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The Trump-Putin love story’s next chapter: selling out Ukraine
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The Trump-Putin love story’s next chapter: selling out Ukraine

The US president is portraying Zelenskyy as the villain as he strives for Russia’s approval If Donald Trump could, he would fly to Munich to sign away Ukraine to Vladimir Putin, and return to wave the document as “peace in our time”, hoping to claim at least the second Fifa peace prize. Whatever the complicated motives of Neville Chamberlain, his well-grounded fear after the carnage of a world war of another apocalypse and his wishful thinking that Hitler would be satiated after carving up Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain had not sent his son-in-law and former golf partner and real estate partner…

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Starlink access for Ukraine limited after Trump’s claims satellite service restored, officials say – Europe live
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Starlink access for Ukraine limited after Trump’s claims satellite service restored, officials say – Europe live

France’s ⁠main student union, UNEF, has called for demonstrations on Saturday and the Yellow Vest movement also filed plans to march through central Paris. On top of the protest bans and restrictions in place, the government says they’ll deploy 20% more police onto the streets this weekend Macron held a Security Council meeting on Thursday with senior ministers; he’s chairing a Defence Council meeting this morning discussing other measures with law enforcement This afternoon the French president is also due to host student protest leaders for the first time for negotiations at the Elysee.

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EU leaders to press Burnham to pay more towards Ukraine’s defence
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EU leaders to press Burnham to pay more towards Ukraine’s defence

Officials will call on UK to ‘step up’ financial support at Brussels summit – with post-Brexit issues also on agenda EU leaders will press Andy Burnham at a summit in Brussels to contribute more to Ukraine’s defence effort in 2027. EU officials argue that the UK, Canada and Japan should do more to support Ukraine, but entreaties to these G7 countries for extra financial aid at recent international meetings have not been answered, Brussels says.

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Under Fire by Humza Yousaf – a deeply affecting story of being stranded in Gaza
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Under Fire by Humza Yousaf – a deeply affecting story of being stranded in Gaza

The former Scottish first minister writes of his in-laws’ plight and the tragedy of those who weren’t so lucky A week into Israel’s bombing of Gaza in 2023, which followed Hamas’s deadly terrorist attack on Israel, Scotland’s then first minister Humza Yousaf received a text from his mother-in-law, Elizabeth. Elizabeth, a retired nurse from Dundee, and her Palestinian husband, Maged, had been visiting family in Gaza and become trapped there when the bombing began.

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‘The biggest motivation is fear’: High turnout among Israel’s Palestinians could unseat Netanyahu
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‘The biggest motivation is fear’: High turnout among Israel’s Palestinians could unseat Netanyahu

The Knesset is up for grabs next week and the Arab community is desperate to topple the far-right ruling coalition As the sun set over the town of Kfar Qasim, Palestinian citizens of Israel gathered over hot knafeh pastries and shots of strong cardamom-laced coffee to hear an urgent pitch for their votes. Palestinians make up about 20% of Israel’s population and their votes are likely to be critical to efforts to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right coalition in elections next week.

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Youth mobility scheme may be delayed to ensure success of UK-EU summit
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Youth mobility scheme may be delayed to ensure success of UK-EU summit

Visa quotas, university fees and NHS surcharges remain sticking points ahead of post-Brexit negotiations next month A deadline for a youth mobility scheme between the EU and the UK could be deferred by six months in a bid to ensure Andy Burnham has a successful “reset” summit on 20 November, diplomats have said. EU ambassadors in Brussels on Wednesday heard that the UK was still insisting on international tuition fees, quotas and an NHS surcharge for EU students.

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King Charles urged ‘as human brother’ to support reparations talks at Caribbean summit
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King Charles urged ‘as human brother’ to support reparations talks at Caribbean summit

The head of the Caribbean’s reparations commission has appealed to King Charles as a “human brother” whose family he said had benefited from slavery to support reparations talks at next month’s Commonwealth leaders meeting in the Caribbean. Speaking at a press conference before the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm) in Antigua and Barbuda next month, Prof Hilary Beckles urged the king to use his influence to advance slavery reparations talks between Britain and the Caribbean.

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China Earthquake Kills 16, Injures 32 As 300 Houses Collapse
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China Earthquake Kills 16, Injures 32 As 300 Houses Collapse

At least 16 people were killed and 32 more injured when a strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck China’s remote Tibet region, state news agency Xinhua said, citing local authorities. In January 2025, at least 126 people were killed in an earthquake in Tibet’s rural Tingri county.

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Ukraine: Life near the front line in Sloviansk
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Ukraine: Life near the front line in Sloviansk

As Russian continues to attack Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine, thousands of residents refuse to leave or struggle to find a way out. For many, poverty, family ties and beloved pets make evacuation painfully difficult.

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