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Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg as ‘Russian Davos’ opens in city

Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in St Petersburg early on Wednesday hours before international guests gathered for the city’s flagship economic forum, in a blow to Vladimir Putin.

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Trump says Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to ‘stop all shooting

Donald Trump has said Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to mutual de-escalation and to scale back fighting, seemingly averting an Israeli strike on Beirut and the potential collapse of ceasefire talks with Iran.

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Middle East crisis live: Iran says no more peace talks with US until Israel stops its operations

Iran says there will be no peace talks with the US until its demands on the cessation of Israeli operations in Lebanon and Gaza are met, according to the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency.

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Nato ready to defend ‘every inch’ of territory as Russian drone hits Romania

Mark Rutte says Moscow’s ‘reckless behaviour is danger to us all’ after drone hits apartment building, while Russia denies involvement

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Middle East crisis live: Iran says Trump’s threats to ‘blow up’ Oman ‘dangerous and bullying’

We have a statement from the Iranian foreign ministry in which the spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, described Donald Trump’s threats against Oman as “dangerous” and “bullying”.

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Middle East crisis live: Iran says draft US deal would reopen strait of Hormuz

Iran’s state TV said Tehran had obtained a draft of an initial unofficial framework for a memorandum of understanding with the US.

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Middle East crisis live: Iran’s foreign ministry says US broke ceasefire with overnight strikes

The US has launched strikes on southern Iran in a test of the seven-week long ceasefire, as both sides played down hopes for an imminent peace deal even as negotiators from Tehran began new talks in Qatar.

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Middle East crisis live: Trump suggests countries in region should sign Abraham accords recognising Israel under any deal

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Trump pledges an additional 5,000 troops for Poland in apparent u-turn

Donald Trump has announced he will deploy an “additional” 5,000 US troops to Poland, just days after the Pentagon controversially halted a long-planned deployment of forces to the country – the largest on Nato’s eastern flank.