Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping yesterday discussed how to build ties with Donald Trump, prospects for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine and Moscow&s firm support for Beijing&s position on Taiwan.

Donald Trump began his presidency with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

A fire raged through a 12-storey hotel at a popular ski resort in north-western Turkey early yesterday, killing at least 76 people & two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said.

The Duke of Sussex is poised to accuse The Sun of destroying millions of emails as a landmark phone-hacking case was delayed twice on Tuesday.