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Aug 18, 2025 - World

President reverses ceasefire position but says US will give Ukraine security help and expresses hope for trilateral talksDonald Trump has ruled out a ceasefire in Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his European allies visited the White House to push for US-backed security guarantees as part of any long-term peace deal.The US president, who only last week warned Russia of “very severe consequences” if Vladimir Putin failed to agree to a halt the fighting, made clear on Monday he had reversed his position. Continue reading...

Aug 18, 2025 - World

Presidents, PMs and heads of Nato and European Commission accompany Ukraine’s leader at White HouseRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesEuropean leaders gathered in Washington on Monday for Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, in a show of support for the Ukrainian president. Their presence came amid expectations that Trump would try to bully Zelenskyy into accepting a pro-Russia “peace plan” that would include Kyiv handing territory to Moscow. The Europeans have been described as Zelenskyy’s “bodyguards”, with memories fresh of the mauling he received in February during his last Oval Office visit. So, who are they? Continue reading...

Aug 18, 2025 - World

Jasveen Sangha, fifth and last defendant charged in Friends star’s overdose to strike plea agreement with prosecutorsA woman known as the “ketamine queen”, charged with selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, agreed to plead guilty on Monday.Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the Friends star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Having initially pleaded not guilty, her change of plea means she’ll avoid a trial that had been planned for August. Continue reading...

Aug 18, 2025 - World

Three people are dead and eight others wounded after a shooting in a crowded New York City club early Sunday morning.

Aug 18, 2025 - World

Republican leadership in Texas refused to let Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier leave the House chamber after she refused to agree to a 24/7 police "escort."For the first time in days on Monday, the Texas House of Representatives achieved a quorum following Democratic lawmakers' decision to return to the state despite an ongoing redistricting battle that could award five or more seats to Republicans.House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) said that Democrats who left the state would only be allowed to leave the chamber on Monday if they signed an agreement to be accompanied by an escort from the Texas Department of Public Safety. NBC News correspondent Ryan Chandler reported that Collier was "locked into the House chamber" because she refused to sign the document."Members are really not happy with the individual DPS escorts," Chandler noted. "Say they are not free to move on their own.""In my heart I don't feel compelled to sign it," Collier told Chandler. "I'll just sit here, I don't know… I guess I'll wait til Wednesday."