Zelensky warns of 'distracted' US as acting ambassador Davis prepares to exitRussia is once again scaling back its annual Victory Day parade in Red Square, saying no military equipment will be used amid its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.The parade is a key event in Russia and is held in Moscow on 9 May every year, marking the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945.Prior to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the parade would traditionally involve a display of tanks and other military equipment, as Moscow flexed its muscles for…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) tore into White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and the Trump administration after Leavitt demanded that political rhetoric against President Donald Trump and his supporters be “toned down” after Saturday’s attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “Get lost,” he said. “Clean up your own house before you have anything to say to us about the language that we use.” AdvertisementJeffries’ words were part of a larger response on Monday when a reporter alluded to…

So much for all those prim demands that the King's state visit be cancelled for fear that Donald Trump would somehow 'embarrass' the King.If there was any embarrassment yesterday, it stemmed from a host voicing such exuberant praise for his guests – and obvious delight at their presence – that any self-respecting old-school Brit would have turned deepest red.Americans owe their very existence, the President declared in his speech of welcome, to 'the ancient English love of liberty' and 'Britain's distinctive sense of glory,…

Faced with crippling borrowing costs, inflation on the up, growth almost non-existent and the world edging closer to full-blown recession, rarely has a Chancellor of the Exchequer been under greater pressure to produce some answers.Yet the best that Rachel Reeves could pull from the hat this week was the moth-eaten 'rent controls', a failed old favourite of the comrades.Desperate for any answers to an economy now at risk of serious collapse, the Chancellor let it be known she was prepared to strong-arm private landlords and…