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No lasting peace in Ukraine without European role in talks, leaders say after Trump-Putin call

“Our shared objectives should be to put Ukraine in a position of strength. Ukraine and Europe must be part of any negotiations,” seven European countries and the European Commission said in a joint statement after a foreign ministers meeting in Paris.

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Israel will resume war in Gaza unless more hostages freed this week, says Netanyahu

Netanyahu’s ultimatum was delivered during a video address posted to social media account on Tuesday. “If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon – the ceasefire will end, and the IDF will return to intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated,” he said.

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Israeli minister backs Trump’s plan to ‘let hell break out’ on Gaza if hostages are not released – live

Israel’s communications minister, Shlomo Karhi, has backed Trump’s call to “let hell break out” on Gaza if all the remaining Israeli captives are not released by Saturday.

In a post on X he said:

    “The response must be exactly as President Trump suggested.

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Middle East crisis live: Israeli talks delegation returns from Qatar after Trump says he is losing patience with ceasefire deal

It comes a day after US President Donald Trump said he was losing patience with the ceasefire deal after seeing footage of Hamas release Israeli hostages over the weekend, whose appearance he compared to Holocaust survivors.

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International criminal court condemns Trump sanctions on its staff

The international criminal court (ICC) has condemned Donald Trump for imposing sanctions on its staff, which it said were intended to harm vital work to investigate the world’s gravest atrocities, including crimes against humanity and genocide.

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Israel tells army to prepare plan for Palestinians to voluntarily leave Gaza

Israel’s defence minister has ordered the military to prepare plans to allow Palestinians “who wish to leave” Gaza to exit, after Donald Trump suggested the US take over the territory and resettle its residents in other countries.

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Trump says Palestinians have ‘no alternative’ but to leave Gaza

Speaking as he prepared to host Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Tuesday, Trump repeated the suggestion that Gaza’s population should be relocated to Jordan and Egypt – something both countries have firmly rejected.

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Talks on second phase of Gaza ceasefire deal have started, says Hamas – Israel-Gaza war live

It comes as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gets ready to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington later today.

The meeting comes at a critical juncture as the Israeli military’s deadly raids in the West Bank, particularly in Jenin, are undermining the fragile ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, according to the UN.

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Gaza internal checkpoint to be staffed by US private armed contractors

A US security firm is hiring nearly 100 US special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, introducing armed American contractors into the heart of one of the world’s most violent conflict zones.

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Trump’s Guantánamo Bay order condemned as ‘disastrous’ and ‘indefensible’ by rights groups – US politics live

As part of his plans to reduce illegal immigration to the US, Donald Trump has ordered the creation of a new detention facility capable of holding 30,000 people at Guantánamo Bay.