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Winston Churchill coined the phrase to describe what has become an enduring diplomatic priority, but relationships between leaders have varied.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In voting to reject a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine – alongside three undemocratic regimes – Donald Trump’s desire to be a global renegade is clear. It is a turning point that must be faced up to, in all its enormity

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Foreign secretary’s speech comes as UK continues to tread fine diplomatic line between supporting Ukraine and not offending Trump

UK defence secretary John Healey compared Volodymyr to Winston Churchill after Donald Trump claimed that the Ukrainian leader was a “dictator”.

John Healey said that he had seen Mr Zelensky’s ‘commitment to his country’.

COMMENT: Donald Trump’s demand for $500bn in Ukrainian rare earth minerals as payback for military support during the war with Russia is unprecedented, says historian James Holland – more egregious even than the deal brokered 80 years ago to punish a defeated Germany

In Melnik, Saint Trifon eclipses Saint Valentine as the town celebrates its long history of winemaking

Legends to be given a plauque to celebrate their lives and where they lived