Hamas has announced its acceptance of a new ceasefire proposal mediated by Egypt and Qatar
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet face-to-face within the next two weeks, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Speaking at the White House on Monday following a summit of global leaders, Merz said the meeting had been agreed upon during a phone call between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. “The American president spoke with the Russian president on the phone and agreed that there would be a meeting between the Russian president and the Ukrainian president within the next two weeks,” he told reporters. Merz added that a follow-up trilateral meeting involving…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has publicly pushed back against Donald Trump’s stance on Ukraine’s ambitions to join NATO, setting the stage for a tense White House summit later today.
Britain will support efforts to resume international air travel to Ukraine as part of a broader plan to boost the country’s economy and restore its independence following a ceasefire with Russia. The initiative is being led by the Coalition of the Willing, a group of over 30 countries backing Ukraine, which aims to re-establish normal flying conditions once peace is agreed. As part of this effort, Royal Air Force fighter jets will join European allies in policing Ukrainian airspace to prevent any renewed aggression from Russia. Beyond security, the coalition seeks to reinstate commercial air travel in and out of…
TaxtChancellor Rachel Reeves’s changes to inheritance tax rules will cost the average English homeowner over £82,000 from 2027, according to new analysis. Under reforms announced in the October Budget, pension pots will no longer be exempt from inheritance tax starting in April 2027. This change means that unspent private pensions could face a tax rate of up to 40%, significantly increasing the number of families liable for death duties. For a single, working-age homeowner in England with an average property value of £290,395 and a pension pot of £415,000, the amount required to fund a moderate retirement, according to Pensions…
Lord Neil Kinnock has called on Sir Keir Starmer to abolish the two-child benefit cap, warning that the policy is trapping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
Guests at an Anchorage hotel reportedly stumbled upon sensitive US government papers just hours before Donald Trump welcomed Vladimir Putin to their high-stakes Alaska summit.
President Donald Trump has signaled support for Vladimir Putin’s demand that Ukraine cede Donetsk, the mineral-rich eastern region, as the price of ending the war. At their Alaska summit, Putin proposed freezing the front line in exchange for full control of Donetsk and pledged not to advance further. The US president, who will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington on Monday, is expected to press him to accept territorial concessions in return for U.S.-led security guarantees modelled on Nato’s Article 5. A source told The Telegraph: “Putin de facto demands that Ukraine leave Donbas. Trump is inclined to support…
The United States (US) has suspended the issuance of visitor visas for people from Gaza after far-right activist Laura Loomer publicized videos she claimed showed evacuees arriving at American airports. In a statement posted on X, the State Department confirmed: “All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days.” Loomer, a vocal Trump supporter, posted multiple times on Friday about Heal Palestine, a humanitarian NGO that arranges evacuations of injured Gazans for medical…
The UK, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has warned benefit claimants that fraud will be pursued to the full extent of the law after a Manchester woman was jailed for 20 months for illegally claiming more than £110,000. The 51-year-old, who admitted four counts of benefit fraud, failed to declare changes in her living circumstances and continued to receive Job Seeker’s Allowance, Employment Support Allowance, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support between April 2013 and April 2023. Her case came to light following an anonymous tip-off, which triggered a joint investigation between the DWP’s Pensions Regional Investigations team and…
