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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Julian Borger

Rising Zelenskyy and falling Netanyahu cross paths in chaotic White House

Benjamin Netanyahu, Andrii Sybiha and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in conference in a funeral reception crowd
Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) with Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha (centre) at the funeral service for the late US senator and ally Lindsey Graham at the Washington National Cathedral. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The converging visits of Benjamin Netanyahu and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington offer an unusually eloquent snapshot of a world in turmoil, unmoored from decades-old certainties.

Some things remain the same. The US is still an almighty military and economic power and for both foreign visitors, a White House encounter with Donald Trump is critical to their governments and the wars they are fighting.

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