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While Donald Trump’s special envoy was en route to Moscow to talk about a possible ceasefire deal with his opposite numbers in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin enjoyed a meet-up with his old friend Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, and the atmosphere was reportedly congenial.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Putin was "preparing to reject" a US-Ukraine backed proposal for interim peace.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed support for a ceasefire in Ukraine, aligning with proposals put forth by the US.

ANALYSIS: Trump’s insistence that Canada is not a real country bears a striking resemblance to Putin’s in the run-up to his invasion of Ukraine, Richard Hall writes.

Anthony Albanese has improved his standing among voters, drawing level with Peter Dutton for satisfaction in polling for the first time in a year.

Editorial: Will-they-won’t-they over a ceasefire does not change the underlying dynamics of US retreat from supporting Kyiv

Growing tensions between US and its NATO allies comes as west wants to isolate Iran from an interconnected world, writes John Bowden

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Recent shifts in US foreign policy – particularly regarding tariffs and the war in Ukraine – have sparked debate over what is driving the Trump administration’s decisions. Some of those decisions have appeared so odd that media commentators and even some European officials have wondered out loud if the US…