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Sky News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News
What do Ukrainians think of Trump-Putin Alaska summit?
A train slowly pulls into Berlin Central Station. As the doors open, crowds of Ukrainians spill on to the platform. Some hold tightly on to the small bags they carry, or the loved ones they hope now are safe. They believe the war will be over soon; they have no idea that it will be years before some can return home. This was the scene on 1 March 2022. Germany is now home to the most Ukrainian refugees in the European Union. Some of the 1.2 million seeking shelter still live in sprawling container camps. On the edge of one, we meet Olena P who fled at the end of 2022 with her son, Valentin, and her parents. In Ukraine, they lived in an apartment, now everything is crammed into a boxy cabin. After more than three years of fighting, there's no sign it's safe to return to her home by the border. Donald Trump once claimed he could stop the war in 24 hours of becoming president. That hasn't happened, but I ask Olena if his meeting with President Putin in Alaska gives her fresh hope that the fighting could soon be over. "I don't know anyone who trusts Trump," she snaps back in reply. "It's a horrible joke, this meeting with the terrorist president of Russia. It's unbelievable." Moscow has always stood by its decision to launch what it called "a special operation" in Ukraine. The ensuing invasion forced Olena to flee her home in the city of Kherson. "We had an apartment by Dnipro river. It was a beautiful apartment, but it was destroyed," she says showing me a video of a flame-ravaged neighbourhood. "My city, Kherson, is destroyed every day, people die every minute." Olena is furious that they have lost everything, and the Russia president they hold responsible has been invited to the US for a meeting. "I'm angry. I'm disappointed. I don't understand why. I understand for Trump it's only money," she tells me. President Trump has made clear his desire for the fighting to end. "I'm trying to stop the ridiculous war in Ukraine. Too many people have died," he said in April. Ahead of the summit, he said he believed Putin would make a deal, but in a flat just north of Berlin's centre, 31-year-old refugee, Mariia, is feeling dismayed. "Is it normal to play with a war criminal and boost your ego? Or is it normal to help another state to defend people?" she fumes. "It's a way larger issue than just Ukraine's territory, it is about the world order." Mariia Borysova fled Kyiv in the summer of 2022. She flicks through photos of her home city, commenting on how much it has changed. She fears Ukraine will be forced to sacrifice more land before the fighting stops. "I do not see how giving up land helps to win, because so far what the practice has shown is that Putin plays more wildly when he gets what he wants," she says. President Trump has said any land swaps will have to be signed off by Ukraine and warned there will be "severe consequences" if Putin doesn't agree to peace. But in a Ukrainian cafe in the former Soviet-run east Berlin, mum-of-four Olena Kroshka is sceptical. When Russian forces invaded in 2022, they occupied her village for more than a month. She remembers seeing men in black searching the streets. Some neighbours were interrogated or shot. Her family eventually escaped to Berlin, but she fears her country is about to be sold short. "Do you trust President Trump to represent Ukraine?" I ask. "I think he is a trader, and he is pretty brutal in his policy and he's pushing the people to get the conditions he wants," she says. "What about President Putin? Do you think he has any desire for peace?" I ask. "I don't think that he is considering those terms, like peace and not peace. I think he has kind of a picture in his head. He's just trying to get it by any means," she replies. Olena, like the other refugees, has lost so much - friends, family, whole lives have been destroyed.
USA Today
20-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC 318 video: Ateba Gautier stalks and rocks Robert Valentin for TKO
Cet homme est un vrai danger 😨Ateba Gautier s'impose par TKO au premier round📺 Regardez les prelims de l'#UFC318 EN DIRECT sur UFC Fight Pass et sur 🇫🇷 RMC Sport 1 Ateba Gautier has looked nothing short of terrifying thus far in his UFC career. A new chapter of horror was written Saturday at UFC 318, as Gautier (8-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) stalked and rocked Robert Valentin en route to a TKO stoppage at 1:10 of Round 1. The middleweight bout took place on the prelims at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Gautier's power was evident from the open exchanges. He rocked Valentin (10-6 MMA, 0-3 UFC) quickly, who was thereafter on the retreat for as long as the fight lasted. A left hook, right uppercut, overhand right combination were the final blows that put Valentin down before ground-and-pound put a stamp on an impressive outing. Cameroon's Gautier is only 23. He's won both of his UFC fights by first-round TKO, having debuted successfully vs. Jose Medina in March. Switzerland's Valentin falls to 0-3 in his UFC career after a stint on "The Ultimate Fighter 32." Up-to-the-minute UFC 318 results:
The Review Geek
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Under a Dark Sun – Season 1 Episode 5 Recap & Review
