Pro-Ukraine protests have taken place across the US after Donald Trump and JD Vance’s angry exchange with Volodymr Zelensky at the White House. Hundreds of people gathered in New York,…
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UK: SNP MP calls for Trump state visit to be scrapped
An SNP MP has said that Donald Trump’s second state visit to the UK cannot go ahead if he refuses to show further support for Ukraine. Trump accused Ukraine’s president…
USA: Vance took the lead attacking Zelensky
JD Vance’s remarkable dressing down of Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday showed the US vice-president unafraid to take centre stage as an attack dog, rather than serve…
Ukraine: Zelensky wants US to ‘stand more firmly’ on Ukraine’s side
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants the US to “stand more firmly on our side” after his fiery White House exchange with US President Donald Trump. After arriving…
USA: Most Republicans applaud Trump after showdown with Zelensky
Republicans have shown a virtually united front in praising the White House following US President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance’s public row in the Oval Office with Ukrainian President…
Palestine: Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza
The Israeli government says it has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza because the first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas has expired. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
Ireland: ‘No pretence of respecting Trump’, Alliance leader says
The leader of the Alliance Party has said she will “make no pretence of respecting” US president Donald Trump. Naomi Long told her party’s annual conference in Belfast they were…
UK: After White House clash, Starmer faces decision about who he can trust
A meltdown. A horror show. A pile-on. However you want to describe it, the meeting between US President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office last night…
USA: How the Trump-Zelensky talks collapsed in 10 fiery minutes
Ukraine’s president had been hoping to leave the White House on Friday after positive talks with Donald Trump, capped with the signing of a minerals deal giving the US a…
USA: Illinois man convicted for hate crime murder of Palestinian boy
An Illinois landlord has been found guilty of murder and hate crime charges for fatally stabbing a Palestinian-American child in 2023 and severely wounding his mother. Prosecutors said Joseph Czuba,…