Ben Jennings on Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine – cartoon

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© Illustration: Ben Jennings/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ben Jennings/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ben Jennings/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ben Jennings/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ben Jennings/The Guardian
Ukrainian president’s office issues statement after other officials condemn ‘absurd’ plan to end conflict
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has said he will negotiate with Donald Trump on a US-backed peace plan that called on Kyiv to make painful concessions in order to end the Kremlin’s invasion of his country.
Zelenskyy’s office on Thursday confirmed that he had received the draft peace plan, which was prepared by US and Russian officials, and that he would speak with Trump in the coming days about “existing diplomatic opportunities and the main points that are necessary for peace”.
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UberEats va pour la première fois proposer des livraisons par des mini-robots en Europe grâce à un partenariat avec l'entreprise Starship. Cette méthode de livraison va être testée dès décembre, dans certaines régions du Royaume-Uni.

L'Union européenne lance un plan de 600 millions d'euros pour accélérer davantage la recharge rapide sur les routes du continent. L'objectif est d'ouvrir plus de 3 500 bornes pouvant délivrer jusqu'à 1 MW.

UberEats va pour la première fois proposer des livraisons par des mini-robots en Europe grâce à un partenariat avec l'entreprise Starship. Cette méthode de livraison va être testée dès décembre, dans certaines régions du Royaume-Uni.

L'Union européenne lance un plan de 600 millions d'euros pour accélérer davantage la recharge rapide sur les routes du continent. L'objectif est d'ouvrir plus de 3 500 bornes pouvant délivrer jusqu'à 1 MW.
Natalie Wilson checks in to play nobility in Mdina and finds this hotel’s palatial suites and homegrown spreads speak for themselves
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The reason for the blackout is unknown

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Pedro Sánchez says his country must defend the democratic freedom ‘wrenched from us for so many years’
Spain has marked the 50th anniversary of Francisco Franco’s death with an absence of official events but a call from the prime minister to heed the lessons of the dictatorship and defend the democratic freedom “wrenched from us for so many years”.
Franco, whose military coup against the elected republican government in 1936 triggered a civil war and brought about four decades of dictatorship, died in Madrid on 20 November 1975.
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The ‘deal’ being briefed out by Washington and Moscow is really just a blueprint for Russian conquest. Sam Kiley explains why it doesn’t have to be that way

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European officials have said the US president’s new 28-point peace plan is a ‘capitulation’

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At least four suffered serious injuries after the incident south of Prague

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X chatbot suggested gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau were ‘designed for disinfection’ not mass executions
French public prosecutors are investigating allegations by government ministers and human rights groups that Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, made statements denying the Holocaust.
The Paris public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday night it was expanding an existing inquiry into Musk’s social media platform, X, to include the “Holocaust-denying comments”, which remained online for three days.
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The draft plan, reportedly developed by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev, would force draconian measures on Ukraine
In the last hour, Ukraine said it had received from Russia the remains of 1,000 people that Moscow said were killed Ukrainian soldiers, in the latest repatriation – a rare area of cooperation between the warring sides, AFP reported.
“Today, repatriation measures took place. 1000 bodies, claimed by the Russian side to belong to Ukrainian servicemen, were returned to Ukraine,” Kyiv’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on social media.
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She was sure that there would be warnings if there was any danger. But then the floods came. This is Toñi García’s story
Location Valencia, Spain
Disaster Floods, 2024
Toñi García lives in Valencia. On 29 October 2024, devastating storms hit the Iberian peninsula, bringing the heaviest rain so far this century. The national alert system sounded at around 8.30pm local time; by then, however, flood waters had already broken through the city. Scientists say the explosive downpours were linked to climate change.
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With ESA members set to decide on the agency’s budget for the next three years, all eyes on how much Germany will offer to support an ambitious series of programs.
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