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Texts show split over US peace drive

Ukrainian and European officials pushed back this week against some US proposals on how to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, making counterproposals on issues from territory to sanctions, according to the full texts of the proposals seen by Reuters. The...

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India

Rival tensions soar over Kashmir

Armed police and soldiers searched homes and forests for militants in Indian Kashmir and India’s army chief visited the area to review security, after the killing of 26 men earlier this week – the worst attack on civilians in nearly two decades...

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In Depth

Trump’s tariffs dilemma for Orban, far-right leaders

After Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, Hungarian leader Viktor Orban predicted the “Trump tornado” would usher in a golden era for Europe’s far right. It isn’t working out that way. In Hungary, the strong economy that helped Orban...

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Trade

Trump says Xi called him, lays out trade and other deal plans

US President Donald Trump says his administration is talking with China to strike a tariff deal and that Chinese President Xi Jinping had called him, though Beijing has so far disputed the US characterisation of talks. The Republican president, in an interview with Time magazine on Tuesday that was published on Friday, did not say when Xi called or what the two leaders discussed. Trump said he would not call Xi. “He’s called. And I don’t think that’s a sign of weakness on his behalf,“ Trump said.

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China

China creates tariff carve-outs

China has exempted some US imports from its 125 per cent tariffs and is asking firms to identify critical goods they need levy-free, according to businesses notified, in the clearest sign yet of Beijing’s concerns about the trade war’s economic fallout. The dispensation, which follows de-escalatory statements from Washington, signals that the world’s two largest economies were prepared to rein in their conflict, which had frozen much of the trade between them, raising fears of a global recession. Beijing’s exemptions – which business groups hope would extend to dozens of industries – pushed the US dollar up slightly and lifted equity markets in Hong Kong and Japan.

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Ukraine

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Russian strikes kill five after Trump rebukes Putin

Five people, including a child, have been killed in the latest round of Russian attacks on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials say. Three of the victims were killed in the city of Pavlohrad after a drone strike, said Serhiy Lysak, governor of the central Dnipropetrovsk region. “The aggressor again conducted a mass attack on the region with drones,“ Lysak wrote on Telegram, adding that 11 drones were destroyed over the region.

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Ukraine

Zelensky: ‘Missile North Korean’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Russian missile that struck a residential building in Kyiv overnight and killed 12 people was supplied by North Korea, confirming earlier reports. A North Korean KN-23 (KN-23A) missile hit a residential block in the Sviatoshynskyi district west of Kyiv’s centre during a major aerial attack by Russia, a Ukrainian military source said.

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Ukraine

Trump on Kyiv strike: ‘Vladimir STOP’

Russian strikes on Kyiv with missiles and drones, killing at least 12 people in the biggest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year have drawn a rare rebuke from US President Donald Trump, who told Vladimir Putin: “Vladimir, STOP!” Trump told reporters at the White House that his administration was applying “a lot of pressure” on Russia and reiterated his displeasure with the attack. But he said significant progress had been made in peace negotiations and that the Kremlin had made a “pretty big concession” by being open to “stopping the war, stopping taking the whole country.“

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Defence

Republicans seek $27b for Golden Dome

Republicans in the US Congress plan to introduce a sweeping $150 billion defence package that will give an initial $27 billion boost to President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defence shield and bolstering shipbuilding, according to a document and a congressional aide.

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USA

Reeves reassures on reaching trade deal with Washington

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was confident that Britain and the US could reach a trade deal to reduce the hit from US President Donald Trump’s import tariffs, a day before she was due to meet her US counterpart. “We don’t always agree...

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Europe

Starmer nears EU defence pact

Britain is edging towards a new defence agreement with the European Union that officials on both sides hope will help to improve post-Brexit ties following US President Donald Trump’s upending of security and trade alliances. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been trying to reset ties with the bloc since he was elected last year and his government has focused on security and defence first - an area of strength for Britain.

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Energy

UK pushes need for energy security

Britain has urged closer international cooperation to improve energy security, telling other nations and business leaders they would otherwise be vulnerable to those who were willing to weaponise supplies. Security of energy supply shot up the agenda of countries around the world after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 led to global price spikes and made the EU seek to curb its reliance on Russian fuels.

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Ukraine

Trump, Zelensky clash over Crimea

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have clashed again on efforts to end the three-year-old war in Ukraine, with the US leader chiding Zelensky for refusing to recognise Russia’s occupation of Crimea. Trump’s Vice President JD Vance said it was time for Russia and Ukraine to either agree to a US peace proposal “or for the United States to walk away from the process,“ echoing a warning Trump gave last week.

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Government

Cabinet ready to take back power

Members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet will likely move to limit the influence of Department of Government Efficiency employees and reassert control over budgets and staffing once Elon Musk steps back from DOGE, two government sources with direct knowledge of the matter say. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by executive order the day Trump took office and helmed by billionaire Musk, has spearheaded efforts to shrink the federal workforce and slash the deficit via mass firings, contract cancellations and reduced services to Americans across the federal government.

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Gaza

23 Apr 2025

Israel bombs school-turned-shelter

An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced families in northern Gaza killed at least 10 people, while another hit a children’s hospital, medics said, as three European leaders called on Israel to end its blockade on aid. Since a January...

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23 Apr 2025

New Zealand

PMs meet troops training Ukrainians

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon have visited a training centre for Ukrainian soldiers in England. New Zealand trainers have worked alongside their British counterparts to help train more than...

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Health

Trump eyes cheaper US drug prices

Drugmakers have been warned that the Trump Administration is considering linking US medicine prices to lower amounts paid by other developed countries, according to two company sources who called the option the pharmaceutical industry’s top concern...

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Religion

Cardinals set Pope’s funeral details

Pope Francis’ funeral will be held on Saturday in St Peter’s Square, Roman Catholic cardinals have decided, setting the stage for a solemn ceremony that will draw leaders from around the world. Francis, 88, died unexpectedly on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Vatican said, ending an often turbulent reign in which he repeatedly clashed with traditionalists and championed the poor and marginalised. The pontiff spent five weeks in hospital earlier this year suffering from double pneumonia. But he returned to the Vatican almost a month ago and had seemed to be recovering, appearing in St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday.

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