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Trump appeasing Putin with pressure on Ukraine, Biden tells BBC
Joe Biden has told the BBC that pressure from the Trump administration on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia is “modern-day appeasement” in an exclusive interview, his first since leaving the White House.
Speaking in Delaware on Monday, he said Russian President Vladimir Putin believed Ukraine was part of Russia and “anybody that thinks he’s going to stop” if some territory is conceded as part of a peace deal “is just foolish”.
Biden, who spoke as Allied nations mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day this week, said he was concerned about US-Europe relations breaking down under President Donald Trump, which he said “would change the modern history of the world”.
In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Biden was challenged on his own record on Ukraine as well as his decision to end his 2024 re-election bid late in the race after a stumbling debate performance stoked concerns over his fitness and plunged the Democratic Party into crisis.
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Trump says bombing of Yemen to stop as Oman confirms US-Houthi ceasefire
President Donald Trump has announced the United States is abandoning its daily bombing campaign of Yemen based on an understanding with the Houthis as Oman confirms that it has brokered a ceasefire between Washington and the armed group.
“The Houthis have announced to us that they don’t want to fight any more. They just don’t want to fight, and we will honour that, and we will stop the bombings,” Trump told reporters in the White House on Tuesday during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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Carney tells Trump that Canada ‘won’t be for sale, ever’
Mark Carney has told Donald Trump that Canada “is not for sale” as the president raised the prospect of the country becoming the 51st US state while welcoming the prime minister to the White House.
Carney won election last month promising to “stand up” to Trump, who has imposed tariffs on some Canadian products and sometimes talks about annexing the country.
The former central banker responded with a firm but measured tone after the president proposed a “wonderful marriage” of incorporating Canada into the US.
Despite a strained relationship recently between the once-close neighbours, the two men also lavished praise on each other in what was a largely cordial Oval Office meeting.
US and China to start talks over trade war this week
US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try to deescalate a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will attend the talks in Switzerland from 9 to 12 May, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer will represent Washington at the meeting, their offices announced.
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has imposed new import taxes on Chinese goods of up to 145%. Beijing has hit back with levies on some goods from the US of 125%.
But global trade experts have told the BBC that they expect negotiations to take several months.
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The divides behind the scenes in the Vatican ahead of the conclave
The Vatican’s Santa Marta guesthouse has 128 rooms. From 7 May, it will be filled with cardinals participating in the conclave to elect the next Pope. But one room in the guesthouse is still sealed with a red ribbon, as it has been since its occupant died there on Easter Monday.
That suite will only be reopened when the new pope is chosen. The ribbon remains a tangible reminder of the man whose shoes the cardinals are looking to fill – but Pope Francis’s presence looms large over this conclave in many profound ways.
He spent 12 years in the role and appointed around 80% of the cardinals who will select his successor. He also looked to radically shake up the workings of the Catholic Church, moving its centre of gravity away from its hierarchy at the Vatican in the direction of the rank-and-file faithful all over the world, and focused on the poor and marginalised.
My conversations with cardinals and those assessing the needs of the Church in the days leading to this papal election almost always end up looking at what is required through the prism of what Pope Francis did in the role.
While in recent days there appears to have been a growing coalescence around the idea that Francis’s work should be built on, some of his critics remain far from convinced. So might there be enough of them to sway the vote as the Church attempts to reconcile the different outlooks and realities it faces around the globe?
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Climbing of Winston Churchill statue to become a crime
The government will make it a crime to climb on Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square, it will be announced today.
Offenders could face up to three months in prison and a £1,000 fine for desecrating the monument to Britain’s wartime leader.
The Churchill statue is not officially classified as one of the UK’s war memorials, but Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to add it to the list of statues and monuments which it will soon become a criminal offence to climb.
These will include the Cenotaph in Whitehall, the Royal Artillery Memorial in Hyde Park, and many other famous structures across Britain commemorating the service of the armed forces in the First and Second World Wars.
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Five Venezuelan opposition members ‘rescued’ from Caracas, US says
Five Venezuelan political figures holed up at the Argentinian Embassy in Caracas to avoid arrest have been brought to the US after a “successful rescue” mission, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
“The US welcomes the successful rescue of all hostages held by the Maduro regime at the Argentinian Embassy in Caracas,” Rubio wrote in a post on X. “Following a precise operation, all hostages are now safely on US soil.”
Venezuelan forces had surrounded the embassy since last year, where the five politicians opposed to President Nicolás Maduro had been taking refuge.
Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she was thankful “to all those who made it possible”.
JD Vance’s brother advances in run for Cincinnati mayor
The younger half brother of US vice-president JD Vance will face off with the Democratic incumbent in Cincinnati’s mayoral race in November, after finishing second in a primary on Tuesday.
Cory Bowman, 36, who shares a father with the vice-president, is running as a Republican in the Ohio city.
The political newcomer received an endorsement earlier on Tuesday from Vance, who wrote on X that Bowman is “a good guy with a heart for serving his community.”
Bowman, a pastor at an evangelical church in Cincinnati, will now run against current mayor Aftab Pureval in November’s general election.
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US Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce transgender military ban
The US Supreme Court temporarily allowed President Donald Trump to enforce his ban on transgender people serving in the military while legal challenges to the policy move forward.
Shortly after taking office in January, Trump signed a pair of executive orders that enabled the Pentagon to implement the ban.
But a lower federal court blocked the policy in March, ruling that the administration had failed to provide evidence that transgender troops posed a threat to military effectiveness.
In an emergency application to the court, the Trump administration argued that the lower court should show deference to the military’s judgement in matters of national defence.
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US college student suspended over antisemitic sign at sports bar
A student at Temple University has been suspended after an antisemitic incident at a sports bar in the city of Philadelphia went viral.
Police are investigating after a three-word sign with an expletive about Jews was held up at the pub on Saturday.
Dave Portnoy, the owner of the Barstool Sansom Street bar, said two employees had been fired. Two others had agreed to go to Auschwitz, the former Nazi Germany death camp, for “a learning experience”, he added.
The incident comes amid growing scrutiny from President Donald Trump’s administration of how antisemitism allegations are handled on US college campuses.
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Drones strike Kyiv and Moscow, as Putin plans WW2 parade
At least two people have reportedly been killed after a night of heavy fighting between Ukraine and Russia – with drone strikes on Kyiv and Moscow.
The fighting comes a day ahead of a planned parade in the Russian capital to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two – with President Vladimir Putin proposing a three-day ceasefire to coincide with the event.
Ukraine has not agreed to the proposal and has pushed for a truce lasting at least 30 days.
Two people had been killed in the Ukrainian capital by the latest Russian strikes, Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app.