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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 joined Russia to vote against a UN resolution on the Ukraine war – and abstained from voting on one it drafted after amendments proposed by European countries were added.

Pope Francis’s health has shown a “slight improvement” but he remains in a critical condition, the Vatican has said.

In a strictly military sense, the war in Ukraine is not going so badly for Kyiv. 

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to “create unity” in Europe as it adjusts to the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Two women and a man have been found guilty of spying for Russia in a huge espionage operation from a guesthouse in Great Yarmouth.

Initial exit polls appear to confirm what we have known for weeks: that the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) have got the most votes in the federal election, with Friedrich Merz most likely to be the next chancellor.

The Hezbollah faithful packed into Lebanon’s largest stadium to show their support for the group and pay their respects to their charismatic leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike.

Israeli tanks have moved into the Occupied West Bank shortly after the defence minister declared an escalation of its operation – ordering troops to remain there “for the coming year”.

Ukraine’s president has said he would step down in return for peace and NATO membership for his country.