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Ukraine's president is offering an olive branch to Donald Trump with a dramatic public message aimed at mending their relationship and ending Russia's war.Volodymyr Zelenskyy chose social media - the US leader's favourite mode of communication - to make his point. He did not go so far as to apologise for a fiery bust-up with Mr Trump at the Oval Office last Friday - a move that some members of […]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been called a "crook" and a "punk" by a former top aide to Donald Trump.Steve Bannon also told Sky's Ali Fortescue he thinks the US president should pull out of a planned minerals deal with Ukraine. In a wide-ranging interview on the Politics Hub, the ex-chief strategist said Mr Trump's efforts to improve relations with Russia is a "brilliant" move. Image: Steve Bannon speaks at a conservative […]

At least three Serbian MPs have been injured after smoke bombs and flares were thrown in the country's parliament.Chaos erupted as politicians were scheduled to vote on a law that would increase funding for university education. But opposition parties insisted this was illegal and the parliament should first confirm the resignation of Serbia's prime minister Milos Vucevic and his government.Members of the opposition blew whistles and held up a banner […]

Is this the art of the deal or the art of blackmail?US President Donald Trump's evening announcement to suspend US military aid to Ukraine came after a weekend through which the question had been: "He wouldn't actually do that, would he?" But given his actions over the past 43 days, his rhetoric during the campaign, and his truly transactional negotiating style, the answer was always to be "of course he […]

A truck has collided with a bus in southern Bolivia, killing at least 31 people, according to police - just two days after a deadly crash claimed at least 37 lives.Officers said the bus rolled some 500m (1,640ft) down a ravine after the collision on Monday, which took place on the highway between Oruro, in the Bolivian Altiplano, and the highland mining city of Potosi. The driver of the truck has […]

Donald Trump has hit out at the Ukrainian president once again, just four days after an explosive on-camera spat between the pair.The US president posted on Truth Social saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy made "the worst statement that could have been made" when he said the end of the war with Russia is "very, very far away". "America will not put up with it for much longer!" Mr Trump posted.Live updates: Trump […]

A mother has gone on trial accused of kidnapping and selling her young daughter in South Africa.Kelly Smith, whose full name is Racquel Chantel Smith, denies organising the abduction of her daughter Joshlin in February 2024 in return for a payment. She has pleaded not guilty to the charges alongside two men - her partner, Jacquin Appollis and friend Steveno van Rhyn.Their trial began on Monday in a sports hall […]

An adventurer who was just days from completing a solo row from the US to Australia has been rescued by a warship after getting caught in a tropical cyclone.Aurimas Mockus was in the final stages of his 7,500-mile voyage across the Pacific Ocean, which he started in an enclosed boat in October. After hitting stormy seas and 50mph winds generated by Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the Lithuanian 44-year-old became stranded for […]

During what was an extraordinary round-table with a handful of journalists at Stansted Airport, there was no sign of a bruised Ukrainian president who had just been publicly battered by Donald Trump.Instead, Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared confident and hopeful as he entered the room. Seated beside him, I observed a man who very much wanted to give the impression that he was strong and defiant despite uncertainty about his country's future […]