Hebe Campbell

2 days ago | independent.co.uk | Hebe Campbell

Ukrainian residents have voiced scepticism at Vladimir Putin’s proposed direct peace talks with Kyiv. The Russian leader proposed holding direct talks with Ukrainian president Volodymy Zelensky in Turkey this Thursday (15 May). “Why has he proposed it now? Maybe to win some time, maybe he is not so confident,” one woman said.

2 days ago | independent.co.uk | Hebe Campbell

A Nobel Prize-winning economist has said that the latest UK-US trade deal is “playing into Trump’s strategy.”"I would view it as playing into Trump's strategy," said leading economist Joseph Stiglit on Sky News on 11 May. "His strategy is divide and conquer, go after the weakest countries, and sort of put the stronger countries in the back" he added. Donald Trump unveiled a "historic agreement" with the UK, the culmination of Sir Keir Starmer’s months-long charm offensive towards the US president.

3 days ago | independent.co.uk | Hebe Campbell

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry embrace during date night at Beyonce concertThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, May 9. Videos and photos captured the prince kissing his wife and the pair dancing in a private box with friends. This outing comes after Prince Harry was interviewed by the BBC, sparking outrage within royal circles after saying he doesn’t “know how much longer” his father, King Charles, has to live.

3 days ago | independent.co.uk | Hebe Campbell

Pope Leo XIV used his first Sunday address from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, to call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages. “I am deeply hurt by what is happening in the Gaza Strip,” he said during the Regina Caeli prayer. “I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved Ukrainian people” he added. “I was happy to hear on the other hand that there is a ceasefire between India and Pakistan” he said later on.

3 days ago | independent.co.uk | Hebe Campbell

Richard Tice hinted that Nigel Farage has shifted his stance on the Ukraine-Russia war, walking back his 2024 claim that the EU and Nato provoked Vladmir Putin’s invasion. Asked directly if Farage still held that view, Tice replied, “Of course he doesn’t think that.”“Nigel is crystal clear that Putin is the aggressor, and we have got to get to a ceasefire” the deputy leader of Reform UK told Trevor Phillips on Sky News.