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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with US Treasury Secretary (unseen) in Kyiv to discuss a rare-minerals-for-security deal.

‘Security shield’: US hands Zelensky draft deal on rare minerals

The idea of a minerals-for-security deal is said to have come from Ukraine to appeal to Donald Trump’s business-first mindset.

  • Tom Balmforth, Max Hunder and Yuliia Dysa

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Vladimir Putin with Donald Trump in 2017. The Russian president has been at pains to praise his US counterpart in recent days, a proven way to get Donald Trump’s attention.

Putin accepts Trump’s invitation to ‘come in from the cold’

“The time has come for our countries to work together,” the Kremlin has said, after a phone call between the Russian and US presidents.

  • Michael Koziol
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Hamburg in 2017.

Trump and Putin plan Saudi Arabia meeting as US lays out blunt vision for Ukraine

While praising Putin for his “common sense”, Trump said the two men had a lengthy and productive phone call and agreed to visit each other’s countries.

  • Michael Koziol
Demonstrators and Congressional representatives rally against President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk as they disrupt the federal government, including dismantling the US Agency for International Development.

On USAID criticism, Republican views converge with Kremlin propaganda

The dismantling of the agency has been accompanied by a torrent of anger online from right-wing influencers and accounts promoting false claims and conspiratorial thinking.

  • Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson
US President Donald Trump.

Trump says US making progress with Russia, coy on Putin talks

Donald Trump said the US was in touch with both Russia and Ukraine. “We’re talking to both sides,” he said.

  • Guy Faulconbridge
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Zelensky’s office deems US push for truce, elections a ‘failed plan’

Kyiv has repeatedly said it does not want a ceasefire without obtaining security guarantees that would stop Moscow regenerating its forces and launching another invasion in the future.

  • Tom Balmforth
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Randwick council cleaners remove antisemitic graffiti from houses in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

What if the antisemitic tide has a bigger target: Australia’s stability?

If foreign malign forces masterminded some of this wave of attacks, as authorities suspect, Australia will not be alone.

  • Lydia Khalil
Oscar Jenkins, pictured (left) playing for Toorak Prahran Cricket Club, was captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine (right).

Australia demands Russians free soldier Oscar Jenkins after confirmation he is alive

Friend says they are amazed and hopeful as Penny Wong says she has confirmation the former teacher turned soldier is alive.

  • Matthew Knott and Alex Crowe
A still from the trailer for Russians at War.

Film festival defends screening of Ukraine war documentary branded Russian propaganda

Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia wrote to the chair of the Antenna Documentary Film Festival urging him to cancel screenings of the film Russians at War.

  • Matthew Knott
US President Donald Trump h

Trump’s happy to play the ‘madman’ to restore global order. But will it work?

Trump has repeatedly and explicitly said he wants to use the perception he is unpredictable, and even unhinged, to boost American power.

  • Matthew Knott

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