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Trump says Russia will accept security guarantees for Ukraine, but talks of ‘possible exchanges of territory’ – live

18/08/2025 19:43 The Guardian

US president holds meeting with Zelenskyy and European leaders after touting ‘very substantial progress’ in Putin talksTrump tells Zelenskyy ceasefire not needed for Russia-Ukraine peace dealA Russian drone attack on a five-storey apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Monday killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others, Ukrainian authorities said.The attack, which took place just before dawn, reduced part of the building to rubble and sparked fires on at least three floors, the region’s governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram. Continue reading...

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Trump doubles down on baseless claims that mail-in voting is ‘corrupt’, undermines voting machines

The president tells reporters that an executive order scrapping mail ballots is ‘being written’ – citing debunked theories about fraud, cost and inaccuracyTrump pledges to scrap mail ballots before 2026 midtermsAn aid group that coordinates medical care in the United States for badly injured c...

18/08/2025 19:37 The Guardian
Trump tells Zelenskyy ceasefire not needed for Russia-Ukraine peace deal

Ukraine’s president received a warmer Oval Office welcome than last time but Trump rules out need for ceasefireDonald Trump has welcomed Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House but appeared to rule out arranging a ceasefire as part of plans to try to end the country’s war with Russia....

18/08/2025 19:00 The Guardian
Trump says lawyers are drafting executive order to end mail-in voting

Announcement comes days after Putin allegedly told Trump US elections were rigged because of postal ballotsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump on Monday announced that lawyers are drafting an executive order to eliminate mail-in voting, days after Vladimir Putin told him US elections wer...

18/08/2025 18:45 The Guardian
Hamas says it accepts proposal for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages

Deal would include 60-day halt to violence and exchange of half of living Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisonersHamas officials say they have accepted a proposal for a Gaza ceasefire deal that would include the release of half of the approximately 20 remaining living Israeli hostages as part of...

18/08/2025 17:44 The Guardian
Police officers warned against dancing with revellers at Notting Hill carnival

With two murders and over 60 officers injured during last year’s festivities, the Met fears dancing distracts police on dutyFor George Michael, it was guilty feet that left him unable to dance. For Eddy Grant, a world full of problems left him rooted to the spot as the music played.But for police...

18/08/2025 16:32 The Guardian
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of ‘cynical’ attacks before Washington talks

Ukrainian president says latest strikes have killed at least 10 people and intended to ‘humiliate diplomatic efforts’Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to humiliate Ukraine and Europe by “deliberately killing civilians” before talks wit...

18/08/2025 15:41 The Guardian
Netanyahu criticises protests in Israel against his handling of Gaza war

Israeli PM suggests demonstrators are toughening Hamas’s stance and delaying the release of hostagesBenjamin Netanyahu has criticised massive street protests against his handling of the Gaza war, and failure to secure the release of remaining Israeli hostages, suggesting demonstrators were giving...

18/08/2025 14:34 The Guardian
Zelenskyy’s European ‘bodyguards’: which leaders will join Trump talks in Washington?

Presidents, PMs and heads of Nato and European Commission to accompany Ukraine’s leader at White HouseRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesEuropean leaders arrive in Washington on Monday before Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, in a show of support for the...

18/08/2025 12:54 The Guardian
Trump’s move to sanitize US history gets little support with national park visitors

Exclusive: Public comments show that a crackdown on signs ‘disparaging’ Americans is not popularAs part of his administration’s war on “woke”, Donald Trump has asked the American public to report anything “negative” about Americans in US national parks. But the public has largely refus...

18/08/2025 12:00 The Guardian
Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal amid searing heat

Extreme temperatures exacerbated by carbon pollution fuel fires in southern Europe as green policies are rolled backEurope live – latest updatesEurope scorched by wildfires – pictures from spaceRelentless heat and raging wildfires continue to ravage southern Europe, with one-quarter of weather s...

18/08/2025 11:27 The Guardian
US aid group ‘distressed’ at block on medical visas for Gaza children

Charity Heal Palestine says children returned to Middle East after treatment, rebutting far-right influencer’s claim of secret ‘Islamic immigration’ waveAn aid group that coordinates medical care in the United States for badly injured children from Gaza has said it is “distressed” by the U...

18/08/2025 11:19 The Guardian
‘Hallmarks of authoritarianism’: Trump banks on loyalists as he wages war on truth

Former officials say firing of BLS commissioner emblematic of president’s battle against established facts and historyDonald Trump is waging a war on truth by firing top officials who present facts he finds unpalatable, while he banks on key loyalists at executive agencies to bolster his policies...

18/08/2025 11:00 The Guardian
Trump pressures Zelenskyy before European leaders arrive in Washington | First Thing

US president claims Zelenskyy could end the war ‘almost immediately’, as he ruled out Ukraine becoming Nato member or regaining Crimea. Plus, Minnesota angler helps solve 60-year-old cold caseDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump has piled pressure...

18/08/2025 10:20 The Guardian
Hamas delegation in Egypt receives new Gaza truce plan, reports say – Middle East crisis live

Negotiators in Cairo receive proposal calling for 60-day truce and hostage release in two batches, says Palestinian officialUK prime minister Keir Starmer has been urged to recall parliament to “impose immediate sanctions” on Israel in a joint letter signed by politicians in Northern Ireland, Sc...

