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Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president (left); Keir Starmer, UK’s prime minister; and Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, embrace after meeting on Sunday.

Britain quit the European Union. Now it’s trying to lead it

Five years after Brexit, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s intense diplomacy on Ukraine has put Britain back in a familiar role on the global stage.

  • Mark Landler and Stephen Castle

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Donald Trump is threatening to defund research projects that contravene his ideological agenda.

Trump doesn’t want to ‘hurt Ireland’, but he probably will

Ireland and the US have a longstanding relationship. But the trade war has changed everything.

  • Ronan McDonald
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Bernard Arnault, chief executive of LVMH, during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Louis Vuitton Workshop Rochambeau in Alvarado, Texas, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. At left is Michael Burke, chairman and chief executive officer of of Louis Vuitton - LVMH. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Even Trump’s friends are in firing line as president targets French champagne

Donald Trump says he will impose a 200 per cent retaliatory tariff on European alcohol should the EU target American whiskey.

  • Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak
Trump admires Vance’s socks in the Oval Office.

‘What’s with these socks?’ Vance distracts Trump during Oval Office meeting

The vice president made headlines when he intervened during a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, but his input was more muted when Irish leader Micheal Martin found himself in the hot seat.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last month.

‘Dumpers’: US lashes Australia on trade as Canada, EU hit back over Trump’s tariffs

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, with whom Australia was negotiating in the days before the tariffs were finalised, singled out Australia for criticism.

  • Michael Koziol
Australia regardless of US President Donald Trump needs to spend more on defence because we are so exposed to Chinese bullying.

Trump’s war sets up America for a painful future

The US president’s policies have rattled economies and markets around the world. What isn’t as clear is what America will look like as they take hold.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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EU officials have made clear that the tariffs are aimed at products made in Republican-held states, such as beef and poultry.

EU targets US beef, whiskey, motorcycles in retaliation to Trump tariffs

Officials of the world’s largest trading bloc made clear that the tariffs are aimed at products made in Republican-held states.

  • Lorne Cook, David McHugh and Jill Lawless
French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with US President-elect Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace on Saturday.

Trump is changing the narratives on both sides of the Atlantic

The president’s policies and his decision to force Ukraine into a peace deal with Russia have prompted Europe to take steps that were unimaginable before he regained the White House.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
African migrants pulls in to shore east of Tripoli, Libya - a major route of migration that has been exploited by traffickers.

Exposed: Russian plot to flood Europe with migrants to influence elections

Weaponising the flow of migrants is said to be a key aim of Vladimir Putin, the issue being a major factor in elections across Europe.

  • Hayley Dixon
Ukraine peace could more help from the EU and nuclear protection by France.

‘None have prepared for it’: Trump forces Europe to rethink its own nuclear ‘umbrella’

When Emmanuel Macron beamed into living rooms across France on Wednesday night, it was an astonishing development - one Russia immediately declared a threat.

  • Rob Harris

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