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Donald Trump now plans to negotiate an agreement on ending the Ukraine war personally and at the highest level - first of all at a summit meeting with Putin and then at a three-way meeting that includes Volodymyr Zelensky. This was the upshot of the "extremely productive" meeting between his special envoy Witkoff and Putin in the Kremlin on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the ten-day deadline Trump set for Russia to end the war expires on Friday.

The Japanese city of Hiroshima has commemorated the victims of the atomic bombing eighty years ago with the ringing of the Peace Bell and a minute's silence. Tens of thousands of people were killed when the US deployed a nuclear bomb as a war weapon for the first time. Against this backdrop, European commentators debate the dangers and the logic of deterrence.

Romania's first post-communist president Ion Iliescu died on 5 August aged 95, and will be buried in a state funeral today. He was under investigation for committing crimes against humanity during the 1989 revolution until recently. The national press gives conflicting accounts of his historical role.

“IT’S MIDNIGHT!!! BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TARIFFS ARE NOW FLOWING INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!” US President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform earlier this morning

New rules to better protect journalists, their sources and press freedom in the digital age apply in all EU countries as of 8 August 2025.

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

New rules to better protect journalists, their sources and press freedom in the digital age apply in all EU countries as of 8 August 2025.

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Trump informing EU leaders he plans to meet Putin and Zelenskyy next week, Nawrocki vowing to defend Polish sovereignty, and Macron tightening visa rules for Algerian diplomats