Talk To Me Episode 5 of Under a Dark Sun begins with Valentin driving Leo, Noor and Alba out to a cliff-edge in the middle of nowhere. It's here we learn that Valentin was the one who buried Alba alive in the casket and knocked her out. He's also the one who set up the camera room and was abusing those girls. Valentin needed to get close to keep an eye on her. He also killed the detective in front of them, although there must be another gunman because there were shots while he was crouched down. Anyway, Alba and Noor manage to get away and stab Valentin repeatedly, killing the guy outright. It's clear though that Valentin must have been working for someone else – but who? For now, Alba finally does the right thing and goes to the police, and the detective reveals the extent of Valentin's deception. They believe he broke into Arnaud's computer and sent her the email and obviously set up all those cameras, which they've now found after doing a proper sweep of the premises. Valentin actually had quite the racket going on. Every season, he'd choose the most vulnerable worker in the fields and would approach her, acting like a protector. In reality, he'd sedate them and offer these girls to his clients. He's already served two years for procuring but when he left the prison, he changed his identity and took off, ending up at the estate where we know they don't exactly thoroughly check their workers. Obviously this doesn't reflect well on the police, given they've been searching the premises and waited 5 episodes before finding any information on the workers. They even searched Alba's house too if you'll remember and apparently never found the cameras behind the frames. Beatrice awakens to find herself inside a psychiatric ward. She's dosed up and the workers there are quick to keep her inside. She's allowed to make a call though, which she uses to ring Lucie. However, Lucie is having none of it and actually doesn't seem to care. She dances about the kitchen while making breakfast, before Ollie suddenly shows up and surprises her. Beatrice's situation doesn't get any better, as she tries to explain her case to the doctor at the ward, who analyses her every word. Obviously Beatrice feels betrayed by her children, thrown away and locked up. Given her erratic behaviour (including throwing the doctor's papers on the floor) she's not leaving this place any time soon. However, Beatrice is reunited with Josephine, a woman from the past who holds one heck of a grudge. She grabs a fork and stabs her in the hand during lunch. This is the last straw for Beatrice, who manages to break out of the room that night and confronts Josephine. She tells her she's not the enemy and wants to find out what's happened to her. As for Mathieu, he finds all the workers leaving the estate and refusing to work for him. Mathieu is not happy and buries himself in his misery. Or, well, masses of coke I guess. Lucie is not happy when she finds out. She reminds Mathieu they still have a business here and journalists are hovering around, wanting a statement. Alba reveals everything to Leo about Dimitri, including how he turned mean and dangerous. He started to attack Alba but she pushed him away. However, he stumbled back and unfortunately, he stayed on the ground and didn't move. Leo is angry when he finds out, and with tears falling down his face, he demands Alba leave. Alba then returns to the crux of the drama. She knows that Valentin wasn't working alone and she believes that this could be linked to her mum. She thinks that Arnaud got one of the flower pickers pregnant 25 years back. This could be their one chance to finding out the truth and finishing this once and for all. Checking through Arnaud's belongings, she looks over the employee details and finds a picture of her mother. She confronts Mathieu about this and wants to know the truth. Her file is missing too, and Alba has figured it out. She thinks Mathieu killed Arnaud and framed Alba for murder. However, she's got it all wrong. It turns out Arnaud is not actually her father… Mathieu is! Even after reporting her to the police, he became obsessed and needed to know the truth about her. He ran a DNA test after grabbing some of her items and found out the truth. He had no idea she even existed before she showed up and promises he's not behind this. Her mother's name was Nadia, and Mathieu was even going to leave his wife to be with her. His wife's name? Josephine. Beatrice calls Alba that night and tells her that her mother is in the ward. Room 102 to be precise. However, when she shows up, Alba finds Beatrice stabbed and lying on the ground. The Episode Review As the longest episode of the season, the penultimate chapter actually reveals quite a lot and explains why Mathieu has been so obsessed with Alba and is spiralling so much. However, we also get more context around Lucie and her partner, although this subplot feels dragged out. We do learn that Valentin was the one who buried Alba but we don't know who he was working for. It's unclear exactly how this story ties in to Josephine and the drama at the psych ward because something about this narrative just does not add up. Could Mathieu be trying to twist the truth? It seems everybody who's getting close to discovering what's happening is either being kidnapped or killed, meaning the culprit has to be someone within the family. I'm sure we'll find out in the finale though, which promises to be quite the dramatic affair. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
Scottish Sun
27-06-2025
- Scottish Sun
US woman, 22, gunned down by ultra-violent Mexican CJNG cartel after they ‘mistook her dad's truck for rival vehicle'
CARTEL BUTCHERS US woman, 22, gunned down by ultra-violent Mexican CJNG cartel after they 'mistook her dad's truck for rival vehicle' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A YOUNG American woman was shot dead in cold blood by Mexican cartels who mistook her dad's car for a rival gang vehicle. Isabel Ashanti Gomez was returning home with her father Valentin in his Ford F-150 truck when a heavily armed gang started firing at them. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 Isabel Ashanti, 22, was killed in cold blood Credit: Newsflash More to follow... For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at The U.S. Sun, your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos. Like us on Facebook at TheSunUS and follow us on X at @TheUSSun
The Irish Sun
27-06-2025
- The Irish Sun
US woman, 22, gunned down by ultra-violent Mexican CJNG cartel after they ‘mistook her dad's truck for rival vehicle'
A YOUNG American woman was shot dead in cold blood by Mexican cartels who mistook her dad's car for a rival gang vehicle. Isabel Ashanti Gomez was returning home with her father Valentin in his Ford F-150 truck when a heavily armed gang started firing at them. Advertisement 1 Isabel Ashanti, 22, was killed in cold blood Credit: Newsflash More to follow... For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at The U.S. Sun, your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos . Like us on Facebook at
