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The Ukrainian president has refused to apologise for the fiery Oval Office spat with Donald Trump that saw him leave the White House early. Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelled to Washington DC as he was due to clinch a deal on minerals with the US on Friday. But the final ten minutes of a meeting in front

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the Ukrainian people “are truly thankful” for US support, hours after talks with Donald Trump descended into a row at the White House. During a disastrous meeting with Mr Trump, the Ukrainian president was asked by vice president JD Vance, “have you said thank you once?” In a lengthy social media

A man’s brain was partly turned into glass after Mount Vesuvius erupted. Researchers discovered dark fragments resembling obsidian in the skull of a man in the ancient settlement of Herculaneum. Along with Pompeii, the ancient settlement was obliterated in 79AD when the volcano erupted, killing thousands and burying both under a thick layer of volcanic

The Israel Defence Forces has admitted the attacks by Hamas on October 7 2023 were “a complete failure” of Israeli security and the result of many years of planning and deception by the Gaza-based militant group. Announcing some of the findings from a major internal investigation, the Israeli military said “the IDF failed in its

Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to disarm as part of a fresh bid to end a decades-long conflict with the Turkish state. In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should hold a congress and formally agree to disband.

Police have said they are “confident” they will catch whoever murdered a Scottish businessman whose body was found in a sack of pineapples in Kenya. Campbell Scott, believed to be from Dunfermline in Fife, was last seen attending a conference at the JW Marriot Hotel in Nairobi on 16 February. His body was days later

Cypriot authorities failed to investigate the original claims of a British woman who was later convicted of lying about being gang-raped on holiday there, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The woman, who is now in her 20s, was 19 in the summer of 2019 when she claims she was raped by 12

It looks like the surface of an alien planet. Giant, pointed mounds of soil form ridges around huge frozen ponds across a vast landscape of sandy earth and enormous craters. Image: One of Ukraine’s open-pit titanium mines As if borrowed from the set of Star Wars, a colossal rectangular metal box, fitted with a long

Hamas has handed over the bodies of the last four Israeli hostages that were included in the first phase of the ceasefire deal to the Red Cross. The remains of the four men were exchanged for the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners. Israel’s President Herzog confirmed the bodies as those of Tsachi Idan,

The bodies of an Israeli mother and her two children have been handed over by Hamas – as the process was labelled “inhumane” by the United Nations human rights chief. Shiri Bibas, four-year-old Ariel, and nine-month-old Kfir were kidnapped from a kibbutz during the militant group’s October 2023 attack. The children’s father, Yarden Bibas, was

The prime minister will join an emergency meeting of European leaders to discuss Ukraine, expected to happen early next week.  Sir Keir Starmer has spoken of a “once in a generation moment” for the UK, US and Europe to work together and warned against NATO “divisions”. He said the UK will “work to ensure we

In Moscow’s Novodevichy Park there’s an unusual attraction which has become a regular stop on the city’s sightseeing tours. It’s unusual because of what it represents – friendship between Russia and the United States. It is a collection of nine squat statues – a mother mallard and her eight ducklings, waddling along behind her. Replicas

This is not a drill. There is a chance – albeit a small one – that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade. The 2024 YR4 asteroid set off automated asteroid warning systems after it was spotted through advanced telescopes in Rio Hurtado, Chile, last December. Since then, the asteroid has jumped

Three men have been found guilty of trying to blackmail Formula One legend Michael Schumacher’s family. They threatened to release about 1,500 private photos and videos on the dark web – if they were not paid £12.5m. The trio also threatened to publish digitised copies of Schumacher’s medical records. The 53-year-old ringleader, who had previous

A kayaker has said he thought he was going to die when he was swallowed by a humpback whale. Adrian Simancas was off the coast of Chile, in the Strait of Magellan, when it surfaced and gobbled up his yellow boat. His father, who was nearby in another kayak, captured the incident on camera. “I

At least 28 people are injured after a car drove into a crowd in Munich, police have said. The incident took place at a square near downtown Munich, close to the city’s central train station at around 10.30am (9.30am UK time), officials said. Munich latest: Car ramming was ‘suspected attack’ Here is everything we know:

At least 30 people have been injured, including children, after a car was driven into a crowd in a “suspected attack” in Munich, authorities said. A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, Farhad N, has been arrested after officers fired a shot at the vehicle. Image: The suspect Farhad N Workers taking part in a union demonstration

A woman walks up to the security guards outside a shuttered USAID-funded sexual health clinic in Johannesburg’s inner-city district. She looks around with confusion as they let her know the clinic is closed. She tells us it has only been two months since she came here to receive her usual care. Now, she must scramble

The gunman who killed 10 people and wounded several others in Sweden may have been connected with the adult education centre where he opened fire, police have said. Detectives are still trying to establish a motive for Tuesday’s attack in Orebro, the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. Sweden has been left reeling as