Ukraine must be “at the heart” of any negotiations to end the conflict with Russia, the prime minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer said it is important Ukraine “is in…
Category: European News
USA: Ukraine war talks start now, Trump says after Putin call
US President Donald Trump has said he had a “lengthy and highly productive” phone call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in which the leaders agreed to begin negotiations to end…
Germany: Zelensky to meet US vice-president at Munich conference
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US Vice-President JD Vance for talks in Munich later, with the war expected to dominate a major security meeting of world leaders. Zelensky is…
Belgium: Europe caught out by Trump’s Russia move
Arriving at Nato headquarters early on Thursday, Europe’s defence ministers had one common message – that there could be no negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine and Europe at the table…
USA: Trump offers Putin a way back in from the cold
Talks may now get under way. Exactly when and how they will conclude isn’t clear. But President Vladimir Putin has already scored something of a diplomatic victory simply by holding this…
Ukraine: One killed in ballistic missile attack on Kyiv
One person has been killed and four injured in a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight. Kyiv’s mayor said a nine-year-old girl was among the injured in the strikes…
UK: Amazon bans number plates as illegal supply found
Online retailer Amazon is banning the sale of car number plates on its platform after a BBC London investigation exposed they were being illegally supplied. The BBC found seven companies…
Romania: President Klaus Iohannis resigns after impeachment pressure over cancelled vote
Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis has resigned, a day before he faced an impeachment vote sparked by the cancellation of the country’s presidential election last year. Opponents had been pushing to…
Belgium: Hegseth says return to Ukraine’s 2014 borders ‘unrealistic’
Pete Hegseth, the new US defence secretary, has said it is “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders, when Russia first captured Crimea and Moscow-backed proxies pushed…
Russia: Kremlin says Russian citizen released in US after Trump greets freed teacher
Donald Trump has welcomed home American schoolteacher Marc Fogel after he was released from prison in Russia, with the US president saying Vladimir Putin had got “not much” in return.…