‘The US is ready to hand Russia a win’: newspapers on Europe’s Trump shock

16/02/2025 16:05 The Guardian

European papers express deep alarm at declaration of an ‘ideological war’, while the NYT says Putin may soon ‘realise his dream’This year’s Munich security conference exposed the chasm in core values separating the Trump administration from most Europeans and sparked deep alarm at US efforts to control the Ukraine peace process and exclude European governments from it.Here is what some of the main European and US newspapers had to say about it. Continue reading...

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Long-term effects of Gaza war could quadruple Palestinian death toll, warn UK doctors

Surgeons who worked in Gaza fear disease, malnutrition and eradication of healthcare will reverberate for decades British doctors who worked in Gaza during the war have issued dire predictions over the long-term health of Palestinian civillians, warning that large numbers will continue to die.The pr...

22/02/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Residents warned to take shelter as bushfires burn in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania

Extreme fire danger and total bans have been declared for large parts of the east coast with sweltering temperature accompanied by hot and dry windsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastExtreme fire danger and total fire bans have been declared for much of South Australia and Vi...

22/02/2025 01:36 The Guardian

US envoy to Ukraine hails Zelenskyy as ‘embattled and courageous leader’

Keith Kellogg takes different tone from Trump, who contrasted ‘very good talks’ with Putin with cooler relationship with Ukraine’s leaderThe US envoy to Ukraine, Gen Keith Kellogg, has praised Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “the embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war”, striking a drama...

22/02/2025 00:41 The Guardian

Australia confronts China over apparent live-fire exercises conducted off coastline

Deputy PM Richard Marles says explanation for the drills, which were conducted in international waters and according to international law, are ‘unsatisfactory’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has confronted her Chinese...

21/02/2025 23:46 The Guardian

Trump says he ‘had very good talks with Putin’ and again criticizes Ukraine – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Trump administration, read more coverage here. National security adviser Mike Waltz told a crowd of Donald Trump loyalists that he believes the president will receive the Nobel peace prize.“This is the presidency of peace. He’s going to end the...

21/02/2025 23:03 The Guardian

Starmer will not challenge Trump on his attack on Zelenskyy when the pair meet

UK prime minister aiming to cool escalating transatlantic row over war in UkraineKeir Starmer will not risk riling Donald Trump by challenging him over his attack on Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, when the pair finally meet next week, as the prime minister seeks to cool an escalating tr...

21/02/2025 18:48 The Guardian

Poland’s Andrzej Duda to meet Donald Trump on Saturday – as it happened

Polish president to fly to Washington, making him the first European leader to be welcomed by Trump in the White House, reports Polish mediaA 51-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in jail in Poland for preparing acts of diversion which the prosecutors found to be commissioned by Russia.T...

21/02/2025 18:01 The Guardian

UK party leaders walk tightrope on Trump while voters want stricter stance

Polling shows US president is deeply unpopular with British voters but Keir Starmer is keen not to rock the boatKeir Starmer is striking a delicate balancing act on the world stage by trying to maintain a good relationship with Donald Trump while giving his full-throated support to Ukraine and pursu...

21/02/2025 17:39 The Guardian

Starmer to tell Trump that UK’s Chagos deal will avoid tensions with China

PM to claim if US rejects Mauritius’s claim to own the islands, Beijing will be drawn into the regional disputeKeir Starmer is to urge Donald Trump to recognise that a US rejection of Mauritius’s legal claim to own the Chagos Islands, including the strategic US military base at Diego Garcia, may...

21/02/2025 17:29 The Guardian

Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn

Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privatelyAnalysis: Who is ‘working class’ and why does it matter in the arts?Interviews: Nine working-class creatives on class in the arts – and how they made itArtists, directors and actors have raised the a...

21/02/2025 17:00 The Guardian

Who is ‘working class’ and why does it matter in the arts?

Prominent figures in the arts say class is a key factor that determines who can make it in the creative industriesWorking-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warnInterviews: Nine working-class creatives on class in the arts – and how they made itIn recent years, a s...

21/02/2025 17:00 The Guardian

Apple removes advanced data protection tool after UK government request

Users will now be more vulnerable to data breaches from bad actors, Apple says, after Home Office orderBusiness live – latest updatesApple has taken the unprecedented step of removing its strongest data security tool from customers in the UK, after the government demanded “backdoor” access to...

21/02/2025 16:48 The Guardian

Trump official says Zelenskyy will sign US minerals deal ‘in the very short term’

National security adviser Mike Waltz tells CPAC agreement is expected imminently as part of ceasefire negotiationsThe White House national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said on Friday that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was expected to sign a minerals agreement with the United States...

21/02/2025 16:31 The Guardian

Keir Starmer urged to ramp up defence spending – UK politics live

This is ‘probably one of the most alarming times for Britain’s defence since the second world war’, says Lib Dem leader Ed Davey as he calls for more spendingThe Democratic Unionist Party has described Sinn Fein’s decision to boycott a visit to Washington DC on St Patrick’s Day as “short...

21/02/2025 15:00 The Guardian

Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions ‘climate’

US government stripping funds from domestic and overseas research amid warnings for health and public safetyThe Trump administration is stripping away support for scientific research in the US and overseas that contains a word it finds particularly inconvenient: “climate.”The US government is wi...

