Europe

US President Donald Trump has reached a trade deal with the European Union, following pivotal discussions with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen days before the August 1 tariff deadline.

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are set to meet in Turkey for talks within days, according to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian media reports.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: In June, Russia’s numerical advantages in troops and air power produced its biggest monthly gains in territory since the beginning of the year.

The majority of 49 Abrams tanks committed by Australia have joined Ukraine's defence against Russia's invasion as Moscow continues its deadly attacks.

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian daredevil who jumped from the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere in a 2012 stunt, is being remembered after his death during a horror fall.

The Kremlin has issued a stark warning that by promising Ukraine more weapons, the US has signalled its decision to ‘abandon the peace process’.

A mountain rescue team and a helicopter were deployed to the scene and attempted resuscitation but he could not be revived.

An Australian man has died while BASE jumping with friends in the Italian alps, with investigators suspecting an equipment failure is to blame.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister says his country is ready for peace talks with Russia ‘in any format, in any geography’.

THE WASHINGTON POST: Donald Trump’s threats of 100 per cent tariffs against Moscow are the latest twist in his shifting position toward Russia and Ukraine.

Customs officials have released images from a seizure of more than 1000 tarantulas smuggled inside plastic containers shipped to an airport in Germany from Vietnam.

Excavations have begun at the site of a former mother and baby home in western Ireland, suspected of containing the remains of hundreds of infants and young children.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump’s threat to place a 30 per cent tariff on goods from the European Union caused outrage among European leaders, with some urging retaliatory tariffs.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US top diplomat Marco Rubio held ‘frank’ talks on the Ukraine war, both sides said.

The United Kingdom and France have agreed to a pilot plan that will send some migrants who cross the English Channel on small boats back to France.