four Russian diplomats to leave the country, accusing them of espionage

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The Kremlin says that a first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States has set sail under a new import agreement

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New early figures showed that firms were boosted by the sharpest rise in new work for two years.

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A Malta-flagged tanker carrying 40,000 metric tons of Russian diesel is heading towards New York following an agreement with President Donald Trump

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Zelensky announces trilateral meeting with Russia and the US in November

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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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Judges highlight several exceptional pieces of Alex’s reporting on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza among other global issues

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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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