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The Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of an “act of aggression against a sovereign nation” after its missile strike on Syria.
An explosion that ripped through an underground train in the Russian city of St Petersburg has killed at least 10 people and injured many more. It came as Russian President Vladimir Putin was on a visit to his home city.
Jon Snow
Our unwritten constitution has been tested more in the past six months than at any other time in the past 60 years. It may be time, in this brave new world, to write down what some of these rules are.
We may be about to find out the limits of cozyness between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Fighting has flared up again this week in Eastern Ukraine. The UN has called it “A protracted humanitarian crisis”. And Trump’s ambassador at the UN Nikki Hayley blamed Russia for the new fighting – in a conflict which…
Jon Snow
As his own inauguration speech made it clear – we can no longer expect America to deal with the crises that beset us.
Tomorrow, Mr Trump will be speaking by phone with Angela Merkel and the Russian leader Vladmir Putin.
Gary Gibbon
Theresa May delivered the speech to a very warm welcome from Republicans. Her wariness about President Putin received applause.
Jon Snow
He was a ‘B’ movie star and we didn’t think that much of him in those days. Even though he had at least been Governor of California. Looking back, I suppose there were times when Ronald Reagan was regarded at the outset a bit like some now view Trump. Both, after all, promised to make America Great Again.
New polling suggest Trump’s popularity has slumped to the lowest for an incoming President in four decades.
Vladimir Putin, says that Moscow will not expel American diplomats in revenge for the expulsion of 35 Russians from the United States. Instead he says he’ll wait for Donald Trump to take office before deciding on any retaliatory action.
A Russian military plane with 92 people on board, including members of the world-famous Alexandrov army choir – has crashed into the Black Sea. The aircraft came down minutes after taking off from the town of Sochi on its way to Russia’s air base in Syria. The Russian president Vladimir Putin has declared a national…
The US president-elect Donald Trump has again dismissed any suggestions that Russia tried to swing the election in his favour. President Obama warned of retaliation against any attempt to interfere with the integrity of the poll, saying Vladimir Putin was “well aware” of his feelings.
Lindsey Hilsum
Every few hours I check my Whatsapp feed from the doctors in East Aleppo. They post videos of injured children and a combination of eyewitness news and desperate messages.
Donald Trump had expressed his admiration for Vladimir Putin during the campaign and Russia was one of the first countries to welcome his victory.
Some world leaders have also reacted with shock – although there have been congratulations too – including from Russia’s president Putin and Europe’s far right. In his victory speech earlier, there was a new note of conciliation from Donald Trump – but his election marks a fundamental shift in the world order.