A fake audio clip of Donald Trump Jr. saying that the U.S. should have sent weapons to Russia instead of Ukraine was shared across social media. Deepfake experts said the audio was apparently generated using artificial intelligence.

The first contacts with the new American administration give us some hope,” the Russian president said in televised comments on Thursday.

Russia and the U.S. will seek to mend diplomatic ties during talks also focused on ending the conflict in Ukraine as part of a surprise rapprochement under President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump hosted a meeting at the White House with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday followed by a joint news conference. Trump told reporters that Starmer had “earned whatever they pay him” in working to convince Trump not to place tariffs on the United Kingdom,

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a minerals deal with Ukraine is the security guarantee Kyiv needs against Russia, brushing aside a plea from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a commitment of U.

Starmer is the second European leader to meet Trump this week after French President Emmanuel Macron came to the White House on Monday for a friendly encounter that displayed stark differences about Russia's war with Ukraine and the U.