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US President Donald Trump; Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky; Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump makes play for Ukraine’s nuclear power plants in call with Zelensky

With a deal to access Ukraine’s critical minerals now on the backburner, the US president said American ownership of the country’s power plants would offer “the best protection”.

  • Michael Koziol

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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than two hours.

Reports of Russian bombs falling on Ukraine hours after Trump and Putin reach deal

The Russian president may have already broken the promise he made during a two-hour phone call with his US counterpart overnight.

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

Trump and Putin will discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Here’s what’s on the table

A temporary ceasefire is on the table, but both sides seem unwilling to make large concessions and have red lines that they insist cannot be crossed. Here is what’s at stake.

  • Samya Kullab
Ukraine drone

Road of death: How drones hunted Ukraine troops out of Kursk

Soldiers are likening their retreat to scenes from a horror movie, with highway leading back to Ukraine under constant Russian attack.

  • Kieran Kelly
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
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”.

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‘Home alone’: How Trump is changing security in Europe

Trump’s return as US president has left Europe’s main military pact looking less assured. Here’s how defence is being reshaped on the continent.

  • Jackson Graham and Angus Holland
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
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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