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<p>In a TV interview, US president Donald Trump said Ukraine may not survive, ahead of peace talks in Saudi Arabia</p>

mark almond

Trump saying ‘Ukraine may not survive’ is a dire warning – and threat

Ukraine could be reduced to a buffer zone – rather than a real country – under Trump’s plan for ‘peace’, writes Mark Almond. There are now serious questions over the US president’s approach to diplomacy

<p>Keir Starmer is the careful, unshowy and assiduous leader the country needs</p>

The Independent View

Keir Starmer’s stature continues to grow in office

How will a coalition of the willing work, exactly?

<p>A sell-off across US markets has continued as investor sentiment soured amid growing fears of a recession </p>

james moore

Can the UK escape Trump’s market meltdown?

<p>Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, will be a formidable opponent for Donald Trump</p>

chris blackhurst

Mark Carney is the man Canada needs to challenge Trump

<p>Hampstead Heath, north London’s ancient green lung, is renowned for its gay cruising</p>

Michael Day

It’s time the gay cruisers of Hampstead Heath cleaned up their act

<p>Will someone please put up a yellow triangle, hazard lights or a traffic cone? Anyone...?</p>

the wine down

Meghan doesn’t know how to open champagne properly – it’s a nightmare

<p>‘(500) Days of Summer’, the 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Marc Webb,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_Days_of_Summer#cite_note-3"> </a>stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel – and chronicles the highs and lows of their relationship</p>

I think I’m in a ‘situationship’ – and it’s dreadful

<p>Boris Johnson (right) has been silent over the comments and actions of US president Donald Trump</p>

Sean O'Grady

How low must Donald Trump sink before adoring Tories call him out?

<p>Responding to comments about his race and Englishness, former prime minister Rishi Sunak said: ‘I found the whole thing slightly ridiculous’</p>

Serena Barker-Singh

There’s nothing ‘ridiculous’ about your Englishness, Rishi

<p>Daria Klimentova in the English National Opera’s production of ‘Cinderella’: the ENO has been forced to relocate outside London or lose its Arts Council funding</p>

alison cole

A new tourism tax would revolutionise our crumbling cultural landscape

<p>The government has talked about helping disabled people into work – but that help is often hard to access</p>

James Moore

Labour’s push to cut disability benefit should outrage us all

<p>‘Is it really unrealistic to think that Pepco would accept as little as a quid for someone to take the underperforming Poundland off its hands?’</p>

Business Comment

Bye bye Poundland – but what’s next for Britain’s ailing high street?

<p>Keir Starmer’s approval ratings have seen a boost since his response to Trump and Ukraine last week </p>

joe murphy

From Robo Keir to Starmer the Statesman – how the PM found a new voice

<p>What’s always overlooked is that dressing up children either requires time or it requires money </p>

emma kernahan

Let’s end the performative hell of compulsory World Book Day costumes

<p>‘The women victimised by the Met’s Special Demonstration Squad are remarkable. You will want to hear their stories’</p>

james moore

Why has it fallen to TV execs to fight for the Spycops victims?

<p>The sudden intensity of colour / Was like unlocking a door</p>

What it’s really like to have cataract surgery

Poet and artist Frieda Hughes was gazing at two moons in the sky – until a hospital appointment helped her see the woods for the trees

<p>‘In a week in which we have Trump’s crackers AI video, I would argue that a dog sound bath is the only sane response’</p>

As the world went Trump mad, I took my pet for a doggy sound bath

sketch

The House of Commons was united against a common enemy – Nigel Farage

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