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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.
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  • UK

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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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with other world leaders during a video conference at 10 Downing Street on Saturday.

Australians ‘stand up to bullies’, PM says as Starmer challenges Putin

After a meeting of some 30 world leaders, Britain said planning for a future peacekeeping effort in Ukraine was entering an “operational phase”.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was cautiously optimistic following talks in Moscow this week.

Trump asks Putin to hold fire as Ukraine urges US to step up pressure on Moscow

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was “cautiously optimistic” as Donald Trump’s special envoy returned to the US from talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

  • Michael Koziol
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Trump’s Putin charade insults our intelligence

Donald Trump is snatching Western defeat from the jaws of victory in Ukraine. He is extending a lifeline to a struggling war criminal running out of ways to fund his mischief.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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Albanese, Dutton split on peacekeepers as Putin responds to ceasefire call

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will join talks with world leaders on Saturday night, and is willing to consider a small deployment as a show of support.

  • David Crowe
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko following their talks at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin suggests US ceasefire plan for Ukraine needs serious reworking

The Russian leader says he agrees in principle with America’s proposal for a 30-day truce, but that “there are issues” that need to be discussed.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin on Thursday.

Red flag for Trump as Putin uses classic Russian negotiating tactic

The Russian president’s response to the Ukraine ceasefire proposal should put the US president on notice - or he risks repeating mistakes of the past.

  • Roland Oliphant
The Rheinmetall Boxer tank.

‘Era of rearmament’: German arms maker looks to cash in on Trump turmoil

Europe’s largest producer of munitions says it’s set to profit from the region’s rising military spending as Donald Trump shifts the US away from its support of Europe.

  • Melissa Eddy
Winston Churchill, his grandson Nicholas Soames and US President Donald Trump.

‘Not an America I know’: Churchill’s grandson launches broadside against Trump

Nicholas Soames said the decision to restore a bust of his grandfather to the Oval Office was “awful ghastliness”.

  • Rob Harris
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a visit to military headquarters in the Kursk region of Russia.

‘Cannot happen before 2026’: Advice to Kremlin on how to manage Trump peace talks

The document prepared for the Kremlin says Russia should stoke tensions between the US and other countries to weaken the President’s negotiating position.

  • Catherine Belton and Robyn Dixon

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