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Volodymyr Zelenskyy was advised to wear a suit to the White House and Donald Trump was offended when he didn’t, according to reports. Ahead of the historic meeting, the Ukrainian president was advised by Trump’s team to ditch his usual military-style clothing for something more formal, Axios reports. However, he didn’t, instead opting to wear

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have clashed in the White House, with the US president telling his Ukrainian counterpart: “You’re gambling with World War Three.” Mr Trump also told Mr Zelenskyy “you either make a deal or we are out.” “Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel,” he said. “We’re trying to solve a

At least 41 people are trapped after being swept away by an avalanche in the Indian Himalayas, according to local officials. The incident took place near a highway in the state of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli region where workers were engaged in road construction. Local police said at least 57 workers were initially buried under snow. Of

The Israel Defence Forces has admitted the attacks by Hamas on October 7 2023 were “a complete failure” of Israeli security and the result of many years of planning and deception by the Gaza-based militant group. Announcing some of the findings from a major internal investigation, the Israeli military said “the IDF failed in its

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are on a flight from Romania to the United States after a travel ban on them was lifted. They took a private plane from the country to the US on Thursday morning, according to a Romanian official. G4media.ro reported the brothers were on a flight to Florida, citing “airport

Hamas has handed the bodies of the last four Israeli hostages that were included in the first phase of the ceasefire deal to the Red Cross. The remains of the four men were exchanged for the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners. Hamas has previously identified the bodies as those of Tsachi Idan, Itzhak

Going For Gold presenter Henry Kelly has died aged 78, his family has said. The Dublin-born writer and broadcaster died “peacefully” on Tuesday “after a period of ill health”, his family said. “Henry will be sorely missed by his friends and family, including his partner Karolyn Shindler, their son Alexander, Henry’s daughter Siobhan and her

This is the moment the government finally woke up to the enormity of the threat faced by the UK and the inability of its hollowed-out armed forces to cope. But make no mistake, today’s decision to increase military spending is not just about increasing the number of troops, warships and fighter jets or even ensuring

Harun is sitting hunched on a bed with a sheet over his head. He lives in a state of psychosis and wants to return to his home in central Khartoum. He tells us where to turn and which bridges to cross to get him there. The war has ripped away the stability that kept him

The US joined Russia to vote against a UN resolution on the Ukraine war – and abstained from voting on one it drafted after amendments proposed by European countries were added. The 193-member assembly approved a US-drafted resolution, marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which had originally called for an end to

In less than a fortnight, Donald Trump has shredded long-standing security assumptions about American support for Europe, creating a new crisis for Ukraine and leaving the whole continent in greater peril than at any time since the Second World War. The dramatic unravelling of transatlantic ties comes as Kyiv marks the grimmest of milestones –

Initial exit polls appear to confirm what we have known for weeks: that the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) have got the most votes in the federal election, with Friedrich Merz most likely to be the next chancellor. While this result isn’t a surprise, it doesn’t

Pope Francis is still receiving a high flow of oxygen – but has suffered no further crisis, Vatican sources have said. The sources added the Pope is eating normally, and that clinical tests are ongoing. The 88-year-old has been at Rome’s Gemelli hospital for more than a week as he receives treatment for double pneumonia

One person has been killed and two police officers seriously injured in a knife attack in eastern France. A man attacked people in Mulhouse, near the German border, at around 4pm on Saturday. Prosecutors said a 37-year-old Algerian had been arrested and the person who died was a civilian who tried to intervene. “Horror has

The Pope will not lead Sunday prayers for the second week running, the Vatican has said.  The 88-year-old has been in hospital for more than a week being treated for double pneumonia and chronic bronchitis. In an update on Saturday morning – the shortest since Francis was admitted to hospital on 14 February – the

Hamas says the body of hostage Shiri Bibas has now been handed over, according to the group’s Al-Aqsa TV channel – as the Israeli military says it is checking the reports. Israel said on Thursday that Ms Bibas was not among the four bodies handed over on Thursday as part of the ceasefire agreement, instead

Hamas has named six Israeli hostages who are set to be released on Saturday while Israel is expected to release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire agreement between the parties. The hostages due for release are Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham, Omer Wenkert, Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengisto. According

Israel says Hamas has not handed over the body of hostage Shiri Bibas – saying they had instead received the remains of an “anonymous body without identification”. Ms Bibas was kidnapped with her sons – four-year-old Ariel, and nine-month-old Kfir – from the Niz Or kibbutz during the Palestinian militant group’s incursion into Israel in

At the Faena Hotel on Miami Beach, at breakfast, I overheard the conversation on the next table. “Trump is creating instability,” one man said to the other, who disagreed. It was a good natured but forthright debate that cut to the heart of a global divide right now about the language and actions of the

The Pope spent a peaceful night in hospital and ate breakfast this morning, the Vatican said. It comes after it cancelled the Pope‘s weekend engagements after he was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia. The 88-year-old, who as a young adult developed a case of pleurisy and had part of one of his lungs removed, has been