Ukraine war live: Zelenskyy says he would give up presidency for peace and Nato membership

23/02/2025 16:36 The Guardian

Comments come after Russia launches largest drone attack on eve of third anniversary of invasionVolodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to give a press conference this afternoon at about 14:30 GMT. We will bring you the latest lines from the briefing once its begins.The Russian government has supported comments made by US President Donald Trump about Volodymyr Zelenskyy - such as calling the Ukrainian leader a “dictator” - are “understandable” after Zelenskyy made “inappropriate remarks” about Trump. Continue reading...

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German election live: voters head to polls amid fears over Ukraine security, Trump and rise of far right

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23/02/2025 16:35 The Guardian

‘People are so polite’: the Ukrainian refugee bonding with the British over borscht and chips

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23/02/2025 16:00 The Guardian

Met Office warns of danger to life from flooding in parts of UK

Forecaster issues amber and yellow warnings, saying torrential rain could cause ‘fast-flowing or deep flood water’A period of torrential rain will cause danger to life from fast-flowing or deep flood water in parts of the UK, forecasters say.The Met Office has issued an amber rain warning for so...

23/02/2025 14:47 The Guardian

Starmer condemns Farage and Reform UK for ‘fawning over Putin’

Prime minister also criticised Reform over employment rights and potential NHS charges at Scottish Labour conferenceKeir Starmer has condemned Nigel Farage and Reform UK for talking the language of workers’ rights online but wanting to charge people to use the NHS and for “fawning over Putin”....

23/02/2025 14:22 The Guardian

Energy giant AGL is disputing $25m fine for wrongly taking welfare money from hundreds as ‘excessive’

Exclusive: Court documents obtained by Guardian Australia show appeal argues judge was wrong to decide penalty was needed to ‘provoke’ leadership attentionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEnergy giant AGL is disputing a “manifestly excessive” $25m fine for using the...

23/02/2025 14:00 The Guardian

‘A source of national shame’: shelters in England turn young people away as number of rough sleepers soar

Charities across the country highlight the rising demand for emergency accommodation as costs spiral to care for those most in needHolly Udobang is packing the last bag: a sleeping mat, gloves, woolly hat, waterproof poncho, hand warmers. It’s the sort of kit that teenagers might need for a Duke o...

23/02/2025 12:00 The Guardian

New York City’s Ukrainian community ‘disappointed’ after Trump’s ‘betrayal’

As the US upends decades of foreign policy, those watching the war unfold from miles away resolve to stand strongMembers of New York’s large Ukrainian community expressed a mix of disillusionment, betrayal, defiance and acute uncertainty about what the future holds for Ukraine after tensions escal...

23/02/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Redrawing of global energy markets map set to heap benefits on US

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23/02/2025 07:00 The Guardian

‘Starmer’s big moment’: can PM persuade Trump not to give in to Putin?

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How UK and EU could find more money for defence without spooking the markets

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Coalition to match ‘dollar for dollar’ Labor’s plan to make GP visits cheaper in $8.5bn Medicare boost

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23/02/2025 02:31 The Guardian

More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars, final massacre map shows

‘Horrendous’ eight-year long project has ended with final fact check, leaving a legacy ‘nobody can argue’ with, says researcherThe Killing Times map of sites where violence occurred on the Australian frontierFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, f...

23/02/2025 00:52 The Guardian

US politics live: Donald Trump addresses Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland – as it happened

US president’s 75-minute tirade of repeated false claims ranges from voter fraud and stolen-election lies to foreign wars. This blog is now closed.Donald Trump launched into his speech by assailing “the fraudsters, liars … globalists and deep-state bureaucrats” that he said “are being sent...

22/02/2025 23:42 The Guardian

Trump preaches to the Maga choir at CPAC in campaign-style performance

US president hits familiar notes about election victories, ending the war in Ukraine and border militarizationIn a campaign-style performance, Donald Trump delivered the more-than-hour-long finale at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, hitting familiar notes about his election...

22/02/2025 22:48 The Guardian

Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talks

Kyiv ‘must be at the heart of negotiations’ says PM as foreign secretary announces new Russia sanctionsKeir Starmer has raised the stakes before a crucial meeting in Washington with the US president, Donald Trump this week, by insisting that Ukraine must be “at the heart of any negotiations”...

22/02/2025 19:28 The Guardian

Russia and US could meet again within weeks to discuss Ukraine, Moscow says – as it happened

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22/02/2025 14:51 The Guardian

Preparations under way for meeting between Trump and Putin, Russia says

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22/02/2025 14:49 The Guardian

‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals

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22/02/2025 12:08 The Guardian

China conducts second live-fire drill near New Zealand

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22/02/2025 09:13 The Guardian

Warnings downgraded but out-of-control bushfires continue to burn in Victoria and Tasmania

Extreme fire danger and total bans 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 podcastWarnings have been downgraded for fires burning in multiple states but emergency services are urging ca...

22/02/2025 08:41 The Guardian

Americans sharply divided over Trump’s embrace of Putin

While US allies are alarmed at changing loyalties, ordinary Americans are starkly divided on the president’s shift away from Ukraine and EuropeDonald Trump’s shocking and mendacious attack this week on the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as a “dictator” while cozying up to the Russ...

22/02/2025 08:01 The Guardian

Far-right links and Putin praise: fears over £600m UK history theme park plan

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22/02/2025 08:00 The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: Gaza hostage-prisoner exchange set to go ahead

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21/02/2025 23:46 The Guardian

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

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

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

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21/02/2025 18:01 The Guardian

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

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21/02/2025 17:39 The Guardian

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