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Putin proposal for direct talks with Kyiv 'not enough' says France's Macron

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed direct talks with Kyiv on 15 May, hours after European leaders threatened strong sanctions if Russia refused to agree to a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine. Kyiv described the proposal as a positive sign but French President Emmanuel Macron said it wasn't enough.

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Richard Tice suggests Nigel Farage has changed his mind on his claim that the West ‘provoked’ Russia

Richard Tice hinted that Nigel Farage has shifted his stance on the Ukraine-Russia war, walking back his 2024 claim that the EU and Nato provoked Vladmir Putin’s invasion.

The Independent UK

Ukraine Ready For Russia Truce Talks, Zelensky Says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he expects Moscow to commit to a 30-day ceasefire, adding that Kyiv was "ready" to meet Russia for direct truce talks.

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Ukrainian president welcomes Russian overtures, but says ceasefire must come before peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is pleased to see that Russia is finally engaging with finding an end to the war, but there must be a ceasefire before peace talks can start

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: Trump envoy says ‘ceasefire first, talks later’ after Putin’s peace talk proposal – as it happened

General Keith Kellogg has reacted to the Russian president’s suggestion for talks with Ukraine on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Putin offers new peace talks as West demands ceasefire and threatens sanctions

Vladimir Putin has proposed restarting direct peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul next week, but stopped short of agreeing to a Western-backed ceasefire due to begin on Monday.

Evening Standard

Zelenskyy hopes for truce, says he’ll meet Putin ‘personally’ in Turkiye

Ukraine’s leader has insisted there must be a full, temporary ceasefire in place before any direct talks with Russia.

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Ukraine war briefing: Putin rejects ceasefire; Starmer says only Russia blocking peace

Russian president calls for direct talks ‘without any preconditions’ as European leaders rally behind Kyiv. What we know on day 1,172

The Guardian - AU

Putin stays silent on ceasefire and offers ‘direct talks’ with Ukraine in Istanbul

The proposal for direct talks with Kyiv comes hours after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and four European leaders, with the backing of the US, demanded that Moscow agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire starting on Monday

Euronews

Leaders make ‘material progress’ towards Ukraine peace, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer had travelled to Kyiv alongside his French, German and Polish counterparts for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Evening Standard

Pope Leo XIV speaks out against AI: ‘A challenge of human dignity, justice and labour’

New leader of the Catholic Church says AI poses challenge to humankind and dignity of workers

The Independent UK

UK, US and Europe ‘call Putin out’ to agree to 30-day ceasefire or face 'massive sanctions'

Starmer said that the US and European leaders are now “speaking with one voice” on the crisis

Evening Standard

Trump craves recognition as the peacemaker president. Will diplomatic wins in South Asia and Ukraine spur him on?

ANALYSIS: A U.S.-led ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan, and a renewed push to force Russia to end attacks on Ukraine, add to Trump’s quest for recognition on the world stage as the peacemaker president, writes Oliver O’Connell

The Independent UK

Equity responds to Trump’s film tariff and says it is ‘industrial action ready’

Earlier in the month the US president said he had authorised a 100% tariff on films ‘produced in foreign lands’.

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Trump is bringing white South Africans to the US as refugees. Why?

South Africa says there's no persecution

The Independent UK

Putin ‘called out’ by Starmer, Trump and European leaders to agree Ukraine truce – or face ‘massive’ sanctions

Labour prime minister also threatens to increase military aid to Zelensky in symbolic show of solidarity in Kyiv as he says Europe and the US president ‘speaking with one voice’, weeks after White House showdown

The Independent UK

Starmer calls on Putin to accept 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine

Sir Keir Starmer has called on Russian president Vladimir Putin to accept an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine starting on May 12.

The National (Scotland)

European leaders 'calling Putin out' as they intensify ceasefire calls

European leaders have intensified calls for Russia to accept an unconditional ceasefire, warning that the country will face increased sanctions if…

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The Independent UK

UK, US and allies ‘calling Putin out’ as they intensify calls for ceasefire

The Prime Minister and his Ukrainian, French, German and Polish counterparts spoke to Donald Trump on Saturday.

The Independent UK

The wounded Ukrainian soldiers asking: ‘Ceasefire, what ceasefire?’

Putin announced the three-day ceasefire to coincide with a May 9 military parade on Moscow's Red Square

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine and allies call on Russia to accept 30-day truce

Ukraine and its European allies have agreed to call on Russia to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire as of Monday, following talks in Kyiv between President Volodymyr Zelensky and four European leaders.

The Independent UK

Long-range Russian attacks continue to kill Ukrainians amid ceasefire deadlock

Two months ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine was ready to accept a U.S. proposal for a 30-day cease-fire, provided Russia did the same

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky claims his troops ‘gradually pushing back’ Putin’s forces in Sumy

Russian forces seeking to create 'buffer zone' in Sumy after beating back Ukrainian incursion into Kursk

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,171

These are the key events on day 1,171 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

European leaders in Ukraine’s Kyiv press Russia for 30-day ceasefire

The Kremlin says it will consider a 30-day truce, but within its own position.

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