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Such a truce would determine whether Putin is ‘acting in good faith’, French foreign minister says

The world’s most admired democracy is being held hostage by a clique of far-right thugs. It would be a mistake to placate them, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

In today’s newsletter: After Friday’s clash meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and Zelenskyy, Keir Starmer and his European allies will try to broker the peace Ukraine desperately needs

Eli Sharabi expected to meet Donald Trump on Tuesday; Kremlin says US views now ‘largely’ coincide with Moscow’s own foreign policy vision – key US politics stories from Sunday at a glance

Russia’s foreign minister also praises Donald Trump for his ‘commonsense’ aim to end the war in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian city that was initially spared worst have increased since Washington-Moscow detente

"Even if hostilities were to cease immediately, Russia’s economic transformation is unlikely to be reversed."

Putin stays silent but Russian politicians and media outlets crow with delight after the ambush of Ukraine’s leader

It is understood Labour is looking to Nigel Farage’s previous comments about Russia as the party grapples with how to tackle the threat posed by Reform

Donald Trump faced intense backlash for his combativeness with Volodymyr Zelensky, in which he accused the Ukrainian leader of "gambling with World War II."

The visit of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House has not gone to plan – at least not to his plan. There were extraordinary scenes as a press conference between Zelensky and Trump descended into acrimony, with the US president loudly berating his opposite number, who he accused…