Egypt's plan for Gaza's future does not meet the standards according to USA's President Donald Trump, announces the American Foreign Ministry. It does not live up to the expectations, says spokesperson Tammy Bruce at a press conference.
ConflictsAmerican and Ukrainian representatives will meet in Saudi Arabia next week. The idea is to establish a framework for a peace agreement and an initial ceasefire, says the US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff at a press conference, according to AFP. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj is also traveling to the Arab country.
ConflictsIsrael is backing a proposal from the USA to temporarily extend the ceasefire in Gaza during the holidays of Ramadan and Passover, announces Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office. But Hamas insists that an agreement must instead be reached on a second phase of the ceasefire.
ConflictsIn 1986, he bought a hot dog for Donald Trump who had forgotten his wallet – and the friendship was a fact. Now Steve Witkoff is going to resolve some of the world's toughest conflicts. At the center of the USA's foreign policy stands a golf-playing real estate billionaire with close ties to President Trump, but without diplomatic experience.
World politicsUSA and Russia have held a first meeting on the way to some form of agreement on the Russian invasion war in Ukraine – without Ukraine. They say they have taken "important steps" towards continued talks and re-established diplomatic ties that were severed. The meeting is heavily criticized by Ukraine's president.
ConflictsRussia is sending Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to negotiations with the USA. There, they will plan for a top-level meeting between Trump and Putin. After three years of war of aggression in Ukraine, Russia claims that it is European countries that want the war to continue.
WorldForeign Minister Marco Rubio is said to be accompanied by the US national security adviser and the president's special envoy when he travels to Saudi Arabia this week to negotiate with Russia. The meeting appears to take place over Ukraine's head and without European involvement.
WorldEU leaders meet in Paris on Monday with concerns that Europe is being excluded from peace talks on Ukraine. American and Russian delegations are expected to travel to Saudi Arabia for talks there – something that President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has stated that Kyiv has not been invited to. Despite this, he is said to be traveling to the country this week.
WorldAn American citizen has been released in Belarus the day after an American was released by Russia. "A great day for Team America", says the US Ambassador to Lithuania, Kara McDonald.
World politicsNegotiations on the second phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas begin on Monday. But in a first stage, only between Israel, the USA, and mediators.
WorldFrom outcast to billionaires' darling. Donald Trump's accession in 2025 is very different compared to how it was in 2017. The list of mega-rich individuals who previously shunned the Maga-president but are now open admirers has become increasingly longer.
World politicsFrom outcast to billionaires' darling. Donald Trump's accession in 2025 is very different compared to how it was in 2017. The list of mega-rich individuals who previously shunned the Maga-president but are now open admirers has become increasingly longer.
World politicsThe USA's incoming president Donald Trump was decisive when an agreement was reached between Israel and terrorist-stamped Hamas, believes political scientist Anders Persson. But it is a shaky settlement, filled with coded language.
World politicsA 58-year-old construction worker registered in Hawaii who has been arrested several times for crimes and who has expressed himself critically about Donald Trump. This is what we know about the suspected shooter and what has happened.
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