Donald Trump to open Alaska to Vladimir Putin – Republicans, Adam Kinzinger is waiting to know how you’ll defend this ‘betrayal’ The August 15 meeting that could change everything. We Got This Covered · Aug 15, 2025
At least seven civilians killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine on the eve of Trump-Putin meeting The strikes, which damaged homes and a school, come ahead of a high-stakes peace summit between Presidents Trump and Putin. Euronews · Aug 15, 2025
Ukraine strikes ship ‘carrying ammunition from Iran’ at Russian port on day of Trump-Putin summit Kyiv says it struck the Syzran oil refinery and Caspian Sea port of Olya in separate attacks The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025
University of Alaska dorms to host up to 750 Russian delegates in town for Trump-Putin summit President Trump and President Putin are set to hold ‘peace talks’ Friday afternoon The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025
Trump ally accuses Zelensky of ‘sabotage’ before key Putin meeting IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025
Ukrainian civilians held captive in Russia since 2014 released in huge exchange Ukrainian civilians who have been held captive in Russia since 2014 have been released as part of a huge exchange, Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025
‘Three weeks ago, this town was thriving’: Ukrainians flee the front line in Putin’s frantic land grab ON THE GROUND: Putin’s aggression on the Ukrainian front line has stepped up in the recent weeks, leaving locals with little choice but to flee west. Harry Stourton reports from the eastern town of Dobropillia The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025
USSR sweatshirt and chicken kyiv: Russia dials up trolling before Alaska summit Foreign minister’s attire and inflight menu for Russian media are latest in series of provocations towards Ukraine The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025
Pope Leo XIV prays for peace as US-Russia summit over Ukraine war gets underway Pope Leo XIV is praying for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars around the world The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025
Russian foreign minister wears USSR jumper as he arrives at Trump-Putin summit in Alaska Donald Trump has said that there is a 25 per cent chance the summit might fail The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025
Trump says he wants to see a ceasefire and ‘won’t be happy if it’s not today’ – as it happened US president says Russia needs to show willingness to seriously talk about the end of the war in Ukraine, as he travels to meeting in Anchorage, Alaska The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025
My summer holiday by JD Vance, aged 41 years and a few days The US vice-president journals about his sleepover with David Lammy and Tory-dodging in the Cotswolds The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025
S&P Futures Tick Higher With Focus on U.S. Retail Sales Data and Trump-Putin Meeting September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are trending up +0.17% this morning, bolstered by continued hopes for a Federal Reserve rate cut next month, while investors await U.S. retail sales data and high-stakes talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Barchart · Aug 15, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Zelensky ‘doesn’t want peace’ ahead of Trump-Putin summit The MAGA firebrand launched her fiery attack on X just hours before the crucial peace talks in Alaska The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025 Russian rouble value dips ahead of Trump-Putin meeting Russian markets have been jittery since President Donald Trump set a deadline for Russia to agree to peace in Ukraine or face tightened sanctions
The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025 Allied troops are ‘ready to go from day one’ if Ukraine ceasefire is reached, says defence secretary John Healey dismissed suggestions that the UK’s approach to the Ukraine war is to ‘watch and wait’ as Russian and American delegations arrived in Alaska for crunch talks
The Guardian - US · Aug 15, 2025 ‘Kept fighting despite the odds’: the Russian journalists who risked everything to report the truth In an expansive five-hour documentary, young journalists are branded ‘foreign agents’ for continuing to report independently as authoritarianism spreads
Fortune · Aug 15, 2025 This cybersecurity company's AI hacker can locate files on Nimitz-class aircraft carriers ‘in less than five minutes’ Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025 How Team Trump’s terrifying weaknesses play into Putin’s hands at the Alaska summit COMMENT: Trump is flying to Anchorage for his meeting with Putin with a team which has no grasp on facts, or truth, and therefore no grasp on reality either, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2025 Lords does not need ‘Putin apologists like Farage’, minister says Defence Secretary John Healey said the voice of Reform UK is ‘conspicuously absent’ in Commons debates on Russia and Ukraine.
The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025 House of Lords does not need ‘Putin apologists like Farage’, cabinet minister says John Healey said the voice of Reform UK is ‘conspicuously absent’ in Commons debates on Russia and Ukraine
Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2025 Healey hopes Trump-Putin summit could be ‘first step’ on road to peace The Defence Secretary said the end to any conflict ‘must come from diplomacy’.
The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025 Putin praises ‘heroic’ North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine in letter to Kim Jong-un Letter sent to mark anniversary of end of Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea is latest sign of increasingly close ties between two leaders
The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025 Ukraine is fighting for the same values as allies did in second world war, says Keir Starmer – as it happened Addressing reception marking 80th anniversary of VJ Day, prime minister says he spoke to Zelenskyy about allies’ values as Trump prepares to meet Putin
Benzinga · Aug 15, 2025 Trump Reportedly Called Norway's Finance Minister Mid-Street And Mixed Tariff Talks With Surprise Nobel Peace Prize Pitch President Donald Trump allegedly mixed high-stakes trade talks with a personal plea for the Nobel Peace Prize in an impromptu call to Norway's finance minister last month.