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The Ukrainian president was advised to wear a suit to the White House and Donald Trump was offended when he didn’t, according to reports. Ahead of the historic meeting, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was advised by Trump’s team to ditch his usual military-style clothing for something more formal, Axios reports. However, he didn’t, instead opting to wear

After the US and Ukrainian presidents traded bitter insults in the Oval Office, Richard and Yalda examine the fallout from what may be the most serious public row for a generation. To get in touch or to share questions for Richard and Yalda, email theworld@sky.uk Click here to visit their YouTube channel where you can

Donald Trump and JD Vance held a heated meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy – which saw the US president tell his Ukrainian counterpart he is “gambling with World War Three”. Mr Zelenskyy has travelled to the US as he attempts to secure a ceasefire with Russia and a possible mineral deal. But his visit to the

Microsoft has announced it will shut down Skype, once the dominant video call service, in May this year. At its peak, the service boasted more than 300 million users, but that number had fallen to more than 36 million users, according to the most recent figures shared by Microsoft in 2023. The US tech giant,

An emotional 911 call by a maintenance worker who discovered the bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa has been released. The unnamed worker appears to cry and repeat “damn” as he says he can see Arakawa’s body “not moving” from outside a window of the couple’s New Mexico home. He urged the

Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, has said the newspaper’s opinion section will write “every day in support and defence of… personal liberties and free markets” – appearing to align the publication with the US political right. In an email to staff that he shared on X, Mr Bezos added: “We’ll cover other

Donald Trump has shared a bizarre AI-generated video on his Truth Social platform showcasing what appears to be a vision of Gaza under his proposed plan. The footage, which the 78-year-old shared without comment, shows the war-ravaged territory before a caption appears: “Gaza 2025… What’s Next?” It then goes on to show the area transformed

Apple says it is repairing a glitch with its speech-to-text feature on iPhones which interprets the word “racist” as “Trump” before autocorrecting itself. The US technology giant said it is working on fixing the bug which has triggered outrage from Trump supporters and conservative commentators, including Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. iPhone users

Donald Trump has shared a bizarre AI-generated video on his Truth Social platform showcasing what appears to be a vision of Gaza under his proposed plan. The footage, which the 78-year-old posted without comment, shows the war-ravaged territory before a caption appears: “Gaza 2025… What’s Next?” It then goes on to show the area transformed

An American woman suspected of throwing her newborn out of a hotel window in Paris, killing the baby, has been detained in the French capital. The baby is believed to have been thrown from the second floor of the hotel in the 20th arrondissement on Monday morning, the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement

Emmanuel Macron has said a peace deal with Russia “must not mean a surrender of Ukraine” – as Donald Trump claimed Vladimir Putin’s forces “want to end this war”. The US and French presidents met amid fragile relations between America and Europe and after Mr Trump launched a verbal attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The French call it “langage corporel” – body language. A notably prolonged handshake, reflecting the complex dynamic between the President of the United States and his French counterpart. Donald Trump may have hoped to see a full turn by Emmanuel Macron – but got a pirouette. Follow latest: ‘Good reason” to re-engage with Putin, Macron

Grammy-award winning singer Roberta Flack has died at the age of 88, her publicist has announced. The American singer was best known for her hit songs Killing Me Softly With His Song and The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face. Image: Flack pictured in 1972. Pic: Photoreporters/Shutterstock One of the top recording artists of

Elon Musk has issued an ultimatum to US federal employees- respond to an email justifying the work they completed this week or resign. The billionaire boss of X, Tesla and SpaceX also leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which has been tasked with cutting government spending, after he was appointed by President Trump. Posting

Donald Trump has purged top military figures in the Pentagon, including firing America’s most senior commander. He also pushed out five other admirals and generals in an unprecedented shake-up of US military leadership. The Pentagon had been bracing for mass firings of civilian staff as well as a dramatic overhaul of its budget and a

A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder celebrated “Freedom Friday” after a judge ordered him to be released because of new DNA evidence. There were gasps and cries when Judge Kirstin Hamman said “the sentence is vacated and the defendant is ordered to be released from custody”. She ruled that

Donald Trump has said the US is close to agreeing a minerals deal with Ukraine – after accusing Britain and France of “doing nothing” to end the war. “We’re signing an agreement, hopefully in the next fairly short period of time,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said on

US and Russian officials have agreed to restore embassy staffing and establish a high-level team to negotiate peace in Ukraine – another sign of the significant American change in diplomatic relations with Moscow.  Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said the two countries “need to have vibrant diplomatic missions that are able to function

A Florida man has been charged with attempted murder after shooting two Israeli tourists – who he shot at because he thought they were Palestinian.  Mordechai Brafman, 27, shot at their car 17 times in Miami Beach on Saturday night. The men in the car – who local media are reporting as father and son

Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly made multiple attempts to pressurise Romania to lift travel restrictions on Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, who are facing a series of criminal charges in the country. The pair have been released from house arrest, but are not allowed to leave the country. They deny charges of human trafficking,