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Starmer meets Trump, Musk at cabinet, Gene Hackman and Andrew Tate Feb 28, 2025

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President Donald Trump meets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as the UK seeks a U.S. security backstop for Ukraine. Elon Musk has a starring role at Trump's first cabinet meeting. Judges question the secrecy of DOGE’s activities. Andrew Tate and his brother have left Romania on private flight bound for the U.S. And Gene Hackman and his wife have been found dead in their New Mexico home.

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Ukraine minerals deal, consumer confidence, tax cuts and South Korea birthrate Feb 27, 2025

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The U.S. and Ukraine have agreed the terms of a draft minerals deal as Donald Trump seeks to quickly end the war with Russia. U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday, after February figures showed a drop in consumer confidence. The Republican-controlled House off Representatives has advanced Trump's tax-cut and border security agenda. And South Korea's birthrate has risen for the first time in nine years.

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Trump and Macron's Ukraine divide, DeepSeek and Germany’s Left Feb 25, 2025

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Stark differences on Ukraine were on display during U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron’s meeting. How China’s DeepSeek built a game-changing AI model. And the far-left party Die Linke’s best election result in years exposes a fragmented and polarised electorate in Germany.

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Germany election, Musk’s email and Ukraine anniversary Feb 25, 2025

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Friedrich Merz is set to be Germany’s next leader after his conservative bloc won a national election that saw far-right and far-left parties hoover up support from disaffected voters - how will he navigate relations with US President Donald Trump? Multiple U.S. agencies have told employees not to respond immediately to a demand by Elon Musk to list their accomplishments in the past week or be fired. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he is willing to give up his position if it means peace in Ukraine, as the war with Russia enters a fourth year.

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Saudi Arabia's role in global diplomacy Feb 22, 2025

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This week saw US and Russian officials meet in Riyadh to discuss ending the Ukraine war as President Donald Trump attended an investor conference in Miami for Saudi's sovereign wealth fund. It appears Saudi Arabia is flexing its diplomatic muscles. On this weekend podcast, our journalists covering the Gulf, foreign policy and oil discuss how the kingdom and Crown Prince got to this point.

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Gaza body, Trump's grip, Kenya workers and quantum computing Feb 21, 2025

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saysIsrael will make Hamas pay for failing to release the body of hostage Shiri Bibas as agreed. U.S. President Donald Trump this week tightens his grip on U.S. government agencies that for years have taken pride in their independence, overseeing such matters as elections, stock markets and labor relations. Kenya aims to send 1 million workers abroad annually to countries with aging populations. And Microsoft says quantum computing is "years, not decades" away.

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Trump-Zelenskiy feud, Gaza hostage bodies, Musk poll and Brazil judge Feb 20, 2025

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Donald Trump has denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a "dictator", deepening a feud between the two leaders. Hamas has handed over the bodies of the two youngest captives taken in their October 7, 2023 attack. The judge in Brazil who is overseeing the coup plot case against former president Jair Bolsonaro is accused of illegal censorship in a U.S. lawsuit. A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows a majority of Americans are worried that Elon Musk's efforts to reduce the federal government could hurt services.

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Trump’s Ukraine message, DOGE, Milei crypto scandal and NY’s Adams Feb 19, 2025

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Donald Trump says he might meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month and has dismissed Ukraine's concern about being left out of talks in Saudi Arabia. A legal bid to temporary block Elon Musk's government efficiency department from directing firings of federal workers or accessing databases, has been blocked. In Argentina, President Javier Milei's role in promoting a cryptocurrency that then crashed is being investigated. And a federal judge has ordered U.S. prosecutors to appear in court this week to address why they are seeking to dismiss criminal charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

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US-Russia Ukraine talks, European security and Delta plane flip Feb 18, 2025

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U.S. and Russian officials meet in Riyadh for the highest-level talks to date between the two former Cold War foes on ending the war in Ukraine. European leaders, worried about being sidelined, met in Paris to talk security guarantees from their side.Plus, several are injured as a Delta plane flips upside down in Toronto.

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Rubio and Russia's Ukraine talks, Argentina's cuts and low-cost loophole challenge Feb 17, 2025

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of expected talks with Russian officials aimed at ending Moscow's nearly three-year war in Ukraine. At the same time, Europe’s leaders are holding an emergency meeting to discuss the developments. The U.S. has looked to Argentina over President Javier Milei’s cuts to federal government. And how Donald Trump's executive order taking aim at a little-known trade rule called "de minimis" caused chaos at New York’s JFK airport.

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