Jessica Rawnsley

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Jessica Rawnsley

Ukraine to attend peace talks as US says Trump and Putin needed for breakthroughReutersVolodymyr Zelensky has confirmed Ukraine will send a delegation led by the defence minister to meet Russian officials in Istanbul for peace talks, but accused Russia of not treating them seriously. Speaking to reporters in Ankara, he criticised the "low-level" Moscow delegation. Its head, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, insisted the Kremlin team had "all the necessary competencies".

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jessica Rawnsley

8 hours agoZelensky hits out at Putin after landing in Turkey for Ukraine and Russia peace talksVolodymr Zelensky hit out at Vladimir Putin as the Ukrainian president arrived in Turkey for Ukraine and Russia peace talks. Mr Zelensky will meet with president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday (15 May), where the Turkish president will call for a ceasefire without delay.

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Jessica Rawnsley

Sean “Diddy” Combs’s longtime girlfriend Cassie took to the stand as the court’s key witness on day two of the rapper’s sex trafficking trial in New York. The hip hop mogul faces charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution in what prosecutors have described as a decades-long criminal enterprise. If convicted, Combs faces a sentence of life in prison, with a minimum of 15 years. Combs denies the charges and has pleaded not guilty.

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Jessica Rawnsley

Almost a decade after she was robbed at gunpoint and had millions of dollars worth of her jewellery stolen, Kim Kardashian has shared her recollections of the infamous heist in a French court. The reality star appeared in the Palais de Justice in Paris on Tuesday to give evidence in the trial of 10 people accused of robbing her in October 2016. The suspects – nine men and one woman aged from 35 to 78 – are on trial until 23 May. Eight deny any involvement.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Henry Zeffman |Jessica Rawnsley

Sir Keir Starmer has said that the outcome of talks between Ukraine's allies in Kyiv marks a "significant moment" in the push to secure a ceasefire in its conflict with Russia - but admitted it was not "the end of the process". Speaking to the BBC in Kyiv following a virtual meeting of the "coalition of the willing", the UK prime minister said "we haven't seen unity like this pretty well throughout the conflict".