‘Not a day or night of calm’: war-weary Ukrainians in city struck on Palm Sunday tell of despair and anger
Two Russian ballistic missiles hit Sumy in a double-tap attack, killing 34 civilians and wounding 117
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Marine Le Pen vows to appeal conviction that bars bid for French presidency
Marine Le Pen vows to appeal conviction for far right party ‘embezzlement’ of EU funds
Marine Le Pen’s presidential ambition may be in ruins but court verdict does not end her influence
Court decision to effectively bar Le Pen from 2027 race will only fuel far right narrative
Efforts to rearm Europe stumble as Trump ‘kicks over the chessboard’ of the Ukraine war
EU must take replace rhetoric with deeds and increase military power to ensure Putin takes heed, European commissioner for defence warns
European leaders united in opposition to lifting sanctions on Russia as condition of ceasefire in Ukraine
Europe’s ‘reassurance force’ could guarantee Ukrainian security following peace, says French president
Taoiseach joins Zelenskiy and European allies in Paris to discuss further Ukraine aid, security assurances
Macron accuses Russia of having an increasingly long list of demands and rejects lifting of sanctions
Coalition of ‘willing’ leaders sidesteps need for EU consensus
Europe letter: Power shifting back to Paris and Berlin as defence policy and Ukraine war takes centre stage
The global leaders rising in the polls as they battle Donald Trump
From Canada to Ukraine, populations rally behind leaders seeking to fend off the US president’s threats
Janan Ganesh: Europe is only half-awake from its long sleep
Talk of Donald Trump bringing the continent together is absurdly premature
Another week in which defence dominates EU agenda
Negotiations around increasing military aid to Ukraine continue at summit of EU leaders
Bundestag backs record borrowing package
Three-party alliance backs borrowing package of €500 billion for infrastructure projects and an effective blank cheque for defence and security spending
Trump to speak to Putin by phone as Ukraine peacekeeping plans progress
Simon Harris accuses Russian president of stalling over a peace deal with Ukraine
What experts expect to happen when Micheál Martin meets Donald Trump this week
The Oval Office 2025 has become a fascinating and volatile court, so the Taoiseach might expect one or two curveballs coming his way
How do you become a Trump whisperer? Ask Starmer, Macron and Meloni
Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni and Emmanuel Macron are trying to keep the mercurial US president onside over Europe’s security
Trump ‘considering’ more financial steps against Russia in push to end its war on Ukraine
Ukraine scrambles French-supplied jets for first time to counter big Russian strike on infrastructure
Manspread for Ireland and don’t ask about Trump’s Russia trip: How Taoiseach should approach US visit
Have a fanfare sound as you unfurl some paper decorated with squiggles. Tell him it is an invitation written in ancient Ogham from the Little People inviting him to visit the land of the leprechauns
Macron open to extending French nuclear protection to European allies
President warns it would be ‘madness’ to ignore Russian threat to Europe
A ‘one-month truce on air, sea and energy infrastructure’: What’s in Europe’s Ukraine peace plan?
Kremlin says someone will have to force Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make peace
‘Zelenskiy had to stand up for himself, for Ukraine and the truth’: Ukrainians now look to Europe after White House chaos
Some Ukrainians say Zelenskiy should not have become frustrated in Oval Office, others think he was intentionally goaded
‘I have done hideous things’: the French surgeon who kept diaries detailing his alleged sexual crimes
Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of the rape and sexual assault of 299 patients. Coming in the wake of the Pelicot trial, the case is another sign of France’s slow-changing attitudes to sexual crimes
US-Ukraine ties in tatters as their leaders argue in the White House
Trump tells Zelenskiy to ‘make a deal or we are out’ as he pushes for rapprochement with Russia
Micheál Martin should follow Macron’s playbook for handling Trump
The French president recognised the need to stroke Trump’s ego even as he confidently reasserted Europe’s position on several issues
Keir Starmer faces a defining moment as he heads for Washington
Trade and defence, including the future of Ukraine, will top the agenda for the UK PM’s first meeting with Donald Trump as president
Ukraine peace deal could come in phases following a pause in fighting, EU leaders told
Security guarantees could follow on from ceasefire, conference in wake of Macron-Trump summit heard
Macron’s Ukraine ‘turning point’ lacks security commitments from Trump
French president seeks US ‘backstop’ as part of postwar agreement
US sides with Russia to vote against UN resolution supporting Ukraine in extraordinary move
