European leaders rallied around Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his spectacular Oval Office bust-up with Donald Trump, but the rift between Kyiv and Washington leaves Europe with agonising choices about how to prop up Ukraine. Friday’s confrontation, where the US president accused the Ukrainian leader of “gambling” with a third world war, caused consternation in European capitals
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Donald Trump has accused Volodymyr Zelenskyy of “gambling with world war three” as the US president cut short the Ukrainian leader’s long-sought meeting in the White House and told him to return “when he is ready for peace”. In a joint appearance in the Oval Office on Friday, the two leaders clashed even before the
Show video info Donald Trump acknowledged that his relationship with Volodymyr Zelenskyy had grown “a little bit testy” ahead of the Ukrainian president’s visit to the White House this week. But that simmering stress in the connection between the two men erupted on Friday into a full-blown brawl in the Oval Office, reflecting the bad
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Show video info It could not have gone worse. Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House on Friday was supposedly a chance to salvage his relationship with Donald Trump after a stormy few
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world A meeting that was supposed to bolster the flimsy trust between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump descended instead into an extraordinary slanging match in the Oval Office in front of
Bridge-building has been a struggle for recent British prime ministers. Boris Johnson was widely mocked when he proposed a 28-mile link from Scotland to Northern Ireland, spanning a trench containing 1mn tonnes of unexploded munitions, chemical weapons and radioactive waste. Sir Keir Starmer was also greeted with some incredulity when he suggested on the eve
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Global stocks fell on Friday, extending a sharp US market sell-off after Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose steep tariffs on imports from major trading partners added to investors’ concerns about the health of the
US President Donald Trump has said his administration is working on a trade deal with the UK, while suggesting that Britain could escape tariffs if such an agreement were struck. During a press conference in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said that the US vice-president JD Vance and US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent were
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump said on Thursday he would impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on imports from China and press ahead with levies on Mexico and Canada from next week, raising the spectre
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain has an uncharismatic, accident-prone, over-regulating but ultimately serious prime minister. Imagine, for a moment, how much it must sting a man of the liberal left to cut foreign aid to fund a larger defence
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Activists have the wind in their sails. The number of campaigns, globally, is the highest since 2018. Little wonder. Rather than having to lay siege to boards and management, they now appear to be pushing
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Finance ministers from many of the world’s largest economies are poised to skip G20 meetings in South Africa this week, underscoring the declining relevance of the body at a time when global co-operation is faltering.
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US House of Representatives has passed a budget resolution that calls for trillions of dollars in tax and spending cuts, in a significant victory for President Donald Trump as he seeks to
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Wall Street stocks declined on Tuesday after a round of gloomy data on consumer confidence deepened investors’ concerns that Donald Trump’s tariffs will knock the world’s biggest economy. The blue-chip S&P 500 index fell 0.5
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How much authority should democratic governments have to “snoop” on citizens’ online data and communications? The UK government has used new legal powers to demand that Apple create a “back door” enabling law enforcement bodies
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal that Ukrainian officials hope will improve relations with the Trump administration and pave the way for a long-term US security commitment. Ukrainian officials
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world A top White House official has proposed expelling Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network as Donald Trump increases pressure on the country he talks about turning into the 51st US state. Peter
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