Tánaiste Simon Harris has said he is &alarmed& by a new anti-LGBTQ+ law banning Pride events which was passed in Hungary yesterday.

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday that Moscow cannot be trusted, after a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin resulted in a Russian agreement to stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities temporarily.

Stuck in space no more, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to end a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago.

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have agreed to shackle Ukraine after hours of talking on the telephone over ceasefire terms, which won&t work but are intended to further divide Ukraine and Europe from the White House.