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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have clashed in the White House, with the US president telling his Ukrainian counterpart: “You’re gambling with World War Three.” Mr Trump also told Mr Zelenskyy “you either make a deal or we are out.” “Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel,” he said. “We’re trying to solve a
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The Pope’s condition is showing a “further, slight improvement”, the Vatican has said. In its latest update on the 88-year-old pontiff, the Vatican said a mild kidney insufficiency that had developed days ago has now receded. It stressed, however, that, “although there is a slight improvement, the prognosis remains reserved”. Image: Pope Francis looks on
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Pope Francis has met leading Vatican officials in hospital as he continues his recovery from pneumonia in both lungs. The pontiff, 88, who is receiving treatment at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, met Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, the so-called Vatican “substitute” or chief of staff. In its Tuesday lunchtime update on his condition,
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Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) have won the country’s federal elections – as the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) scores its best-ever result and Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party collapses. The leader of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz, who will most likely become Germany’s next chancellor,
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The release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners planned for Saturday has been postponed “until the release of the next hostages is secured without humiliating ceremonies”, Israel has said. In a statement early on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s office accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of “repeated violations” as it lashed out at “disgraceful
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Pope Francis has had blood transfusions and is “suffering more than yesterday”, the Vatican has said. The 88-year-old has been in hospital for more than a week being treated for double pneumonia and chronic bronchitis. In an update on Saturday evening, the Vatican said “the Holy Father’s condition continues to be critical”, adding that this
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Israel says Hamas has not handed over the body of hostage Shiri Bibas – saying it had instead received the remains of an “anonymous body without identification”. Ms Bibas was kidnapped with her sons – four-year-old Ariel, and nine-month-old Kfir – from the Niz Or kibbutz during the Palestinian militant group’s incursion into Israel in
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The bodies of an Israeli mother and her two children have been handed over by Hamas – as the process was labelled “inhumane” by the United Nations human rights chief. Shiri Bibas, four-year-old Ariel, and nine-month-old Kfir were kidnapped from a kibbutz during the militant group’s October 2023 attack. The children’s father, Yarden Bibas, was
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Ukraine’s president appears to be fighting a war on two fronts – against Russian forces on the ground and against American assaults over the airwaves. View from Ukraine by Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor With Donald Trump openly attacking him, Ukraine’s president is dispensing with the diplomatic niceties towards a crucial partner and is
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