All in all, is the upcoming counter-US summit in Brazil destined to be just another BRICS in the wall? Xi don’t need no education … For those who don’t know about this effort to counter Western dominance in capital and currency, BRICS formed in 2009-10 as a brainchild of Russian foreign minister Yevgeny Primakov. A...
So much for signals. Rather than use diplomatic niceties, Donald Trump opted for the blunt approach today. Just a few hours after warning Iran that time was running out to give up its nuclear weapons program and sites, Trump demanded a complete capitulation: Â Worth noting: It’s unusual to demand an unconditional surrender from a...
Developments continue apace in Israel and Iran, where the two bitter enemies will enter their fourth day of war. Earlier today, news reports had the Iranians asking erstwhile intermediaries to pressure Israel into cease-fire negotiations, albeit on the same terms as before — with Iran maintaining its nuclear enrichment programs and with the usual “Death...
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had a “good conversation” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a call about Ukraine’s recent drone attack and Iran. Following Ukraine’s major drone attack deep inside Russia, Trump reported that Putin told him Russia “will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields”. Trump also...
Most of Monday’s front pages are giving Sir Keir Starmer’s strategic defence review top prominence, with spotlighting details set to be unveiled later today. Others throw cold water on the viability of the still to be announced plans, which will outline the government’s priorities for military and security spending in the coming years. “Britain sends...
US President Donald Trump has appeared to set a two-week deadline for Vladimir Putin, threatening a different response if the Russian counterpart was still stringing him along. As the Kremlin escalated its attacks on Ukraine, Trump was asked in the Oval Office on Wednesday if he thought Putin wanted to end the war. “I can’t...
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US President Donald Trump has said he is “not happy” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, following Moscow’s largest aerial attack yet on Ukraine. In a rare rebuke, Trump said: “What the hell happened to him? He’s killing a lot of people.” He later called Putin “absolutely crazy”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier said Washington’s...
Donald Trump says he will be speaking to Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday about ending the war in Ukraine, saying the call at 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT) would be about “stopping the ‘bloodbath'”. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he would then speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and leaders...
Reuters Top US diplomat Marco Rubio says he does not have high expectations for Ukraine-Russia peace talks due to be held in Turkey – and that Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin need to meet for progress to be made. “I don’t think we’re going to have a breakthrough here until President Trump and...
The BBC asked President Trump whether he was disappointed by the level of the delegation that Russia sent to Turkey. “Look, nothing’s going to happen until Putin and I get together. Okay?” Trump said. “And obviously he wasn’t going to go. He was going to go, but he thought I was going to go”, the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not among the names listed by the Kremlin as being due to attend peace talks on the war in Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday, despite calls from Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky for him to attend. Russia’s delegation will instead be headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, according to the Kremlin statement....
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will travel to Turkey’s capital Ankara to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and will be available for direct talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Istanbul on Thursday. “We will do everything to ensure that this meeting takes place,” he told reporters in a hastily-arranged briefing. Russia...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally” in Istanbul on Thursday for talks over ending the war. His post came shortly after Donald Trump demanded Ukraine agree to Putin’s offer of direct talks between the two countries in Turkey. “There is no point in prolonging the killings....
Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for “direct talks” with Ukraine, saying they should “start without delay, as early as 15 May”. “We seek serious talks… to remove the root causes of the conflict and start moving towards a lasting, strong peace”, he said on Saturday, in a rare televised late-night address from the...