Russia-Ukraine war
- Analysis
- Trump diplomacy
This is the war Trump didn’t want, and his ‘peacemaker’ credentials are falling apart
Never has a US president delegated the negotiation over a critical national interest to an American enemy. Yet we seem to be on the brink of exactly that.
- Peter Hartcher
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- G7 summit
Australia races to lock in new meeting with Trump to avoid second snub
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may now change his plans and attend next week’s NATO summit – if a face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump can be locked in.
- James Massola
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- Russia
An Oval Office blow-up, a Vatican sign of peace … and a Canadian cold shoulder
The Ukrainian president travelled to the G7 hoping to once more win over Donald Trump. It was not to be.
- Samya Kullab and Vasilisa Stepanenko
It has held dictators to account for 75 years, but Trump has left it in survival mode
It was founded to ensure people living in restrictive regimes in post-Soviet states had access to uncensored news. But the future of Radio Free Europe is more uncertain than ever.
- Rob Harris
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Trump’s Russian delusion is complete. He sees Putin as a peacemaker
The evidence of the Russian’s uncanny and growing influence over Trump suggests that perhaps he is now the de facto US national security adviser to the president.
- Peter Hartcher
As Trump covets Greenland, Macron detours to say it’s not for sale
The French leader expressed strong support for the strategic Arctic island amid reports the US has drawn up plans to take it by force.
- Kwiyeon Ha and Sylvie Corbet
First Ukraine, now Israel: How smuggling drones is changing the art of war
Many details about the secretive operations and how they were carried out remain murky, but such missions can take years to plan and are fraught with danger.
- Lara Jakes
Putin declares it’s an unshakeable friendship. But his spies say China is ‘the enemy’
A secretive intelligence unit in Russia’s domestic security agency has warned that China poses a serious threat to security as it tries to recruit Russian spies and get its hands on sensitive military technology.
- Jacob Judah, Paul Sonne and Anton Troianovski
‘Takes two to tango’: Trump mulls punishing Ukraine, as well as Russia
Meanwhile, the Kremlin has accused Britain of being involved in the surprise drone attack that destroyed Russian bombers at the weekend.
- Catherine Lucey, Kate Sullivan and Arne Delfs
Extended footage shows Ukraine's drone raid on Russia's bombers
Kyiv's surprise drone attack last weekend resulted in billions of dollars damage to Russia's military aircraft.
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