Officials say minerals deal would serve as commitment to US security guarantee and Ukraine leader shouldn’t have pressed issue White House officials blamed the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the meltdown in the Oval Office on Friday, and expressed frustration that he pushed for security guarantees even though the US had made clear they wanted to negotiate that later, according to people familiar with the matter. The officials had told…

The Met’s Public Protection team’s investigation has resulted in a lengthy sentence of 14 years for a man who was convicted of a sex offence. Laurence Rafter, 43 of Bittacy Hill, Barnet appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 28 February where he was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment after officers were able to prove that he had removed a condom during sex without consent. He was convicted at the…

The State Department has terminated a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) initiative that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore Ukraine’s energy grid from attacks by the Russian military, according to two USAID officials working on the agency’s Ukraine mission. Power outages have been applied overnight in some regions of Ukraine due to the attacks on energy facilities. The country’s systems have sustained near-constant impact throughout…

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey after a landmark call by the jailed PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, asking the group to disband. It was the first reaction from the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) after Öcalan this week called for the dissolution of the group and asked it to lay down arms after fighting the Turkish state for more than four decades. “In order to pave the…

Russia has praised United States President, Donald Trump, after his Friday meeting with Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington. Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova after the parley noted that Trump showed “restraint” by not hitting Zelensky during their shouting match in the White House. NEW DAILY PRIME had earlier reported that President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky openly argued in the White House on Friday, February…

…As his old tweets emerge A black man who clearly made his hate for black people known has died, after being shot by his white girlfriend. Telbo Rackins Osborne, 30, was allegedly fatally shot by Hannah Grace Cobb on Sunday morning, Feb. 23, in Midville, Georgia, yet she was not immediately arrested because she claims it was an accident. His family took to social media to demand justice for him…

…As officials meet with Trump team More than two dozen drug cartel suspects from Mexico — including the man charged in the 1985 slaying of a U.S. drug agent — are in U.S. custody after Mexican officials agreed to send them to the United States, four sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. The 29 people accused of violence and drug trafficking were deported as the Trump administration has…

The UK’s International Development Minister, Anneliese Dodds, has quit her post over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the international aid budget by almost half to pay for an increase in defence spending. She warned that it could enable Russia and China to further their global influence. The senior Labour MP, who attended cabinet, predicted that the UK pulling back from development would bolster Moscow, which has already been…

Ukraine Deal Collapses as Trump, Zelenskyy Clash in Heated White House Meeting Washington, D.C. – A highly anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ended in acrimony, leading to the cancellation of a potential Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal and a mineral trade agreement. The abrupt fallout, marked by a tense verbal exchange, has deepened uncertainty over Ukraine’s future and the United States’ role in the ongoing…

Skype will ring for the last time on 5 May as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders. Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the office software giant said on Friday. Founded in 2003, Skype quickly disrupted the landline industry in the early 2000s with its audio and video calls, making…

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said he is concerned about the “arbitrary detention” and health of Boualem Sansal, days after the French-Algerian author began a hunger strike over his imprisonment in Algeria. On Tuesday, Pen America issued a statement calling for the immediate release of 75-year-old Sansal, noting that “his hunger strike adds to grave concerns for his wellbeing.” In November, the writer was arrested on national security charges…

President Donald Trump is planning to sign an executive order making English the official language of the United States, multiple White House sources tell CBS News. English is already the most commonly used language in the country, but the U.S. has never had an official language at the federal level. The Wall Street Journal first reported the president’s plan to sign the executive order. The English language executive order will…