Albanese joins Macron’s ‘coalition of the willing’ talks on Ukraine and has ‘constructive’ phone call with Trump

PM leaves open possibility of Australian troops joining European forces as peacekeepersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has joined world leaders including Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer in talks about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, discussing plans for an international peacekeeping force if and when a ceasefire is negotiated.The Coalition of the Willing talks followed on the heels of Albanese’s latest phone conversation with Donald Trump overnight on Thursday, before a possible face-to-face meeting in Washington DC this month. Continue reading...

Comments

World news

Greg Gutfeld curses at colleague live on air for bringing up Melissa Hortman during Charlie Kirk discussion

Independent

Comments

Similar News

Australia news live: ‘unedifying week’ for Coalition, says Hume; Trump reportedly calls Albanese ‘a good man’

Australia news live: Sydney wakes to storm cleanup; Albanese in Solomon Islands for Pacific talks

Albanese went to Vanuatu to sign a $500m agreement – but leaves empty-handed thanks to concerns about China

Australia news live: Albanese heads to Vanuatu to sign $500m deal aimed at countering Chinese influence

Australia news live: Albanese holds ‘constructive’ phone call with Trump; two die on road trying to save animal

Labor MP questions Albanese on claim ‘good people’ went to anti-immigration rallies

‘Nothing secret’ about the $400m Nauru deportation plan, says Anthony Albanese

Letters: Albanese can’t blame Iran for Australia’s antisemitism problem

Australia politics live: Usman Khawaja to discuss gambling ads with Albanese; pollies dress up for Midwinter Ball

Iran directed antisemitic attacks in Australia, PM Albanese says

Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2027 despite Albanese reform promises, vice-chancellor says

Australia news live: pro-Palestine marches expected to attract huge turnout; Albanese to target red tape to speed up housing construction

‘We want builders on site, not filling in forms’: Albanese government cuts red tape in bid to boost home building

Netanyahu says Australian PM Albanese’s record ‘forever tarnished by weakness’ after Australian Jewish group urges calm

Australia’s peak Jewish group condemns Netanyahu’s ‘clumsy’ attack on Albanese and calls for end to ‘spat’

Row between Israel and Australia descends into personal insults as Netanyahu calls Albanese ‘weak’

Australian PM Anthony Albanese channels his inner Gen Z: ‘Delulu with no solulu’

Netanyahu lashes out at Albanese as ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’ as diplomatic row escalates

Albanese says ‘Hamas will engage in propaganda’ amid confusion over statements on Palestinian statehood

World news

Greg Gutfeld curses at colleague live on air for bringing up Melissa Hortman during Charlie Kirk discussion

New York reveals rules in bid to stop children becoming addicted to social media

Fingerprint on scope matches man accused of trying to assassinate Trump, FBI says

Man’s daring escape from Gaza where he used a jet ski to get to Europe – after trying China

Netanyahu claims trade boycotts over Gaza will force Israeli economy to become ‘super Sparta’

Whoops! Yellowstone geologists pull 300 hats from hot springs

Plane crashes near sports pitch at Toronto high school

Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.

Ed Davey: Why I’m boycotting Trump’s state banquet

State pension to rise by more than £500 a year from April under triple lock

I hated landlords until I became one – tenants are just ungrateful

All landlords are exploiting someone – ‘good’ landlords are lying to themselves

I was a good landlord. It ended up costing me my flat

Fears ‘draconian’ new rules will cut pension credit take-up from poorer retirees

Starmer’s Trump plan is in disarray – this is how experts think he can save it

I never had a big friendship group – now I know why

Gas leak at Sydney restaurant kills 25-year-old man and leaves 7 hospitalised

Tyler Robinson: Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting set to face charges on Tuesday

Report claims thousands of children taken from Ukraine to be ‘re-educated’ by Russia

My evacuation from Gaza City: ‘I told my terrified toddler we’re going camping’

Luigi Mangione due in court amid double jeopardy fight in CEO killing

Israel IS committing genocide against Palestinians, says UN inquiry as IDF bombards Gaza City

Madeleine McCann ‘could have been stolen to order by paedophile network’

Australia warns social media over age checks as child ban plan moves forward

UN Commission says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

Israel's Qatar attack was a costly failure

Israel launches fresh operation in major escalation amid warning 'Gaza is burning'

Four atrocities in horror UN report 'confirms Israel committing genocide' in Gaza

Coachella line up in full - all 132 acts performing at US music festival as Justin Bieber headlines

Russia raises tensions with NATO as Putin shows off his battlefield nuclear weapons

Charlie Kirk traveled across America. His security varied from venue to venue

Two men jailed for plot to kill president with witchcraft in Zambia

Dad threatened by ICE deportation days after being shot during robbery

‘Gaza is burning’: Israel reportedly begins ground offensive after Netanyahu threatens Hamas leaders

Donald Trump says he will sue New York Times for $15bn

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, UN probe finds

‘Tooth-in-eye’ surgery enables man to see again after 20 years

Trump says he will sue the New York Times for $15bn

Is Keir Starmer already toast? I don’t think so

Apple TV+ swept the Emmys – these are the 11 shows to watch

Haitians yearn for home as gangs welcome them and police warn it's too dangerous

Father kills his own baby daughter on Facebook Live before taking his own life

Watch: JD Vance hosts Charlie Kirk's daily talk radio show

Why more women get cancer in India - but more men die

Malawi votes for next president as cost-of-living bites

They were shot dead for protesting against corruption in Nepal

Belarus and Russia's show of firepower appears to be a message to Europe

Google owner reveals £5bn AI investment in UK ahead of Trump visit

US Secretary of State inaugurates Israeli settler-led archaeological site in Jerusalem

Trump says he will sue New York Times for $15bn

Nigerian chef breaks world record for largest jollof rice dish

Chinese teens to pay $300,000 for urinating in soup

Report those who celebrate Charlie Kirk death to employers, Vance says

Israel escalates bombardment as defence minister says 'Gaza is burning'

Beaten and held in Russia for three years - but never charged with a crime

Trump's state visit is mired with potential pitfalls despite careful planning

Trump says the U.S. military targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela

Federal Judge Declines to Intervene for Migrants Deported to Ghana