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Kyiv ‘ready to do everything to achieve peace’ as crunch US-Ukraine talks begin

Although the two presidents will be absent, Zelenskyy has sent his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, while Trump dispatched his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the US national security adviser, Mike Waltz, to Jeddah.

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Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza in apparent effort to force hand of Hamas

Israel is to cut off any remaining electricity supplies to Gaza in an apparent attempt to ramp up pressure on Hamas amid increasingly chaotic multi-track negotiations over the fragile ceasefire in the territory.

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Russia launches huge strikes across Ukraine after US halts intelligence-sharing

Russia has carried out massive strikes across Ukraine, using drones and ballistic missiles, a day after the US stopped sharing intelligence with Kyiv that had previously given advance warnings of attacks.

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Israel’s Shin Bet says Netanyahu policies helped pave way for 7 October

Israel’s internal security agency, Shin Bet, has said Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies were among the underlying causes of the 7 October 2023 attack in which Hamas and other militants killed about 1,200 Israelis.

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Middle East crisis: Netanyahu tells new military chief Israel ‘determined’ to achieve victory – as it happened

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told new military chief Lt Gen Eyal Zamir on Wednesday that Israel is “determined” to achieve victory in the multi-front war that began with Hamas’s October 2023 attack, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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Israel prepares Gaza ‘hell plan’ to pile pressure on Hamas – reports

With the six-week-old ceasefire in limbo, and no sign of movement towards a second phase that was due to start last weekend, both sides were taking contingency steps to return to a war footing.

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Middle East crisis live: Israel accused of using ‘food as weapon of war’ in aid blockade on Gaza

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Zelenskyy in US for Trump meeting as Macron says he has ‘very little hope’ EU can avoid tariffs – Europe live

French president Emmanuel Macron has been speaking to the media in the last few minutes, as he concludes his visit to Portugal with a joint press conference with the country’s prime minister Luís Montenegro.

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Trump says US won’t give Ukraine security guarantees ‘beyond very much’ ahead of Starmer meeting – live

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Israel strikes targets in southern Syria after demanding demilitarisation

Israeli warplanes have carried out several airstrikes on military targets outside Damascus and in southern Syria, as Israeli officials warned the country’s army not to move south of the capital city.