18/08/2025 09:43 The Guardian
Ukrainian mood hardens as MPs insist country should not be forced to surrender

Ridicule of Trump-Putin summit turns to frustration at suggestion Ukraine could give up unoccupied land for peaceUkraine war – live updatesA string of Ukrainian politicians and public figures have condemned the idea of handing over unoccupied land to Russia for peace on Sunday, arguing that their...

18/08/2025 09:20 The Guardian
Trump’s promise of a US manufacturing renaissance leaves experts scratching their heads

Economists doubt US duties will bring about a resurgence of US factory jobs, notably due to Trump’s erratic tariff rolloutDonald Trump’s hugely disruptive trade war is setting the stage for a manufacturing renaissance in the US, administration officials say. Outside the White House, many economi...

18/08/2025 09:00 The Guardian
Hong Kong activist Tony Chung says he has been granted asylum in the UK

Chung, one of youngest people to get jail sentence under security law, posts Home Office letter agreeing he has ‘well-founded fear of persecution’The Hong Kong independence activist Tony Chung says he has been granted asylum in the UK, two years after fleeing the Chinese region.Chung, 24, reveal...

18/08/2025 08:48 The Guardian
‘It felt magical’: monarch butterfly swarm delights visitors and locals in Western Australia town

For more than two months, the bright orange butterflies have been descending on Nannup in WA’s south-west, attracted by invasive plant speciesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLounging on the tulips, roosting in the euc...

18/08/2025 07:06 The Guardian
Australia news live: SES warns of potential flash floods for NSW; ACCC sues Google over search engine deals

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow education minister says childcare safety reforms should come more quicklyJonno Duniam, the shadow minister for education, said governments on both sides of the spectrum had failed for years to institute refor...

18/08/2025 06:44 The Guardian
Monday briefing: What’s at stake for Ukrainians as Trump and Putin talk of ceding land in return for peace

In today’s newsletter: While global leaders debate maps and borders, Ukrainians endure nightly drone strikes, mass displacement and the slow destruction of their communitiesGood morning. On Friday, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska to discuss the future of Ukraine, but there was no dea...

18/08/2025 05:51 The Guardian
‘Shut it down and start again’: staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis

Whistleblower warns UK’s top AI research body in danger of collapse due to threats over funding and new directionWhen the UK government announced the creation of the Alan Turing Institute in 2014 it promised a “fitting memorial” to the renowned computer scientist and artificial intelligence pi...

18/08/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Over £300m given to English councils to help house Ukrainian refugees unspent

Figure is about a third of budget from central government while thousands of families face prospect of homelessnessMore than £300m given to English councils to help Ukrainian refugees into accommodation has not been spent, while thousands of them face homelessness.Freedom of information requests to...

18/08/2025 04:00 The Guardian
Hundreds of thousands of protesters gather in Tel Aviv to demand end to Gaza war

One of largest rallies in Israel since start of conflict follows general strike to press government to stop military actionHundreds of thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Tel Aviv to call for an end to the war in Gaza and the release of hostages, one of the largest demonstrations in Israel s...

17/08/2025 22:46 The Guardian
Zelenskyy says territorial swaps not possible under Ukrainian constitution ahead of White House meeting – live

Steve Witkoff says Russian president agreed to allow US and European allies to offer Ukraine security guarantee and also unspecified concessions on five Ukrainian regionsGermany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will also be travelling to Washington tomorrow for the Trump-Zelenskyy talks, according to...

17/08/2025 21:19 The Guardian
UK and EU at Zelenskyy’s side in Washington for meeting with Trump

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’European leaders including Keir Starmer will join Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-bac...

17/08/2025 18:04 The Guardian
‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to

Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the climate warmsRoad closures, evacuations, travel chaos and stern warnings from officials have become fixtures of Canada’s wildfire season. But as the country goes through its...

17/08/2025 16:35 The Guardian
Rubio says both Russia and Ukraine ‘have to make concessions’ for peace deal

US secretary of state says talks between Putin and Trump had ‘made progress’ but ‘big areas of disagreement’ remainIn a combative series of interviews on Sunday, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said that “both sides are going to have to make concessions” for there to be a peacefu...

17/08/2025 15:45 The Guardian
Hurricane Erin weakens to category 3 as storm lashes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

First Atlantic hurricane of 2025 diminishes but tropical storm warnings issued for Turks and CaicosHurricane Erin was downgraded to a category 3 hurricane early Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds.While Erin...

17/08/2025 15:34 The Guardian
Young Australians may endure worse lives than their parents, ‘worried’ productivity chief warns

Productivity Commission chair urges ‘growth mindset’ to solve looming problems for future generations, while reiterating call to limit AI regulationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYoung Australians may endure worse...

17/08/2025 15:00 The Guardian
Keir Starmer hopes to exploit curious relationship with Trump in Ukraine talks

PM has positioned himself as someone who can get along with US president while stressing Europe’s red linesAsked behind the scenes at June’s G7 summit if he could explain why Donald Trump seemed to like him so much, Keir Starmer admitted he did not really know. Whatever the reason, when it comes...

17/08/2025 13:46 The Guardian
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