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What the papers say – March 21

Conflict in Ukraine continues to lead Friday’s front pages.

Evening Standard

Trump story about ‘surrounded’ Ukraine troops contradicted by his own intelligence, report reveals

Russia and Ukraine reached a tentative ceasefire agreement, but Putin’s attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure reportedly have not stopped since the ceasefire was announced

The Independent UK

UK nuclear deterrent could do ‘untold damage’, Healey warns

John Healey said the UK should not ‘fight shy’ of the fact it has such weapons, which are the ‘ultimate guarantor’ to any hostile state if it attacks.

Evening Standard

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The release of a 1961 plan to break up the CIA revives an old conspiracy theory about who killed JFK

Newly released material from documents associated with President John F. Kennedy's assassination show that a key adviser wanted to break up the CIA after the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961

The Independent UK

What's happening with the Institute of Museum and Library Services after Trump's executive order

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has been added to the list of government agencies targeted by President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Trump signs executive order to dismantle US Education Department

President Trump has ordered a plan to dismantle the US Education Department

Evening Standard

Sir Keir’s ‘coalition of the willing’ is proving to be principled – and a rallying cry for Ukraine

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Convened by the British prime minister, the meeting of military leaders from more than 20 countries to discuss a peacekeeping force for Ukraine may have jumped the gun. If they are to work together, the UK and EU must first negotiate some key differences

The Independent UK

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Man gets prison in US for helping pressure Chinese expat to return home

A real estate businessman who aided a Chinese effort to pressure an expatriate to return home has been sentenced to over a year in a U.S. prison

The Independent UK

Trump’s demand that US could take over Ukraine’s reactors is not credible

US president’s plan for American firms to run power plants is unrealistic and is opposed by Putin and Zelenskyy

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine, Russia to hold talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia next week

Kyiv and Moscow confirm attendance at separate talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia set for Monday.

Al Jazeera

Putin will face ‘severe consequences’ for breaching any peace deal, Starmer says

The Prime Minister said he was ‘certain’ the Russian president would flout the terms of a truce unless security arrangements were in place.

The Independent UK

Putin will face ‘severe consequences’ for breaching any peace deal, Starmer warns

The Prime Minister said he was ‘certain’ the Russian president would flout the terms of a truce unless security arrangements were put in place

Evening Standard

Starmer warns Putin of ‘severe consequences’ if he breaches peace deal

UK leader says Russia cannot veto how Ukraine defends itself as western military officials meet to draft security plans

The Guardian - UK

Ignored by Trump and menaced by Putin, the UK turns to the EU for defensive ties

As Trump seeks to withdraw the US from European defence, Keir Starmer is trying to develop closer ties with the UK’s neighbours

The Guardian - UK

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The Conversation

Has Donald Trump been outfoxed by Putin and Zelensky?

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The Independent UK

Zelensky defies Trump, warning: Hands off my nuclear power stations

Ukrainian leader resists US plan to take over plants and says Putin must stop ‘unnecessary demands’ as Starmer considers use of UK troops as deterrence force

Evening Standard

Putin will breach peace deal unless it is defended, Starmer says

The Prime Minister said he was ‘certain’ the Russian president would flout the terms of a truce unless security arrangements were in place.

Euronews

Ukrainian forces have not been encircled in Kursk region, Kyiv and military officials say

Despite recent comments by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian forces have not been encircled by Russian troops in the Kursk region or anywhere else on the frontlines.

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Euronews

We need to improve democracy, Lech Wałęsa says

Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Lech Wałęsa, calls for systemic changes to safeguard democracy and avoid the rise of populist leaders.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer says military talks giving shape to plans to send UK troops to Ukraine

Keir Starmer has said a meeting of defence chiefs will turn the idea of a peacekeeping force for Ukraine from a political concept to “military…

Evening Standard

Estonia’s president keen to keep UK troops amid Ukraine peacekeeping planning

The head of state made his views known as the Prince of Wales visited the Baltic nation.

Evening Standard

Up to 250,000 Russian soldiers killed in Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, say UK defence chiefs

The Ministry of Defence stressed this death toll would be Russia’s ‘largest losses since the Second World War’

Evening Standard

Starmer: Talks to turn Ukraine peace force from concept to military plan

The Prime Minister said the ‘timetable now is coming into focus’ after talks between the US and Russia.

Euronews

EU leaders, except Orbán, reject Putin's demand to halt military aid to Ukraine

Despite Putin's demand, the EU insists Ukraine should have "its own robust military and defence capabilities as an essential component."

The Independent UK

EU presses on with steel 'porcupine strategy' for Ukraine as Russia tries to end Western support

Russia's key peace demand that Western allies stop providing military aid and intelligence to Ukraine is quietly being ignored by the European Union

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