21/02/2025 12:00 The Guardian

BBC pulls Gaza documentary featuring child whose father was Hamas minister

Corporation removes show from iPlayer to carry out ‘further due diligence’ after admitting boy is son of Hamas ministerA BBC documentary about Gaza has been pulled from BBC iPlayer while the corporation conducts “further due diligence”, following the broadcaster admitting a child featured wa...

21/02/2025 11:25 The Guardian

International aid groups axe thousands of jobs in wake of Trump funding freeze

Fears that cuts will ‘decimate’ ability to react to crises as sector loses expertise and skills at every level, report findsSome of the world’s largest aid organisations are axing thousands of jobs as a result of US president Donald Trump’s freeze on overseas aid, potentially “decimating...

21/02/2025 11:06 The Guardian

Peter Dutton claims Labor is fast-tracking citizenship so that migrants can vote. Here’s what we know

The opposition leader picked up on News Corp claims that Tony Burke was conducting ‘industrial-scale’ ceremonies. Labor denies it has anything to do with the electionThis is the first in a series that will run throughout the election campaign pulling apart contested claims from politiciansFollow...

21/02/2025 08:07 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: Israeli military says body of Shiri Bibas is not among returned hostages

Israel has demanded the return of Shiri Bibas after it said testing showed that one of the four bodies released by Hamas did not belong to any other hostageFull report: Israeli military accuses Hamas of ‘serious violation’, saying Shiri Bibas not among returned hostagesIsraeli prime minister, Be...

21/02/2025 07:28 The Guardian

Commercial flights diverted as Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill between Australia and New Zealand

Three Chinese vessels currently in international waters notified Australia’s defence department before the drillFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChinese warships have undertaken an apparent live-fire drill in the seas...

21/02/2025 07:07 The Guardian

Wong says she expressed ‘importance of Oscar Jenkins’ condition’ to Russian foreign minister – as it happened

This blog is now closedCommercial flights diverted as Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill in sea between Australia and New ZealandGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria to offer contactless public transport tickets from next yearVictorians will be able to...

21/02/2025 06:55 The Guardian

Tens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar, Thai police general says

Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centresTens of thousands of people could be living inside illegal scam compounds in Myanmar that have proliferated near Thailand’s border, according to the head of Thailand’s anti-trafficking agency, who warne...

21/02/2025 04:58 The Guardian

Bird flu spreads to third property as farmers warn Australia’s egg shortage could be prolonged

Agriculture Victoria says H7N8 strain of avian influenza has been detected at a poultry farm at EuroaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA highly pathogenic strain of bird flu has been detected at a third property in Victoria, with farmers warning it could exacerbate Australia...

21/02/2025 03:57 The Guardian

Elon Musk praises Doge efforts to cut federal workforce after judge ruling – as it happened

This blog is now closed.Donald Trump signed another round of executive orders onboard Air Force One last night, among them one aimed at ending federal benefits for people in the country illegally.The order seeks to end “all taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens”, according to the White Hou...

21/02/2025 02:42 The Guardian

Antisemitism summit: John Howard says ‘God bless Sky News’ as Mark Dreyfus warns against partisanship | Weekly Beast

Sharri Markson defends News Corp after attorney general says antisemitism ‘must not be weaponised’. Plus: a sprinkling of Australian culture for the NYTFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“God bless Sky News,” the f...

21/02/2025 00:57 The Guardian

Trump ‘very frustrated’ with Zelenskyy for allegedly failing to ‘take opportunity’ of US-brokered peace – as it happened

This live blog has closed. For the latest, you can read our full report: Stop criticising Trump and sign $500bn mineral deal, US official advises KyivFormer US state secretary John Kerry said “the basic playing field for making peace in Ukraine is there,” as he rejected Donald Trump’s suggest...

20/02/2025 20:51 The Guardian

Stop criticising Trump and sign $500bn mineral deal, US official advises Kyiv

National security adviser says Ukraine is wrong to push back against Trump’s approach to peace talks with RussiaWhite House officials have told Ukraine to stop badmouthing Donald Trump and to sign a deal handing over half of the country’s mineral wealth to the US, saying a failure to do so would...

20/02/2025 20:40 The Guardian

Vance poses immigration as ‘greatest threat’ to US and Europe in CPAC speech

Vice-president also reaffirmed the administration’s Ukraine stance at largest conservative voters conferenceJD Vance marked one month since the Trump administration returned to power on Thursday by again claiming uncontrolled immigration was “the greatest threat” to both Europe and the United...

20/02/2025 19:42 The Guardian

African history students awarded compensation after master’s axed

University of Chichester had suspended recruitment to its history of Africa and the African diaspora MResAn independent adjudicator has ruled partly in favour of students who challenged the University of Chichester after their African history course was abruptly terminated in 2023.The university sus...

20/02/2025 18:34 The Guardian

‘Russia has learned nothing’ over Ukraine war, says David Lammy – as it happened

UK foreign secretary criticises Russia over Ukraine war, saying it ‘faces a test’ over Ukraine war as he speaks at G20 foreign ministerial meetingAs well as appearing on the airwaves this morning to promote Labour’s £270m Arts Everywhere fund, culture secretary Lisa Nandy also supplied some q...

20/02/2025 18:09 The Guardian

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