Two Labour-run councils say they are weighing up legal action to prevent hotels in their areas being used to house migrants. It comes after Epping Forest District Council secured a temporary injunction against the use of The Bell Hotel. Wirral and Tamworth councils say they are considering similar steps, arguing the practice risks bypassing planning rules and undermining local communities. Wirral’s Labour leader, Paula Basnett, said all options were being […]

US Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has faced questions about a shift in Donald Trump’s position on Ukraine talks. Before his latest call with Vladimir Putin, the US president said the next step towards peace would be a trilateral meeting. But afterwards, he suggested Russia and Ukraine should meet first, followed by talks involving himself, Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Some have speculated Trump was swayed by the Russian leader, but Leavitt […]

Donald Trump has confirmed he has spoken to Vladimir Putin as part of fresh efforts to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. The US President says he is arranging a meeting between the Russian leader and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He also wants to follow that with a trilateral meeting involving all three men. That is a shift from what had been suggested earlier this evening, when a three-way summit […]