This toxic relationship is weird and dangerous for the West. World affairs editor Sam Kiley explains why

Steve Witkoff – the president’s international diplomatic Mr Fixit – has failed to bring peace to the Middle East or deliver on Trump’s boast that he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Don’t be misled; Trump is peeved by Putin and will make money from his irritation out of Ukraine’s war but he has not shifted away from Russia completely, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

As we mark the anniversary of the second genocide of the 1990s, we should recognise that we will never be able to say ‘we did not know’ what is happening in Gaza today, our world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes