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Trump-Putin summit will be as useful to Ukraine as Agent Orange is for gardening This toxic relationship is weird and dangerous for the West. World affairs editor Sam Kiley explains why

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Starmer’s Palestine ultimatum is as empty as it is dangerous Far from a return to a ‘two-state process’ as demanded by Starmer, Israel is certain to annex what it wants of the West Bank, pen the remaining Palestinians in and hope that they eventually clear off ...

Time to sanction Israel to save Gaza - and Israel. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

Trump is looking at making money out of Nato – not saving Ukraine Don’t be misled; Trump is peeved by Putin and will make money from his irritation out of Ukraine’s war but he has not shifted away from Russia completely, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Trumps making money out of Ukraine and is still obviously a Putin fanboy www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

30 years after Srebrenica massacre, ‘never again’ is a slogan as empty as it is old Thirty years since Srebrenica, the second genocide of the 90s, it is clear that ‘never again’ is a slogan as empty as it is old, our world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes

As we mark the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre take a look at Gaza and wonder whether “never again “was ever really a sensible thing to say… www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

How the Israel-Iran conflict became a battleground for apocalyptic religious extremes With both evangelical Christians in US and mullahs in Iran believing in the End of Times, religious fervour is playing a crucial role in the background of the Iran-Israel conflict, writes world affair...

COMMENT | @samkiley.bsky.social in Tel Aviv explains how the Israel-Iran conflict became a battleground for apocalyptic religious extremes

Escalating war in the Middle East: Ask our world affairs editor anything The Independent’s world affairs editor Sam Kiley is in Tel Aviv to explain what the latest US-Iran escalation means for Israel, Tehran, and the wider Middle East – and to answer your questions on wher...

With ceasefire violations reported and new military action likely, the crisis in the #MiddleEast is deepening.

World affairs editor @samkiley.bsky.social will be taking your questions in a live AMA. Submit yours using this link 👇

Why Trump and Israel have only encouraged Iran to go nuclear The Israeli and US attacks on Iran have brought us into a dangerous new age in which the laws of the jungle are supreme, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes from Tel Aviv

"We have entered a new rogue order. The rules-based order that underpins international relations..... has finally been blown away."
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Escalating war in the Middle East: Ask our world affairs editor anything

💬 Q&A | The Independent’s world affairs editor Sam Kiley is in Tel Aviv to explain what the latest US-Iran escalation means for Israel, Tehran, and the wider Middle East – and to answer your questions on where this growing conflict goes next

How Israel’s real aim is regime change in Tehran Israel’s real aim in Iran is regime change - and that suits the West just fine, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

What Israel nay achieve in Iran would delight the west - regime change.

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Is Trump’s America in the middle of a coup? Years of covering power struggles and civil wars leads world affairs editor Sam Kiley to question whether Trump is intentionally taking the establishment apart on his own home turf

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Putin’s Peevish and Ukraine could win…https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-summer-offensive-ukraine-war-putin-b2765242.html

Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb is blow to Russia that will spook friend and foe alike Operation Spiderweb is a triumph of intelligence and technological cunning that our enemies will be studying, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Inside the amazing drone attacks deep inside Russia www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Seriously what is happening in Gaza cannot go unremarked…

The Trump plan to send Gazans to Libya is as stupid as it is evil Trump and Starmer must condemn Israel’s self-defeating campaign in Gaza, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

Silence is complicity www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...

Crippling the economy. UK has a labour shortage in constriction and care! Leadership is about making the case not running to a dog whistle

Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue.

Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n

Putin’s endgame in Ukraine – and why it won’t finish there World affairs editor Sam Kiley has been covering Ukraine since the Russian invasion of 2014. Here he looks at the current state of the conflict, the likelihood of a lasting ceasefire and what Russian ...

My special report on the state of the war in Ukraine - will surprise many Kyiv is not losing and that’s good news for Europe www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

"UKRAINE AND US ON THE BRINK OF SIGNING VITAL MINERALS DEAL"

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Ukraine was expected to sign a mineral and profit-sharing deal with the United States on Wednesday.

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Ukrainecast - 100 Days of Trump: Peacemaker or time-waster? - BBC Sounds How the war has changed under his administration

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If Trump’s hatred of Zelensky feels personal, that’s because it is As the US president lashes out at the Ukrainian leader once again, it can sometimes feel as though personal hostility is clouding his judgement. Sam Kiley examines a long-held grudge against Zelensky ...

trump’s got personal history with zelensky here’s what it is www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Trump is not going soft on Putin here’s why not app.independent.co.uk/2025/04/14/2...

Former MI6 boss says Britain must get ready for war as Putin threatens Europe Exclusive: As a Russia-Ukrainian ceasefire looks no closer, Sir Alex Younger tells The Independent how the UK is too detached from the threat posed by Putin – and that our ‘collective effort’ needs to...

Chilling and revealing this is an exclusive podcast well worth the listen! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

The illegal party drug helping Ukraine’s traumatised soldiers live again With limited numbers of foot soldiers to take on Russia, Ukraine has branched out into a revolutionary new treatment for its traumatised and damaged troops – ketamine, writes world affairs editor Sam ...

Psychedelics bring comfort to warriors of Ukraine www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

A mother and three children in New York were ‘wrongfully’ detained by ICE ‘It is horrifying that these children and their mother were snatched from their home and disappeared,’ an advocate said

A mom and her kids were ‘snatched’ from their New York home by ICE. Advocates are now demanding their release

Putting the Digital Services Tax on the table in US negotiations sends worrying signal on UK digital sovereignty It would likely be unpopular for a government that has cut welfare services and introduced new taxes on UK businesses, but it also risks undermining wider attempts to regulate big tech.

Eliminating the UK’s Digital Services Tax would be an unpopular move for a government that has cut welfare and introduced new taxes on businesses. It also risks undermining attempts to regulate big tech.

Trump’s ‘anger’ at Putin over Ukraine peace deal delay is just play acting America’s global power and reach are waning by the day as a consequence of Donald Trump’s assaults on the West and his slavish behaviour towards Moscow, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Trump is play acting “angry” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

MI6 and Rusi experts discuss Russia and Trump – how to watch

THE CONVERSATION | The panel, chaired by world affairs editor Sam Kiley, will feature Alex Younger, former MI6 chief, and Rachel Ellehuus, director-general of RUSI, discussing global security, US foreign policy under Trump, and the future of Ukraine and Nato

Trump’s mineral deal forces Ukraine to choose between being a US or Russian colony The latest US offer to trade Ukraine’s minerals for back pay is nothing short of a colonial protection racket, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Trump’s latest okan for Ukraine is a shakedown www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Five Eyes is breaking down and may be broken t.co/L1LIK4Hsv6

The Black Sea ceasefire is nothing of the kind – it is a great con In the ceasefire talks so far, Zelensky has made all the running, while Putin reaps all the benefits, writes Mark Almond. If Washington continues to deal with Moscow, things could rapidly deteriorate ...

While the US melts down and its top intelligence officials lie Ukraine is playing very smart www.independent.co.uk/voices/black...