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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

Donald Trump’s threats of additional trade tariffs against China, on top of the 10% hike imposed earlier this month, have contributed to a widespread stock market sell-off. Sentiment was already sour on the tariff front, given the spectre of 25% import duties being slapped on the EU, before the US president confirmed his intention to

Donald Trump has said he will impose 25% tariffs on the EU “very soon” and claimed the bloc was “formed in order to screw the United States”. The US president made the remarks while holding his first cabinet meeting at the White House since his inauguration in January. The world’s richest man Elon Musk, who

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

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

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

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

Apple’s decision to withdraw its most secure cloud storage service from the UK is just the latest turning point in a battle that has been rumbling on between US tech companies and successive British governments for some time. The dispute centres on end-to-end encryption, a method of secure communication which enables only the sender and

Elon Musk has had a heated exchange with famed astronaut Andreas Mogensen who accused has him of lying over claims that two NASA astronauts had been “left” in space. Speaking during a pre-recorded interview with US President Donald Trump on Fox News, Mr Musk alleged the astronauts had been “left up there for political reasons”