## King Charles 'persuaded Donald Trump to U-turn on Ukraine', says Volodymyr Zelensky's top aide as he hails state visit's impact

Authored by dailymail.co.uk

King Charles played a key role in Donald Trump’s recent change of mind on the Ukraine war, it has emerged.

Charles’s talks with the US President during his state visit last week were ‘very important’ in the policy reversal, Volodymyr Zelensky’s top adviser has said.

The President’s new thinking was evident in comments online made after he met the Ukrainian president at the United Nations in New York.

Trump noted in his lengthy statement that Russia looks like 'a paper tiger' that may not be able to support its lofty military ambitions with a depleted force.

He claimed a 'real military power' would have been able to win the war in less than a week.

It comes right after Trump insisted that NATO nations should feel emboldened to shoot down Russian planes if they enter their countries' airspace.

Thanking him for his hospitality, Mr Trump described Charles as a ‘very, very special man’ during his dinner speech. »

### GOP lawmaker with ‘joebidennnn69' screen name to plead guilty to sharing child sex abuse videos

Authored by apnews.com

May, 38, is pleading guilty to five counts and faces five to 20 years in prison on each charge.

He will have to register as a sex offender and could be fined up to $250,000, according to his plea agreement.

Prosecutors said they found videos on his laptop of him allegedly having sex with three women. »

### Electronic Arts stock closes up 15% on report company near $50 billion deal to go private

Authored by cnbc.com

Shares of Electronic Arts closed up 15% on Friday following a report in the Wall Street Journal that the video game company is nearing a roughly $50 billion deal to go private.

Investors including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Silver Lake could announce the deal as soon as next week, the report said.

The deal would be the largest leveraged buyout in Wall Street history, surpassing the agreement to take TXU Energy private for about $45 billion in 2007. »

### Putin preparing to attack another European country, Zelenskyy says

Authored by theguardian.com

Speaking in Kyiv after his meeting with Donald Trump at the UN in New York, the Ukrainian president said Russia was preparing for a bigger conflict.

Asked to explain this apparent warmer tone towards Ukraine, Zelenskyy said he had briefed Trump about the realities on the battlefield.

Zelenskyy said that if the Kremlin tried to destroy Ukraine’s energy infrastructure again this winter its own capital will experience retaliatory blackouts. »

### Zelenskyy warns of military response if drones from Hungary enter Ukraine again

Authored by pravda.com.ua

Quote: "There was also a report from our military on, frankly, very unusual events along the Ukraine-Hungary border.

Earlier, Zelenskyy requested an investigation into reports that drones, possibly from Hungary, entered Ukrainian airspace, following a briefing from Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó rudely dismissed Zelenskyy’s report about a possible incursion of Hungarian drones into Ukraine. »

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