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Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev attended a White House event hosted by Melania Trump in Washington, DC, on 5 November 2026. The event addressed humanitarian efforts following a six-day ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, enabling the evacuation of nearly 800 civilians.
Dmitriev’s visit to Washington is scheduled ahead of talks set for November 10 in Abu Dhabi involving US, Russian, and Ukrainian officials. The upcoming discussions are expected to focus on the progress towards ending the nearly five-year-long war in Ukraine.
Kirill Dmitriev’s visit to the White House signals Russia’s ongoing diplomatic engagement, despite the recent shift in congressional power towards the Democrats, who are expected to scrutinise the Trump administration’s dealings with Russia. Following this meeting, discussions among US, Russian, and Ukrainian officials are planned in Abu Dhabi on November 10, aimed at progressing towards a resolution of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
What remains unclear — It is not specified what specific outcomes or agreements are expected from Dmitriev’s meetings with Trump’s administration.
Melania Trump hosts Russian envoy Dmitriev at White House amid ceasefire talks
Vladimir Putin’s special envoy is set to attend a White House event hosted by Melania Trump today.
Russian official Kirill Dmitriev will also hold meetings with members of Donald Trump’s administration during his visit to Washington, according to two people familiar with his plans.
The visit comes after Democrats secured control of both chambers of Congress, dealing a blow to Trump and raising the prospect of increased US support for Ukraine.
The incoming Democratic majority is also expected to scrutinise decisions made by the Republican administration, including a diesel deal with Russia and the easing of some sanctions.
Despite the election setback, the Kremlin has said it hopes Trump will continue his efforts to broker peace.
It also said preparations were under way for a possible meeting between Putin, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China.
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Vladimir Putin’s special envoy is set to attend a White House event hosted by Melania Trump (Picture: Shawn Thew/POOL via CNP/INSTARim)
Dmitriev’s visit comes ahead of planned talks between US, Russian and Ukrainian officials in Abu Dhabi on November 10.
American negotiators are expected to push for progress towards ending the war in Ukraine, which is approaching its fifth year.
The White House said Melania Trump would give a speech at Thursday’s event about a six-day local ceasefire around the Russian-held town of Oleshky, which she helped mediate.
Dmitriev previously met Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff at the White House in 2025.
David Arakhamia with Melania during the ceremony with Russian and Ukrainian representatives (Picture: Thew-Pool via CNP/Shutterstock)
One source familiar with the latest visit said humanitarian issues had become an important part of discussions between Dmitriev and Melania Trump’s team, alongside economic and business matters.
These efforts have included the release of American detainees held in Russia, the return of Ukrainian children to their families and the humanitarian operation in Oleshky.
The source said both Russia and the US had an interest in continuing the work.
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‘Cheer up, you caught the bad guy,’ says killer Virginia McCullough as she is arrested for murdering her parents
A woman who murdered her parents “in cold blood” before hiding them in makeshift tombs for four years told officers to “cheer up, you caught the bad guy” as she was arrested in her home.
Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her mother Lois McCullough, 71, shortly afterwards in 2019.
She ran up large debts on credit cards in her parents’ names and after their deaths, she continued to spend their pensions until she was finally caught in 2023.
In body-worn video footage released by police, a handcuffed – and eerily calm – McCullough told officers: “I did know that this would kind of come eventually.
“It’s proper that I serve my punishment.”
She said she had slipped something into her father’s drink then put his body under a bed on the ground floor, and put her mother’s body in an upstairs wardrobe.
McCullough, having been arrested on suspicion of double murder, told an officer: “Cheer up, at least you’ve caught the bad guy.”
She added: “I know I don’t seem 100% evil.”
At the police station, she told officers where a kitchen knife was, which she described as a “murder weapon”, and a hammer which she said “will still have blood on it”.
McCullough, of Pump Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday with a minimum term of 36 years at Chelmsford Crown Court, after she admitted to their murders between 17 and 20 June 2019 at an earlier hearing at the same court.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard how she hid their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home in Great Baddow in Essex, then told persistent lies to cover her tracks.
The court heard she cancelled family arrangements and frequently told doctors and relatives her parents were unwell, on holiday or away on lengthy trips.
But concerns over Mr and Mrs McCullough’s welfare were raised in September 2023 by a GP at their registered practice, and Essex County Council’s safeguarding team referred these to police.
The GP had not seen the couple for some time and said Mr McCullough had failed to collect medication and attend scheduled appointments. It was found McCullough had frequently cancelled appointments, using a range of excuses to explain her father’s absence.
Police said a missing persons investigation was initially launched and McCullough lied to officers, claiming her parents were travelling and would be returning in October.
It became a murder investigation, and when officers forced entry to the house in Pump Hill on September 15 2023, McCullough confessed that her parents’ bodies were in the house and that she had killed them.
Nicola Rice, a specialist prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “McCullough callously and viciously killed both of her parents before concealing their bodies in makeshift tombs within their home address.
“She spent the next four years manipulating and lying to family members, medical staff, financial institutions, and the police, spending her parents’ money and accruing large debts in their name.”
She added: “This was a truly disturbing case, which has left behind it a trail of devastation, and I can only hope that the sentence passed today will help those who loved and cared for Lois and John begin to heal.”
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November 23, 2024
8:25 am
Defense alliance NATO chief Mark Rutte has met US President-elect Donald Trump to discuss global security issues, according to a NATO spokesperson.
The meeting took place in Palm Beach, Florida.
During his first term as US president, 2017-2020, Trump pushed for European NATO countries to spend more on defense and described the alliance’s cost-sharing as unfair to the US.
Rutte took over as NATO chief from Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg in November.
Before taking office in January, Trump has nominated Pete Hegseth for the post of defense secretary, which has raised eyebrows among many allies.
Hegseth, 44, has served as an infantry captain in Iraq and Afghanistan, but has no senior military or government officer experience.
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Multiple missiles were fired in an airstrike towards a densely populated part of Lebanon’s capital early on Saturday.
The huge airstrike targeted Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, and no prior warnings were given by the Israeli military. The largely residential area was struck last month.
At least one violent explosion was heard across the city, Reuters witnesses said, and plumes of smoke could be seen. Scenes of massive destruction at the site were shared online, including a massive crater in the ground.
“Beirut, the capital, woke up to a horrific massacre, as the Israeli enemy’s air force completely destroyed an eight-story residential building with five missiles on Al-Mamoun Street in Basta,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
The health ministry put the initial death toll at four, with 23 wounded. The number is expected to climb in the coming hours as search and rescue efforts continue.
It came after a long day of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been non-stop since last week.
The cross-border fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group escalated into a full-blown war in mid-September.
Israel has bombed southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs and the eastern Beqaa region, and has sent ground troops across the border. Hezbollah has continued to fire rockets deeper into Israel.
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