The Theatre of War
The disconnect between Keir Starmer's fine-sounding words about his Ukraine 'coalition of the willing' and the meagre reality has reached Stalinesque proportions, says Dr Frederick Attenborough.
The disconnect between Keir Starmer's fine-sounding words about his Ukraine 'coalition of the willing' and the meagre reality has reached Stalinesque proportions, says Dr Frederick Attenborough.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to a 30-day 'energy and infrastructure' ceasefire in Ukraine during a two-hour phone call today in the first steps towards ending the war.
The RAF has launched a desperate search for pilots after a secret unlawful bid to discriminate against white men backfired and left the air force with an acute shortage of combat-ready flyers.
When bombing civilians becomes 'ethical' but heating your home doesn't, it's clear that ESG was never about ethics at all, says Ben Pile. Just power and control.
Macron claims that Russia is an “existential threat” to Europe. Yet his actions belie this. France has given Ukraine 12 times less aid than Denmark. And it's still importing billions of euros of Russian energy.
Trump's art of the deal always has been to ask for everything, judge the point at which the other party has made his final offer and then take what he can get, says Ramesh Thakur. That's what he's doing with Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is ready to seek peace under Donald Trump's "strong leadership" and he "regrets" his White House row – a day after the US President halted military aid to Ukraine.
JD Vance has criticised European leaders for publicly backing Volodymyr Zelensky while privately calling for the war in Ukraine to end – as the US suspends all military aid to Ukraine and ramps up the pressure on Kyiv.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered US Cyber Command to halt offensive cyberoperations against Russia as part of what analysts say is a wider move to draw Vladimir Putin into negotiations over Ukraine.
Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelensky to "come back when he is ready for peace" after a White House meeting between the two leaders descended into a shouting match.
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