BREAKING: Putin, Trump want "real coordination" against Islamic State in Syria: Kremlin on Putin-Trump phone talks

Russian Presiden Putin and American Trump want "real coordination" against Islamic State in Syria as both discussed through phone talks.

President Trump chatted with Vladimir Putin Saturday, his first known conversation since taking office with the Russian leader he frequently complimented on the campaign trail.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted a photo of Trump on the phone in the Oval Office just after noon Saturday.

“@POTUS is now onto his 3rd of 5 head of government calls, speaking w Russian Pres Putin,” he tweeted.

Barack Obama PRAISES Merkel for handling of migrant crisis but Germans want her OUT

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA has praised Angela Merkel for her handling of the escalating EU migrant crisis despite growing cracks in the German chancellor’s power base as her approval ratings plummet over her immigration stance.

During a visit to Hannover, the US president said: “She is on the right side of history on this.

"In this globalised world, it is very difficult for us to simply build walls.”

His remarks come amid an increasingly fractious debate over radical Islamism in Germany, sparked by Mrs Merkel's ill-fated open door asylum policy.

Shocking opinion polls delivered a crushing blow to the German Chancellor as it was revealed Mrs Merkel's conservatives lost in two out of three state elections.

Germans appear to be punishing her accommodative refugee policy.

More than 1.1 million migrants entered Germany last year, with most coming from Middle Eastern and North African countries.

But Mrs Merkel's grip on power is growing ever weaker, with rebellion growing across the country against her controversial immigration policies.

European Commission: Juncker named as president, could push Britain towards EU exit

European union leaders meeting in Brussels have nominated former Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the European Commission.

The move came despite strong opposition from Britain. David Cameron has failed in his attempt to block the nomination of arch-federalist Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the European Commission

PM’s bid to block Jean-Claude Juncker has ended in defeat after the arch-federalist was nominated as the next president of the European Commission.

Mr Juncker was confirmed as the official nominee at the end of a tense lunch in Brussels during which Mr Cameron told EU leaders they could “live to regret” their decision.

"This is a sad day for Europe," Mr Cameron is understood to have told his counterparts.

Ukraine border guards: Russian troops flowing into Crimea, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US and EU issue joint statement condemning Russia

Putin says 'threat of ultranationalists' forced him to intervene

Russia has operational control of Crimea region, UK Foreign Secretary Hague says.
The Russian troops flowing into Crimea, but UN’s chief says will ask Russia’s Lavrov to refrain from acts or rhetoric that further escalate the situation in #Ukraine

Meanwhile, the Fear of Ukraine, Russia war sends shock-waves through global markets as Pro-Russian troops control a ferry terminal on the easternmost tip of Ukraine's Crimea region close to Russia while  Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatseniuk says Ukraine will never give up Crimea to anyone.