France’s Macron says a truce ‘could be done in the weeks to come’
Macron, Merz and Micheál Martin plot ways to fill gap left by US on Ukraine
Cabinet meets today before Dáil returns, with resumption of weekly speaking row likely
Ukraine seeks to soothe Trump spat with call for ‘strong, effective’ deal on US ties
Russia backs White House criticism of Kyiv as European leaders support Zelenskiy
Notre-Dame restoration: ‘It’s the project of our life’
Paris letter: National effort saw Notre-Dame cathedral restored following devastating fire
Micheál Martin to take part in European leaders' call on Ukraine talks
Second discussion among wider group of European leaders and Canada organised by French president Emmanuel Macron
European leaders say peace deal cannot be dictated to Ukraine
Emergency summit of European leaders comes at same time US and Russia meet in Saudi Arabia
Ukraine settlement would need broad security guarantees, says Tusk at emergency summit
European leaders emergency summit hears calls for big increase in defence spending
Ukraine war deal more existential for EU than US tariff dispute
Leaders mull how to fill gap left by US drift away from European allies
European leaders meet over Trump plan for talks to end Ukraine war
US view that Europe should not be part of the negotiations sparks alarm in EU capitals
French government survives no-confidence votes, but political deadlock remains
Prime minister François Bayrou is trying to succeed where Michel Barnier failed, but faces a very high mountain
Starmer and Tusk to join Macron-led crisis summit in Paris for talks on Trump’s Ukraine plan
UK and Polish prime ministers among leaders invited to French capital on Monday for talks amid fears US leader is sidelining allies
Safe, transparent, trustworthy AI? No thanks, say US and UK
Planet Business: Plastic straw update, Elon Musk’s 19-year-old Doge lieutenant and the latest in Gulf of America appeasement
As the global AI race intensifies, Europe tries to close the large gap
At a summit in Paris, the EU pledges to start putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to artificial intelligence
The Irish Times view on the French government: a fragile lease of life
Passing the budget will come as a relief to President Macron, but he will know that further tests lie ahead for a shaky government
Rapid growth of AI poses ‘profound’ threat to privacy
Paris meeting hears call for caution around development of AI software by handful of big tech companies
EU urged to cut regulation to catch up in artificial intelligence race
Taoiseach Micheál Martin among world leaders travelling to Paris for AI summit
All change in the briefing room, as White House holds space for influencers and content creators
Planet Business: French AI chatbot Lucie, Boeing’s new 737 targets and Roman Abramovich’s yacht scheme
Ukraine’s military fights fires on many fronts amid battlefield setbacks
Scandals, ‘leaks’, army recruitment woes and Trump fears compound concerns over trajectory of war
Mona Lisa to be moved as Emmanuel Macron announces major overhaul to modernise Louvre
Non-EU visitors will pay a higher entrance fee to visit the Louvre, the French president said
Tensions between France and Algeria escalate with row over deportation of influencer
Always testy, the relationship between the two countries has deteriorated in recent months
Moscow says it will respond to ‘massive’ Ukrainian strike on targets deep inside Russia
Nato launches Baltic patrol mission after suspected Russian sabotage of undersea cables
Jean-Marie Le Pen obituary: French far-right politician rode waves of discontent and xenophobia
Founding father of France’s modern political far right was challenged by historians, denounced across the political spectrum, and convicted repeatedly of inciting racial hatred or distorting historical record
How a divided France came together to rebuild Notre-Dame
Bureaucrats, billionaire donors, artisans and builders united to deliver a national project at a time of political strife
‘We need Macron to act.’ The view in Mayotte, the French island territory steamrolled by cyclone Chido
Emanuel Macron has visited France’s Indian Ocean department devastated last weekend’s storm but for some residents promises of support from Paris ring hollow
Gisèle Pelicot ‘ready to face another trial if needed’
Two defendants lodge appeals and ex-husband considers appealing his 20-year sentence
Macron in angry exchange with residents of cyclone-hit Mayotte
‘If it wasn’t for France, you would be in way deeper s**t,’ French president tells people in the country’s poorest overseas territory
Macron told ‘Mayotte is demolished’ as president arrives to survey damage from cyclone Chido
It is feared hundreds or even thousands of people died in storm, much higher than figure of 31 deaths given by authorities
France’s Mayotte cleans up after cyclone, total death toll still unknown
Cyclone Chido leaves 31 confirmed dead on Indian Ocean archipelago but officials fear death toll could run to thousands
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