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Trump’s heated White House meeting with Zelensky shows how well Putin is playing the US president

Within 24 hours last week Donald Trump performed yet another pivot in his approach to the Russian war against Ukraine. It’s become a familiar pattern of behaviour with the US president. First he expresses anger and frustration with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Then he threatens severe consequences.

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Bizarre disagreement continues over Trump-Modi phone call as US threatens India with ‘massive tariffs’

Trump insists he has been promised India will stop importing Russian oil – and vows ‘massive’ tariffs until that happens

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Putin wants Farage to win to divide Europe, says Lammy

The deputy prime minister has given a hard-hitting speech warning of the threat posed by ‘international populist right network’ in the UK, Europe and around the world

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Trump hopes to put an end to Russia’s war without selling Tomahawks to Ukraine

Donald Trump is hesitating whether to sell Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, but remains optimistic that he can reach an agreement to put an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, maybe even without the long-range weapons Ukraine hopes to get.

Euronews

Kremlin proposes 70-mile ‘Putin-Trump unity tunnel’ linking the US and Russia – built by Elon Musk

Kirill Dmitriev suggested the undersea tunnel could be built for less than $8bn by Elon Musk’s Boring Company

The Independent UK

Putin’s mini-coup in the White House has beaten Zelensky to the punch with Trump

COMMENT: Putin sneaked in a call to the White House before Zelensky arrived in the US, turning Trump back to his side after the president drifted towards democracy. World affairs editor Sam Kiley in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, explains how

The Independent UK

Can Putin, under sanctions and an arrest warrant, enter the European Union?

Applicable EU sanctions and an outstanding arrest warrant cast doubt over Vladimir Putin's ability to fly to Budapest and meet Donald Trump.

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What are Tomahawk missiles and why does Ukraine want them?

Ukraine argues missiles would compel Russia to take Donald Trump’s calls for negotiations to end war more seriously

The Guardian - UK

Russian pilots eject from fighter jet after being shot down by own side over Crimea, says Ukraine

Naval sources suggested Russian air defences hit the plane while seeking to counter a Ukrainian drone attack

Evening Standard

Trump-Zelenskyy meeting: Can the US president force Moscow into ceasefire?

When Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Washington on Friday, they are expected to discuss how to force Moscow into peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

Euronews

Trump, Putin to meet in Budapest after 'progress' on Ukraine talks

US President Donald Trump has said he will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Budapest after a "great" call aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. The announcement comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the White House on Friday to seek US-made Tomahawk missiles.

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump ‘doesn’t think Kyiv will win’ after demanding Zelensky cede land to Putin

Donald Trump expects Ukraine to surrender territory in any peace agreement

The Independent UK

Trump says he will meet with Putin in Hungary after 'productive' call

The US President announced that they had agreed to convene a meeting of senior officials next week

Evening Standard

Trump says he plans to meet Putin in Budapest as Zelenskyy prepares to make missiles case at White House

US president has repeatedly hinted at supplying Kyiv with Tomahawks but some in Moscow say Kremlin sees it as negotiating gambit

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The Conversation

Putin’s forever war against the west

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Russia now has a strategy for a permanent state of hybrid war

Drone incursions into Poland, fighter jets in Nato airspace, election interference in Romania and Moldova and “little green men” (soldiers of unconfirmed origin) in Estonia. These are just a few examples of the tactics Russia has been using in the past few weeks.

The Guardian - UK

Russian cyber-attacks against Nato states up by 25% in a year, analysis finds

Microsoft report says sector most targeted by Russian state cyber-activity was government amid warnings of Kremlin’s ‘hybrid warfare’

Euronews

Dozens injured as Russia launches barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles across Ukraine

Zelenskyy slammed the attacks as Russian terror and intimidation and called for further pressure to force the Kremlin to the negotiating table to end its ongoing war, now well into its fourth year.

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The Independent UK

Tomahawk missiles are Trump’s ace card for Ukraine – Zelensky says it’s time to play it

ANALYSIS: The US president has shown he loves to back a winner – especially one that uses US weapons – which means Zelensky must convince him that he’s the one to back with Tomahawk missiles, writes Sam Kiley in Dnipro

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky in US for Trump meeting after President announces new Putin summit

Ukrainian president will hold talks in the Oval Office after Trump said he would meet Putin in Hungary

Euronews

Major Chinese airlines protest US proposal to ban their flights over Russia

The Kremlin shuts its airspace to US airlines in 2022 in response to Western sanctions over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Euronews

Syria's Al-Sharaa seeks extradition of Kremlin ally al-Assad in first Moscow trip

The interim president of Syria arrived on an unprecedented visit to the Russian capital on Wednesday, where he is expected to demand that the Kremlin extradites toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad — who received asylum in Russia following his ouster — to face trial back in his country.

The Guardian - UK

Putin’s embarrassing cancellation of Arab summit signals waning influence in Middle East

Trump’s Gaza summit may bring home to Russia how much Ukraine war has damaged its international standing

The Independent UK

Putin’s top ally warns if Trump gives missiles to Ukraine it could lead to ‘nuclear war’

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko tells Washington that gifting Tomahawks to Kyiv ‘will escalate the situation’ in Eastern Europe and force a Russian retaliation

The Conversation

Russia’s ‘permanent test’ is pushing Europe to the brink of war – here’s what Moscow actually wants

The scenes have become grimly familiar: Russian tanks rolling into Georgia in 2008, the seizure of Crimea in 2014, the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian military jets violating European airspace, and now mysterious drone sightings closing airports across Europe.

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