After Friday’s summit in Alaska, all eyes are on Trump to see whether he breaks with Putin in any meaningful way, writes John Bowden

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‘It’s amazing,’ the biker told Russian state media

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Sir Keir Starmer released a video message while flying to Washington, D.C., ahead of his planned meeting with Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Sir Keir Starmer repeated his vow that Britain is prepared to put troops on the ground in Ukraine

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The Ukrainian President has not worn a suit since the beginning of Putin’s invasion in February 2022

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The delegation of European leaders who will fight Zelensky’s corner as the US president decides Ukraine’s fate could still play a blinder – but however heartening the show of solidarity, they are but supplicants, says Sean O’Grady

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Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War

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Ukraine and democracy itself are in the crosshairs of Putin’s greatest asset - Donald Trump - and Europe’s in a panic, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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Russia’s troops are continuing their slow war of attrition in eastern and northern Ukraine, even as the conflict enters a pivotal phase with a series of high-level meetings that are part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for peace

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The area has become the focal point of escalating tensions between Russia and the West

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Watch live as Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky meet at the White House for crucial Ukraine talks on Monday, 18 August.

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President ricochets from one topic to another on Truth Social ahead of latest pivotal Ukraine talks

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Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks edged back from their record levels on Friday

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Outer space has emerged as the world's next battlefield, demonstrated by recent cyberattacks on satellites blamed on Russia

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European leaders are traveling to Washington, D.C., as Zelensky and Trump prepare to meet in the White House

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South Korea and the United States began their annual large-scale joint military exercise on Monday to better cope with threats by nuclear-armed North Korea

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Trump’s meeting with Putin rolled back key red lines that Zelensky says Ukraine won’t cross. But Europe could be relying on Trump to flip-flop once again, writes John Bowden

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‘You can’t cut a deal with a guy like this,’ said Rubio of Vladimir Putin shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Putin came to America for a ‘photo opp’ and legitimization, and received both from Trump, says Murphy

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Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Washington alongside a host of European leaders in a show of solidarity with Zelensky

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Ukrainians have reacted with anger to the welcome received by Russian president Vladimir Putin as he arrived in Alaska for a summit with his US counterpart Donald Trump on Friday (15 Aug).

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The Donetsk and Luhansk provinces in the Donbas region form the industrial heartland of Ukraine

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Vladimir Putin has described his talks with Donald Trump in Alaska as “very frank” and said both sides expressed a shared interest in ending the war in Ukraine.

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The growing use of FPVs has made moving the wounded between points more difficult

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The future of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has split the United States and its European allies with implications for security in the Middle East

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The first lady’s letter addressed the “plight of children in Ukraine and Russia”

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Trump’s problem with Zelensky is personal but, as World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley explains, he may finally understand that Ukraine cannot be handed to Putin

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Pages found at Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage before high-stakes meeting between two global leaders

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Details of the Russian president’s demands for Ukrainian territory come ahead of Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with Donald Trump in Washington on Monday

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Editorial: Donald Trump appears to be urging Volodymyr Zelensky to give up land for peace

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He may have helped to persuade Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine, but for all his energy devoted to foreign policy, the PM has gained no credit for it at home, writes John Rentoul

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine, but reached no agreement

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meeting Trump in Washington next week after the Alaska summit ended without a deal

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The Russian president has been accused of unlawfully deporting children and transferring them from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia

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If Vladimir Putin was hoping Donald Trump was still on his side against Ukraine, he left their summit very disappointed, Andrew Feinberg reports from Anchorage, Alaska

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‘Putin achieved most of what he wanted and Trump achieved very little,’ the U.S. president’s former national security adviser John Bolton said

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A nebulous amount of ‘progress’ has been made, and the two might meet again. But it’s pretty clear here that Trump got played in Alaska, writes Holly Baxter — and Putin got exactly what he came for

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Putin humiliated Trump and failed to agreed a ceasefire. Now the US president has to sell that to his allies, explains World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

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The unsubstantiated argument is one Trump has repeated many times since he decided to run again last year

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Putin and Trump emerged after closed-door talks in Anchorage, Alaska, stretched almost three hours

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Donald Trump gave a somewhat awkward response to Vladimir Putin’s invite to Moscow following their meeting in Alaska.

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Trump and Putin had several moments during the Alaska summit when they had the opportunity to be alone together

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Leaders offer scant details about what is discussed during Anchorage talks

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The Russian leader’s facial expression seems to have already stolen the show

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