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‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert 14 mars 2025 à 06:55

‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert

Par :Charlotte Higgins and Andrew Roth in Washington

14 mars 2025 à 06:55

Attendance of vice-president – who once disbelieved that people listened to classical music for pleasure – strikes sour note at Kennedy Center in light of Maga takeover

JD Vance, the US vice-president, was booed by the audience as he took his seat at a National Symphony Orchestra concert at Washington’s Kennedy Center on Thursday evening.

As the normal pre-concert announcements got under way, the vice-presidential party filed into the box tier. Booing and jeering erupted in the hall, drowning out the announcements, as Vance and his wife, Usha, took their seats.

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Putin questions Ukraine ceasefire plan and sets out string of conditions 14 mars 2025 à 00:34

Putin questions Ukraine ceasefire plan and sets out string of conditions

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Par :Pjotr Sauer and Shaun Walker in Kyiv · Andrew Roth in Washington

14 mars 2025 à 00:34

Zelenskyy says Russia is ‘manipulative’ and seeking to extend the war while Trump says he is ‘ready to call’ Putin

Vladimir Putin has said he has many questions about the proposed US-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine and appeared to set out a series of sweeping conditions that would need to be met before Russia would agree to such a truce.

Speaking at a press conference at the Kremlin alongside the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin said he agreed in principle with US proposals to halt the fighting but said he wanted to address the “root causes of the conflict”.

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Trump hints at financial repercussions if Russia rejects Ukraine ceasefire 12 mars 2025 à 22:17

Trump hints at financial repercussions if Russia rejects Ukraine ceasefire

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Par :Shaun Walker in Kyiv · Pjotr Sauer · Andrew Roth in Washington and Dan Sabbagh in Paris

12 mars 2025 à 22:17

US president’s comments come after Ukrainian counterpart said he believed ‘strong steps’ were under consideration

Donald Trump has suggested he could target Russia financially as Ukraine’s president urged him to take strong steps if Moscow failed to support a 30-day ceasefire agreed at a meeting between Ukrainian and US delegations in Saudi Arabia.

The president’s threat came as the French defence minister, Sébastien Lecornu, told a press conference in Paris that a ceasefire announcement could come as soon as Thursday and that Europe would have to be prepared to help enforce it.

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