Shorouk Express Speaking with the press a day earlier, Merz had already expressed his doubts, saying it was “obviously not going to come to a meeting between President Zelenskyy and President Putin.” Trump has said there will be “consequences” if the meeting does not take place. At Friday’s ministerial talks in the southern French city of…
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Shorouk Express Trump is prepared to ‘crush’ Russia’s economy if no progress on peace talks, senator says Senator Lindsey Graham has indicated that Donald Trump may now be prepared to back a bipartisan sanctions bill aimed at crippling Russia’s economy, following a phone call between the two. Speaking to The Associated Press on Tuesday, Senator…
Shorouk Express “He is expecting my call when we are finished with this meeting,” he added. Trump also expressed hope that Monday’s summit could eventually lead to a trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S., adding that he believes Putin wants the war to end. “If we don’t have a trilateral, then the fighting…
Shorouk Express Stroking Trump’s ego, Putin echoes claim that if he’d beaten Biden in 2020 there would be no war in Ukraine Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 06:30 Editorial blasts Alaska summit as ‘sickening, shameful, and useless’ The Kyiv Independent published a blistering editorial after the Alaska summit, condemning the warm reception Vladimir Putin received from…
Shorouk Express Watch LIVE: Trump lands in Alaska for historic summit with Putin Read more Oliver O’Connell15 August 2025 19:26 Watch moment Trump and Putin greet each other in Alaska Trump and Putin arrive in Alaska for crunch Ukraine summit Oliver O’Connell15 August 2025 20:29 Trump and Putin ride together in back of ‘The Beast’…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Two days after he twice said he was ‘going to Russia’ for his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump used a…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Europe’s destiny will be in the hands of two, maybe three, men on Friday. Decisions taken between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and (perhaps) Volodymyr Zelensky will determine…
Shorouk Express ‘Security decisions for Ukraine matter for everyone’, says Zelensky in talks with Estonia Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke with the Prime Minister Estonia. They agreed “that security decisions for Ukraine matter for everyone in Europe,” he said in a post on X. It comes after a talk with Prime Minister Keir Starmer…
Shorouk Express Analysis: A Trump-Putin summit will be as useful to Ukraine and democracy as Agent Orange is for gardening Alexander Butler8 August 2025 12:30 Another week, another deadline: Timeline of Trump’s promises to end Russia’s war on Ukraine Alexander Butler8 August 2025 11:30 Polish PM Tusk says pause in Ukraine war could be close…
