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Volodymyr Zelensky has clashed with American podcaster Lex Fridman.

Is Lex Fridman the world’s most dangerous podcaster?

Five years ago, he was unknown – now he’s poised to meet Putin. And his soft-ball interviews may be the future of political journalism.

March

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at St John of God Midland Public Hospital in Perth.

ADF watching Chinese vessel off Australia’s coast: PM

Anthony Albanese says he would prefer that the Chinese vessel wasn’t there; Donald Trump is not “froth and bubble”, Malcolm Turnbull says. How the day unfolded.

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ASX dives 1.4pc; Nine backs $2.8b Domain sale; 5 big market risks

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Donald Trump says he is “pissed off” at Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump ‘pissed off’ with Putin, threatens tariffs on Russian oil

The US president is angry at the autocrat’s suggestions of how to install a new leadership in Ukraine and sideline Volodymyr Zelensky.

Why the Trump-Putin bromance could finally topple Iran’s ayatollahs

The question is: will Russia defend the clerics in Tehran, or sacrifice their regime on the altar of Russo-American rapprochement?

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Trump’s tango with Russia’s autocrat Vladimir Putin over the terms of a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine has sowed doubts.

For Trump, the strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must

The US president’s hastiness to secure peace overlooks the often laborious work usually required for a long-term, stable and durable solution to a conflict.

Donald Trump has been fortunate to start with an obedient Congress, America’s first branch of government.

Trump advisers backpedal on tariffs before ‘Liberation Day’

The “reciprocal” tariffs may not be as bad as markets expect; coalition will cap public service at post-COVID level; Donald Trump “touched” by Vladimir Putin commissioning a portrait of him. See how the day unfolded.

Trump 2.0 is different – and it could go two ways

Donald Trump’s second coming involves a far more staunch and legacy-focused US president who will deliver more radical change than markets expect.

Trump’s direct dealings with Putin in deciding Europe’s eastern front has about it the whiff of a Yalta 2.0.

Trump’s strange affair with Putin and Xi leaves allies out in the cold

The direct dealings between the American and Russian presidents in deciding Europe’s eastern front have the whiff of Yalta in 1945.

US President Donald Trump; Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky; Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump tells Zelensky US could take over Ukraine’s nuclear plants

The two leaders spoke on the phone in a call the White House described as “fantastic”, hours after an exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kyiv.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than two hours.

Russia attacks Ukraine hours after Putin, Trump reach deal

During a 90-minute phone call with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin agreed to limit attacking Ukrainian energy assets, but declined to agree to a broader ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for nearly two hours.

Trump’s MAGA dreams conjure a world nightmare

Donald Trump values his relationship with dictators far more than that with democratic allies, making the global economic and national security interests a combustible mix.

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White misled board; Trump’s terrifying deal; Last night’s market shock

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Trump’s deal with Putin will terrify the West

If Russian president Vladimir Putin can get his US counterpart, Donald Trump, dancing to his tune, eight decades of trans-Atlantic solidarity could be ruptured.

The only certainty is that the dismal pattern whereby Vladimir Putin concedes nothing and offers nothing, while Donald Trump declines to respond with any hint of steel, remains the order of the day.

Putin has defied Trump once again – and paid no price

Two presidents do not need to talk for 90 minutes to serve up the thin gruel in the public account of their call. What else did the two leaders discuss?

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Group CEO National Australia Bank Andrew Irvine in conversation with James Thomson, Senior Chanticleer Columnist.

Productivity an issue from housing to energy: Irvine

Andrew Irvine tells the Financial Review banking Summit that productivity is a complex challenge and needs a variety of fixes. How the day unfolded.

A  Russian soldier prepares to raise a flag of his unit atop of a house in Staraya Sorochina village in Sudzha district in the Kursk region of Russia.

Trump, Putin set for talks on Ukraine ceasefire terms

The two leaders are expected to speak on Tuesday with the US president saying that there had already been discussions about “dividing up certain assets”.

This key index is flashing a clear US recession warning

The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies is bearing the brunt of Donald Trump; Vanuatu on US banning list; tariffs on Australian beef would push up McDonald’s prices. See how the day unfolded here.

Russian soldiers patrol an area in the Kursk region after pushing out Ukrainian forces.

Putin says he will let Ukraine troops in Kursk live if they surrender

US President Donald Trump urged Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to spare Ukrainian troops. Ukraine said its forces were simply pulling back to better positions.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, centre, and French President Emmanuel Macron, right, are seeking a coalition of the willing to provide military support to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

PM to join world leaders’ talks on Ukraine peacekeepers

Anthony Albanese will take part in a hook-up of dozens of world leaders to discuss ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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