President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy whether Kyiv could strike Moscow using US-supplied long-range missiles during a phone call on July 4. The question came just one day after Trump held a separate conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

North Korea and Russia will begin operating direct flight service linking their capital cities of Pyongyang and Moscow later this month, Russia's Transport Ministry announced.

Moscow has rejected western “ultimatums” and accused the European Union and Nato of putting “indecent” pressure on US president Donald Trump, after he agreed a new deal on arms for Ukraine and gave Russia 50 days to reach peace with Kyiv or face “severe” tariffs on trade.

Russia targeted Ukraine with more than 1,800 drones, 1,200 guided aerial bombs and 83 missiles of various types, President Zelenskyy said.

Moscow was battered by severe thunderstorms, unleashing nearly 80% of the city’s monthly rainfall in just a few hours, causing chaos and widespread flooding. Streets turned into rivers, buses were half-submerged,

During his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, President Donald Trump threatened 100% tariffs on Moscow unless the war is ended.

President Trump threatened Russia with heavy tariffs if a ceasefire deal with Ukraine is not reached by September, and he promised Ukraine billions of dollars worth of military equipment. The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can continue to dismantle the Education Department,

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