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Alexander Smith

Senior Reporter

Alexander Smith is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital based in London.

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Latest from Alexander Smith

Former U.K. spy chief has advice for Trump: Go slow on Ukraine if you want the Nobel

Former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove says that if President Donald Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize he should hold off negotiating a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire.

The world's two largest exporters are facing down Trump's tariffs very differently. Here's why.

President Trump has upended the global economy by slapping tariffs on two of the world's largest exporters — China and the EU.

Prince Harry in court battle over security protection despite stepping down as a full-time royal

Prince Harry is in court Tuesday appealing the British government’s decision to ax his publicly-funded security detail.

Globalization made America rich. Now, Trump's tariffs may upend it.

President Trump treats America’s friends more like its adversaries and his worldwide tariffs may reshape the global economy and the lives of billions.

What Putin’s two-faced strategy says about his approach to Trump and Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dispatched his close friend Kirill Dmitriev to Washington, while conscripting 160,000 new troops and bombing Kharkiv.
9d ago

Marine Le Pen’s Trump-style defiance over her conviction leaves France and its far right in a bind

Marine Le Pen has been a superstar of Europe’s far-right movement until a spectacular court ruling banned her from running for the French presidency in 2027.
12d ago

As world leaders grapple with instability, Trump's attacks are making moderates popular again

Donald Trump has been giving leaders such as Mark Carney, Mexican Claudia Sheinbaum, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer a popularity boost, experts say.
14d ago

Vance says Denmark has 'not done a good job' at keeping Greenland secure as Trump pushes for U.S. ownership

Vice President JD Vance is set to land in Greenland to a chorus of anger and anxiety at White House plans to seize the Arctic territory by any means necessary.

Trump's Black Sea truce plan is a 'gift to Russia' that risks undermining sanctions, analysts warn

The deal for a maritime truce between Russia and Ukraine looks like a Kremlin wish-list and an example of Trump handing concessions to Putin, analysts warn.

Trump's promise of a quick end to Ukraine war gets a reality check after talks end with no deal

United States, Russia and Ukraine continued talks in Saudi Arabia, as Putin continued to bomb Zelenskyy's people and Trump called the negotiations "great."

Russia and U.S. start new Ukraine peace talks on tricky footing with warnings of 'difficult negotiations'

The U.S. and Russia began a new set of talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at a partial Ukraine ceasefire — even as the two disagree over how well the talks were going.