Free speech lives here Enjoy journalism that’s proud to share your values Enjoy a full year’s access to The Telegraph for £29. |  | Adrian Blomfield Senior Foreign Correspondent | If diplomats are to be believed, today’s Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could be the most consequential for Europe since Yalta in 1945 or Munich in 1938.
Those inglorious carve-ups saw aggressors rewarded: Hitler gained the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia, Stalin browbeat Churchill and Roosevelt into betraying Poland – the very country Britain had gone to war to defend.
Is Mr Trump about to strike a similarly grubby deal in Anchorage? After days of intense lobbying by Volodymyr Zelensky and his European allies, that outcome now seems less likely.
The US president appears to have accepted that the deal Putin outlined to Steve Witkoff, Mr Trump’s golfing-partner-turned-peace-envoy, was far less generous than first believed – a misreading that raises awkward questions about Mr Witkoff’s judgment. Mr Trump now pledges not to make any deal without consulting Mr Zelensky and European leaders, yet nerves remain. Diplomats warn that Mr Trump is often swayed by the last person he speaks to. When that person is Putin, a master of guile, the risks multiply.
Have European leaders stiffened Mr Trump’s resolve – or will flattery and deception carry the day?
Read Adrian’s full analysis here ➤
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• Sherelle Jacobs: Ukraine has lost. Britain must now prepare for Russia’s next onslaught ➤ |  | Hannah Furness Royal Editor | The Princess Royal celebrates her 75th birthday today, just as she likes it – on a boat off the west coast of Scotland, with her husband Sir Tim and without any pomp or ceremony.
She has declined suggestions of marking the milestone moment with a party or interview, agreeing to pose (briefly) for a new photograph and host members from her 300 charity patronages at Buckingham Palace earlier this year instead.
To mark the birthday anyway (sorry, Your Royal Highness), we spoke to her friends and colleagues to hear more about how she has become one of Britain’s most popular royals – not to mention, the hardest working.
It hasn’t been the easiest few years for Princess Anne. She lost her beloved father, Prince Philip, her mother the late Queen, and suffered a serious head injury, which she has said left her at risk of no longer being “compos mentis”. But she has carried on, seemingly undeterred.
Much of what I heard while researching this piece was new to me. Did you know the Princess once refused to pull out of an overseas aid trip even though there was an outbreak of bubonic plague? From the time she “took a yellow jug and helped to refill a temporary loo with water” while in rural Mozambique, to the moment she kept her cool with a difficult horse at Trooping the Colour or was heard calling a particularly long-winded contributor at an Olympic meeting “probably the most stupid person in world sport”, here is Princess Anne at 75.
Read Hannah’s piece in full ➤
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To start off, we’ve crunched the numbers and the boffins have calculated where your club is likely to finish here. Scroll to the end to see their prediction for the final Premier League table. | The Telegraph has used historical data to create a forecast for the new season | Elsewhere, don’t miss our club-by-club guide, and see how ready your side is for this year’s competition.
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Yet there will be a particularly poignant start to the new season at Anfield this evening.
Liverpool’s campaign has been overshadowed by the Diogo Jota tragedy, and Chris Bascombe predicts that there will not be a dry eye in the house as You’ll Never Walk Alone is belted out with added gusto ahead of the opening fixture against Bournemouth. Read Chris’s piece in full ➤ | VJ Day remembered Every weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal Reader Correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
On this day 80 years ago, the Second World War came to an end after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies. The ravages of six years of fighting would be felt for years to come. But VJ Day, at least, was a time of joyous relief, and we’ve had some lovely accounts of the celebrations from Telegraph readers who were there.
Veronica Stokes recalled: “They were less coordinated than those for VE Day, which had been announced in advance by Churchill. Spontaneous rejoicing erupted at midnight when the news came through. As teenagers, my sisters and I joined the dancing, singing crowds in Southampton. It was the most thrilling night of my life, being swept along in that tide of ecstatic people.
“The great ships in the docks boomed out their salutes. Loudest of all was the Queen Mary (a khaki-clad troopship), which filled the sky with her triumphant roar. And all over the Solent, little boats took to the water, letting off flares and fireworks.”
John Ingleton added: “Eighty years ago, I was a 12-year-old schoolboy from Canterbury. My parents and I were spending a hectic week with relatives in London, touring all the famous places we hadn’t been able to see during the war. The state opening of Parliament took place on August 15. Joining the crowds in The Mall that night was very exciting. It was past 3am before we dispersed.”
Jenny James’s memories were a little less vivid: “I was born on August 15 1945 – apparently the first peacetime baby in our town. I wish to express my gratitude to the men and women, military and civilian, who came together to defend our country.” Do you remember VJ Day? Send me your stories here, or head to our Your Say page, on the Telegraph app. | Make your voice heard Join our journalists in conversation on today’s biggest topics One year for £29 | Plan your day with the telegraph | Set your alarm to catch up with journalists on the Your Say page and listen to their analysis on our latest podcasts.
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