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The UK and EU have agreed a new post-Brexit reset trade deal after months of negotiations.A UK government source said: "All in all, a good deal for all." The talks were the first since Boris Johnson agreed the initial Brexit deal in January 2020, when the UK left the EU.Politics latest: Details of UK-EU deal emergeNegotiations went "down to the wire", with a breakthrough at about 10.30pm on Sunday ahead […]

Donald Trump is set to speak with Vladimir Putin about a ceasefire with Ukraine today - after Russia launched its largest drone attack since the start of the war.Posting on Truth Social on Sunday, the US president said he would call his Russian counterpart on "STOPPING THE 'BLOODBATH'" and talk about trade at around 3pm UK time. He added he would also speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and then […]

Israel has said it will allow a "basic quantity of food" into the besieged enclave of Gaza to avoid a "starvation crisis" following a near three-month blockade.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the decision was "based on the operational need to enable the expansion of the military operation to defeat Hamas". Gaza, where local authorities say more than 53,000 people have died in Israel's 19-month campaign, has been under […]

It has been a brutal week in Gaza, hundreds have been killed as Israel has carried out waves of "preliminary" strikes ahead of a bigger offensive.The ground manoeuvre has now begun.The strategy is to "conquer" and then hold territory - some in the Israeli government say permanently.But having repeatedly said the war will continue until "total victory", the Israeli government has narrowed its options and set down a path of […]

Russia has launched its heaviest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war in 2022, the Ukrainian military has said.A total of 273 exploding drones were reportedly fired across the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Some 88 were intercepted and 128 "lost", having been electronically jammed, Ukraine's air force said.It passes the previous record of 267 drones on the eve of the […]

Polls have opened for the second round of Romania's presidential election - with little separating centrist candidate Nicusor Dan from the populist George Simion.Voting began at 7am (5am UK time) and is set to end at 9pm (7pm UK time), with exit polls to follow soon after. Romania's last presidential election was annulled six months ago after the country's highest court decided that the leading candidate, nationalist Calin Georgescu, should […]

Five people have died following a mid-air collision between two helicopters near Eura Airport in southwestern Finland, police said.The crash happened shortly after noon near the town of Kauttua, with the wreckage falling in a wooded area some 700 metres from the Ohikulkutie road. "Five people have died in a helicopter accident near Eura Airport on Saturday," Detective Chief Inspector Johannes Siirila of the National Bureau of Investigation said. Follow […]

Donald Trump has said he will speak to Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy separately on Monday in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine.The US president made the announcement on Truth Social - shortly after the Ukrainian president condemned Russia for the "deliberate killing of civilians" after a drone hit a bus in north-eastern Ukraine. Mr Trump said he will speak to Mr Putin over the […]

Israel's military says it has been "conducting extensive strikes and mobilising troops" as part of preparations to expand operations in Gaza.More than 300 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Thursday, according to local health authorities, as Israel appeared ready for a new ground offensive.It is one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March.The director of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, […]