20 October 2026

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he was open to holding trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, while suggesting that Ukraine should have someone else negotiate on its behalf in the war with Russia.

US President Donald Trump has said he is open to three-way arms control talks with the leaders of China and Russia as soon as next month.

Trump is doing more than favouring Putin. He is acting in Putin’s interests even when it harms his own.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was expected to meet with American negotiators in Oslo on Tuesday as Kyiv accuses the U.S. of withdrawing support crucial to the country’s defense against Russian attacks.

In addition to Typhoon fighter jets, the UK will deploy an Atlas A400M transport aircraft and military advisers, expanding assistance announced in September.

Inside Yemen, authorities said a Houthi strike on Monday against a training camp for Saudi-backed government security forces killed 58 people.

Britain will send RAF Typhoon jets to defend Saudi Arabia from attacks by the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the country's Ministry of Defense said.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said further curfews would be imposed "where necessary" on Tuesday evening after those on Monday in parts of Paris and other cities "helped keep the peace overnight"…

The restrictions are part of a state effort to reassert control after the country’s largest riots in years, as those arrested in the chaos face expedited trials.

Oil-rich Alberta is voitng on whether to begin a process that could eventually lead to its separation from Canada, putting the country's national unity to the test.

Residents of the province were asked if they wish to remain in Canada or to hold another vote on breaking away, in a referendum that left both sides unhappy.