Yesterday
Trump says he wants Ukraine to supply US with rare earths
“We’re putting in hundreds of billions of dollars” into defending Ukraine, the US president said, adding he wants security of supply of rare earths in return.
- Reuters
This Month
Putin-Trump talks ‘very dangerous’ without Ukraine: Zelensky
Donald Trump said US-Russian officials were already talking about “ending the war”, but Ukraine’s president wants to be front and centre of any discussions.
- Susie Blann, Samya Kullab and Illia Novikov
January
North Korean troops disappear from Ukraine’s war front
North Korea sent its best troops to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine. But after months of suffering severe losses, they have been taken off the front line.
- Michael Schwirtz and Julian E. Barnes
Do you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
Australian soldier captured while fighting for Ukraine is alive: DFAT
Oscar Jenkins remains in Russian captivity, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong, despite earlier reports he had been killed.
- Andrew Tillett and Gus McCubbing
As Trump and Putin circle each other, an agenda beyond Ukraine emerges
The Russian leader has made it very clear he is ready to deal, keen to end three years of diplomatic isolation.
- David E. Sanger and Anton Troianovski
NATO alarm as another undersea cable ‘sabotaged’
Disruption of the line between Sweden and Latvia follows earlier incidents linked to suspected sabotage by Russia and China.
- Richard Milne
Is Ukraine scamming Russian pensioners into blowing up ATMs?
Ukrainian phone scammers posing as Russian security agents are thought to be encouraging elderly Russians to set fire to infrastructure in Russia.
- Daniel Hardaker
Putin ready to meet Trump to ‘talk about’ Ukraine
If the 2020 US election had not been stolen, then “perhaps there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that arose in 2022”, Vladimir Putin said.
- Vladimir Soldatkin and Anastasia Lyrchikova
Which billionaire didn’t attend Trump’s inauguration? Take our quiz
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
- Updated
- Donald Trump
Trump tells Putin to ‘make a deal’ on Ukraine or face new costs
“Let’s get this war, which never would have started if I were president, over with,” the Republican said in a social media post.
- David Lawder and Daphne Psaledakis
Roman Abramovich’s life of luxury in Turkish exile
Turkey, the country where East meets West, is an ideal no-man’s-land for the billionaire amid rumours he would be willing to open dialogue with Donald Trump.
- Tom Morgan
What the North Koreans took into battle against Ukraine
Notes and weapons recovered from the battlefield are helping Kyiv to better understand the thousands of troops from East Asia fighting on Russia’s side.
- Serhii Korolchuk and Siobhan O'Grady
Do you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
- Analysis
- Trump diplomacy
Trump’s plans to make the world great again face three big hurdles
A threat from the US president-elect helped broker a Middle East ceasefire deal. How else will he influence foreign affairs?
- Andrew Tillett
Trump readies tougher oil sanctions against Russia, Iran
Scott Bessent, Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury secretary, said he supports dialling up the sanctions on the Russian oil industry to end the war in Ukraine.
- Ben Bartenstein, Nick Wadhams and Daniel Flatley
- Opinion
- Penny Wong
Why Penny Wong has to expel Russia’s ambassador
Russia places little value on human life, but the feared execution of Australian man Oscar Jenkins cannot go unpunished.
- Andrew Tillett
PM, Dutton threaten Russia over feared execution of Australian soldier
The Albanese government has left the door open to expelling Russia’s envoy if reports captured Australian fighter Oscar Jenkins has been executed are true.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
PM slam Russia; Butler rejects health insurance price rises; SEC sues Musk
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
‘Grave concerns’ for Aussie captured by Russian forces
Media reports suggest Russia has executed Oscar Jenkins, a Melbourne teacher who had been fighting for Ukraine when he was captured.
- Holly Hales