Thursday, May 15, 2025

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Zelensky has agreed to a Putin-proposed meeting in Turkey after Donald Trump urged him to accept, Qatar is reportedly giving Trump a £300m plane, and a child has been killed after a minibus flipped over on the M4.

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1 | Keir Starmer says migrants will have to 'earn the right' to live in UK as part of new crackdown

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2 | Trump to get new 'flying palace' Air Force One gift worth £300m during visit to Qatar, report says

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3 | Child killed after minibus flips over on M4 in Berkshire

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4 | 'No more war,' Pope Leo pleads to world in first Sunday address at the Vatican

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5 | Zelensky agrees to Putin-proposed meeting in Turkey after Trump demands they negotiate end of

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STAT OF THE DAY

£300m

The value of a plane Qatar is set to give to US president Donald Trump which he will use to fly around the world, according to reports

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

I will be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday. Personally.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky agreeing to Vladimir Putin's proposal for talks in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday

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