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Keir Starmer on Saturday, Starmer's office said, ahead of a wider summit of European leaders in London on Sunday to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine. «The Prime Minister and President Zelenskyy will be meeting in Downing Street this afternoon,» a spokesperson for Starmer's office said. The meeting follows an extraordinary public spat between Zelenskyy and Donald Trump at the White House over the war with Russia, with the U.S. president threatening to withdraw support for Ukraine.

Russia backed Trump who openly berated Zelensky on Friday and accused him of having «disrespected» the United States. Here are some key reactions from around the world, while Zelensky has thanked dozens of allies on social media for their «support».

Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was becoming contentious on Friday when Vice President JD Vance, sitting on a couch across from Trump in the Oval Office, weighed in with a zinger. «With respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media,» Vance told Zelenskiy, who had just challenged Trump's No. 2 to explain what he meant by advocating for diplomacy with Russia. «You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict,» Vance snapped.

Delhi Police to withdraw a case against former JNUSU vice president Shehla Rashid Shora for her tweets on the Army, police sources said. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Anuj Kumar Singh passed the order on February 27 on an application moved by the prosecution, which claimed that Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has withdrawn his sanction to prosecute Shora. According to the application, the LG order came on the recommendation of a Screening Committee.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON : The complex task of negotiating an agreement to halt the Ukraine-Russia war now faces another daunting obstacle—the fractured relationship between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A meeting intended to be a display of unity descended into an on-camera clash, with Zelensky arguing that Moscow couldn’t be trusted to make peace, and Trump, along with Vice President JD Vance, indicting Zelensky’s handling of the war and failure to thank them for U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For years, mourners and members of Russia’s pro-democracy movement have flocked to a bridge near the Kremlin each February to remember Boris Nemtsov, an opposition politician who was shot dead there in 2015. This week, at the 10th anniversary of the killing, a far smaller crowd turned out, with the leading lights of the opposition either dead or driven into exile.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. economy has proved pessimists wrong so many times, it’s tempting to think nothing can stop it.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON : President Trump has spent his first weeks back in office undoing much of the handiwork of Congress—freezing spending that lawmakers authorized, idling agencies that were already funded and bypassing laws regarding immigration and independent agencies. A budget fight now brewing in Congress is becoming the first test of whether lawmakers will try to claw back any of their powers—or whether they accede to a new power alignment in Washington that centralizes far more authority in the White House.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday turned 72 and the DMK President underlined his commitment to state autonomy, two-language policy and opposition to Hindi imposition as his birthday message. Stalin, who cut a cake with his family members and party workers, administered to cadres an oath of «one goal» which is to protect the interests of Tamil Nadu and oppose Hindi imposition at all times to come. «Tamil Nadu poradum, Tamil Nadu Vellum,» (Tamil Nadu will fight, Tamil Nadu will win) Stalin said, which was repeated by party workers. «Anna Arivalayam,» the DMK headquarters here wore a festive look as party cadres and office-bearers turned up in large numbers to greet their party chief. «Dravida Nayagar,» (Dravidian Hero) was among the phrases used by DMK workers and supporters to greet Stalin on social media. The Dravidian party chief underscored the principles of state autonomy, opposition to Hindi imposition, and commitment to two-language policy as his birthday message and reiterated that he would protect mother Tamil and uphold the rights of Tamil Nadu.

Manoj Joshi, Distinguished Fellow, ORF, says right now we are only seeing the first stages in Mr Trump's economic outlook towards the world. Yesterday, he has announced a whole set of new tariffs. The reciprocal tariff system is yet to come in. I think it will come in in April. And so, yes, certainly the world is looking at a geopolitical disaster as well as an economic disaster. There is no doubt about that. ET Now: What do you make of what transpired last night in the Oval Office? Many foreign policy experts saying that this was unprecedented, but it was not altogether surprising, given the kind of statements that Donald Trump has made in the past with respect to Russia and, of course, the Ukrainian leader in particular.

White House clash between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Donald Trump divided the U.S. president's fellow Republicans and dimmed prospects that Congress will approve any further aid for Kyiv in its war with Russia. Some Republicans who had long supported Ukraine lashed out at Zelenskiy after Friday's exchange, in which Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated the Ukrainian leader before the world's media, accusing him of disrespect. Senator Lindsey Graham called for Zelenskiy to change his tune or resign, just hours after attending a friendly meeting between Zelenskiy and a dozen senators.

ballot papers does not fall under the ambit of the joint committee of Parliament examining the two bills on simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, the Union law ministry is learnt to have said. Reverting to the ballot paper system was a «suggestion» made by some of the members of the joint committee and the law ministry was to respond to it in writing. While the ministry's Legislative Department gave elaborate responses to a variety of questions posed to it by the committee, it did not give a direct reply on the suggestion on the ballot paper system. The ministry is learnt to have said that the suggestion on the use of the ballot paper system was «out of scope» of the parliamentary panel.

Donald Trump is making all of Vladimir Putin’s dreams come true in Ukraine, but even at the Kremlin officials find the head-spinning turn of events hard to believe. Friday’s extraordinary Oval Office humiliation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by the US leader and his vice president, JD Vance, exceeded anything Russia could have expected. The response out of Moscow was swift. Former President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, said Trump told Zelenskiy “the truth to his face” before adding: “But it’s not enough — military aid should be stopped.” On the X social media platform, Medvedev called Zelenskiy an “insolent pig.”

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. FOR TWO years the war in Ukraine has been fought metre by blood-soaked metre. Suddenly, dramatic change is at hand.

rare mineral agreements between the US and Ukraine quickly unravelled into an extraordinary public confrontation. US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday, exposing growing cracks in the relationship between the two wartime allies.

White House, a public handshake between two world leaders. Instead, it ended with sharp words, raised voices, and Ukraine’s delegation being asked to leave—with their untouched lunch still on the table. Friday’s meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, started off on a friendly note. Trump even called Zelensky «a great guy.» But within minutes, the conversation turned hostile. The breaking point? A discussion about diplomacy and the war in Ukraine.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON : President Trump said he would take one more question—and then everything fell apart. It had been a relatively polite Oval Office meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in Washington on a mission to secure the U.S.’s continued support in the effort to end Russia’s three-year-old war.

«Of course,» Zelensky said when asked in a Fox News interview if the relationship with Trump could be salvaged. US-Ukrainian ties are about «more than two presidents,» he said, adding that Ukraine badly needs Washington's help in the fight against Russia's far bigger and better-armed military.

The exchange, which saw a frustrated Zelenskyy lectured by Trump and Vice President JD Vance over what they saw as his lack of gratitude for previous US support, delighted officials in Moscow, who saw it as a final breakdown in relations between Washington and the Ukrainian leader. But many Ukrainians on Friday seemed unfazed by the blowout between Zelenskyy and Trump, expressing a sense that the Ukrainian leader had stood up for their country's dignity and interests by firmly maintaining his stance in the face of chiding from some of the world's most powerful men.

Although Zelenskyy stood firm and did not apologise for the altercation, he deemed the episode «not good for both sides.» However, Zelenskyy expressed that it would be «difficult for us» to defend Ukraine from Russia if the US withdrew its support. He regretted that the clash with the US premiere was televised, but asserted: «Please be correct. I want to be polite.»