| | | .png) | By Christian Vince
Newsletters Editor |
| Good evening.
Ahead of peace talks in Alaska tomorrow, Donald Trump has confirmed that he will only agree on a Ukraine peace deal with Russia if Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky agree to meet.
Elsewhere in today’s newsletter:
• An anonymous writer reveals their concerning experience when confronting a shoplifter
• Plus, a celebration of Princess Anne at 75 |
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| | Trump: I won’t make Putin deal without Zelensky | Donald Trump said he would not make a deal with Vladimir Putin on peace in Ukraine without Volodymyr Zelensky.
Speaking to Fox News Radio, the US president said he thought Putin would make a deal but that it would not come until he met with the Ukrainian president.
“The second meeting is going to be very, very important, because that’s going to be a meeting where they make a deal. And I don’t want to use the word ‘divvy’ things up. But you know, to a certain extent, it’s not a bad term, okay?” Mr Trump told Fox News Radio.
European leaders have been warning the US president against making a deal without Ukraine and have said Mr Zelensky must be present for any future talks.
Mr Trump is meeting his Russian counterpart for talks at a US Air Force base in Alaska on Friday.
Follow the live coverage here ➤
Plus:
• Dominic Nicholls: I joined a Ukrainian unit shooting down Russian drones
• How Alaska is preparing for the new Cold War
• Ukraine’s drone boom signals preparations for a long war
Also, Dominic Nicholls, our Associate Defence Editor, is currently in Alaska where he will be providing an inside scoop on the meeting. Sign up here to receive Saturday’s special edition of the Ukraine: The Latest newsletter.
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| | Princess Anne at 75: The best queen we’ll never have | | Tomorrow, the Princess Royal will celebrate her 75th birthday. To commemorate this milestone, Hannah Furness, our Royal Editor, charts the Princess’s journey from the ‘sparest of spares’ to an indispensable figure.
Read the full article here ➤
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| | Crackdown on A-level grade inflation fails as top results hit record high | | Top A-level grades have reached a record high this year despite attempts to curb grade inflation.
Pupils across the UK surpassed last year’s surprise uptick in A*s and As and saw the share of top grades climb to 28.3 per cent – up from 27.8 per cent in 2024. It marks a new record for a non-pandemic year and will prompt concerns that grade inflation has become baked into the system.
Read the full article here ➤ |
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| | What to watch tonight | | Ben Fogle meets Aleks Orbeck Nilssen |
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| Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
Channel 5, 9pm
In this excellent first episode of a new series, Fogle flies 8,000 miles to Botswana, then drives five hours into the vastness of the Makadikadi Basin to meet Aleks Orbeck Nilssen, a Norwegian former model turned conservationist, who’s set up a “wisdom academy” for indigenous people in the middle of the Kalahari Desert.
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
BBC Four, 8.50pm
Following a 7pm screening of the 1932 classic, Grand Hotel, a film that propelled them both to new heights of celebrity, this rerun of the BBC’s 1969 special sees Crawford look back on the career of Greta Garbo.
Our pick of the best shows on BBC iPlayer
Chief of War
Apple TV+
Jason Momoa’s passion project is a visceral period epic set in Hawaii, which dramatises the real-life story of Ka’iana, an 18th-century warrior. Read the review here
Bookish
U&Alibi
Mark Gatiss’s newest TV project is a slice of post-war cosy crime that follows a bookshop owner who also moonlights as a detective. Read the review here
Everest (2015) ★★★
ITV4, 9.45pm
Baltasar Kormákur’s vertigo-inducing adventure is based on the 1996 Everest disaster in which 12 climbers died. The rivalry between the two expedition leaders, Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, played by Jason Clarke and Jake Gyllenhaal, is well-handled.
The best new films of 2025
See the full TV guide here ➤
Plus, for more TV sleuths, try our guide to the best cosy crime that you can watch now
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| | The Lifelist | • How well do you know your Conservative prime ministers? Test your knowledge in today’s Sorted.
• Fancy some Thursday night baking? Try our recipe for treacle mocha and blonde chocolate brownies.
• If you are looking for good podcast recommendations, look no further! Here are the Culture desk’s audio picks of the week.
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