Trump’s special envoy will speak to Russian president in renewed diplomatic effort to end war but both sides remain far from an agreement

A flurry of diplomatic activity between US, Ukrainian and Russian officials has been taking place in the past fortnight

Trump’s special envoy will speak to Russian president in renewed diplomatic effort to end war but both sides remain far from an agreement

Israeli leader is accused of receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds of champagne and cigars

The 30-year-old was found dead within 24 hours of landing in Spain

‘I don’t feel safe in my own house,’ activist Issa Amro tells The Independent following months of targeting after he appeared in Theroux’s film The Settlers

‘It’s like everything was cut with blades,’ says a Red Cross official about the wasteland left in the wake of the ‘storm of the century’. Maira Butt reports on the situation

The Ukrainian president’s ‘right-hand man’ Andriy Yermak says he’s fully cooperating as the probe continues

‘I am a dove, but I have very powerful iron wing,’ reads one quote from the leader

‘I am a dove, but I have very powerful iron wing,’ reads one quote from the leader

The Ukrainian president said the talks would focus on security guarantees for Kyiv

Fire at apartment complex is still yet to be fully extinguished, with as many as 279 residents missing

Far-right politician Grzegorz Braun’s comments that ‘Poland is for the Poles’ have been branded ‘shameful’ by the country’s justice minister, who has promised an investigation

Live feed from scene shows firefighters dousing fierce flames at Tai Po high-rise complex

‘The homeland is sacred, the homeland must be respected,’ said the disputed leader

Steve Witkoff is facing calls to be sacked after a transcript of a call discussing the Ukraine peace plan with Vladimir Putin’s senior aide was released

Trump says the countries are ‘very close’ to a peace deal as Russian strikes target Zaporizhzhia

Ukraine’s national security chief said Kyiv and Washington had ‘reached a common understanding’ during talks in Geneva