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Vladimir Zelensky earlier told journalists that he wanted to meet with Donald Trump to discuss receiving ballistic missiles

France, UK, Canada release joint statement condemning Israeli settlements French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday that Israeli settlements in the occupeid West Bank undermined prospects for a two-state solution. "Systematic settlement expansion in the West Bank, including the Government of Israel's latest decision to progress the E1 settlement, as well as the dramatic increase in settler violence, pose a direc
Debris from Russian missiles that fell following a massive attack on Kyiv was recovered by the capital's bomb disposal experts, the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Tuesday.

ICJP welcomes UK settlement sanctions, but warns they should not be left as 'symbolic gestures' The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians released a statement on Tuesday welcoming the British government's announcement of a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements as a "first, though overdue, step towards bringing UK policy in line with its obligations under international law". However, it warned in a post to X that such policy measures "must be enforced with teeth, not left as s

Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow at the Simpson Center. She frames the war in the Persian Gulf as a mutually damaging stalemate in which neither Washington nor Tehran has found a politically sustainable exit: "There are no winners in this war". Her central argument is that the conflict has created a problem of face-saving as much as military strategy. The US faces rising economic and electoral costs, while Iran confronts shortages, inflation, domestic dissent

ODESA OBLAST — Volodymyr Varbanets sinks his hands into a mound of wheat, letting the golden kernels slip between his fingers. This year brought an unusually good harvest, the best since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, he says. Behind him, hundreds of metric tons of wheat, barley, lentils, and peas fill the farm's warehouses. "But we cannot sell it," he sighs. For more than 20 years, Varbanets has worked this land, sowing and harvesting crops across 206 hectares. At 76, he stil
"Sanctions are not a solution – dialogue is. I say to all foreign governments: Stop! Step away from the dead-end of sanctions and boycotts, and turn toward constructive dialogue," Herzog said.
Bessent: When the USSR collapsed, Poland and Ukraine had the same size economy. Poland's is three times bigger now. If Ukraine can properly manage its economy, then that can be a big deterrent for the Russians.
According to the news agency, the countries are currently finalizing their plan to use NATO’s program known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List
Bessent on Ukraine: What the Russians are doing to Ukraine is one of the worst things I've seen in my lifetime. But if you don't talk, you can't stop it.
Bessent: We thought it was important to have the Russian delegation at the G20. Because if you are not going to talk, how are you going to solve this horrendous war?

US sanctions 27 Iranian airlines The US Treasury announced new sanctions on 36 entities, including 27 Iranian airlines, for “supporting Iran’s aviation sector”. The US Treasury said in a statement on Tuesday that the Iranian government uses the aviation sector to “move weapons, personnel and illicit cargo” and the sanctions were following through on the US's promise to impose “severe consequences” on entities providing “financial lifelines” to Iran. “Let this be a warning to anyone doing busine

New wave of explosions have been reported in Kyiv

UN expert Francesca Albanese calls UK sanctions on Israeli settlements a ‘seismic shift’ after years of UK ‘complicity’.

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The IRGC claims it destroyed a U.S. MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, per Tasnim. The U.S. has not confirmed.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense for Military Policy Elbridge Colby said Russia is rebuilding its armed forces and defense-industrial base, so it is necessary to be prepared for a protracted conflict and to continue meeting Ukraine's support needs over the coming months and years.

Russia attacked four districts in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast almost 50 times with drones, artillery and an aerial bomb, killing two people and injuring nine.
The Syrian foreign ministry announced that, after about 18 months of negotiations, Syria and Russia had concluded an MOU: Russian presence in Tartous and Hmeimim would be "reorganized."

New explosions rock the Strait of Hormuz.

The Kremlin has said the involvement of national security advisers from the "European Three" – France, the United Kingdom and Germany – in talks on the Russia-Ukraine war could "complicate the process".

UN special rapporteur says UK will face ‘fierce pressure’ from Israel, US after settlement move UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese said the UK will likely come under “fierce pressure” from Israel and the US over its latest move to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements. Albanese told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that she hopes the UK government is not swayed by such pressure, adding “Europeans need to take care of their own interests, which clearly col
TEL AVIV, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Tuesday said that it was closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem, accredited to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, after London announced it was imposing sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements.

Opinion: UK trade ban on illegal settlements is a welcome first step to justice for Palestinians MP is the Labour Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central Abtisam Mohamed argues in an opinion piece for Middle East Eye that, while British trade ban is not enough to end an illegal Israeli occupation on its own, it is a necessary first step to put economic pressure on Israel and encourage other countries to follow suit. "The UK government decision to ban all trade with illegal Israeli settlement
U.S. at Ramstein: allies must be prepared for Ukraine to need support for months and years to come U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby said the Allies must be prepared for Russia’s war against Ukraine to be protracted, and that in this situation, support for Kyiv, first and foremost from European partners, is of great importance.
Zohran Mamdani: Now, close to 25 years later, more people have died from 9/11-related illnesses than were killed on the day itself. It would be one thing if government had stood alongside survivors and provided them with everything they needed at every step of the way. And yet, we know that could not be further from what actually happened. People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air. And then when they began to contend with the

Despite statements by Hungarian officials that they expect Ukraine to take certain steps to advance on its path towards the EU, Budapest has not provided Kyiv with the details.

Israel said it would also expel British diplomats at a centre monitoring the US-brokered ceasefire plan in Gaza and bar British training for Palestinian Authority forces, as well as banning 12 British officials from visiting Israel.

Revolutionary Guard: An advanced MQ1 drone was intercepted and destroyed by an advanced air defense system belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, under the control of the country's unified air defense network, over the skies of the Strait of Hormuz.
Reporter: Ambassador Huckabee said, "The Brits will suffer." Rubio: We were made aware that they were going to make this decision. We heard their argument as to why. We share the goal of stability. We don't want to see some uptick in violence or an uptick conflict or tensions in the West Bank at a very tenuous time in the region.
Mark Rutte welcomed the agreement by the EU member states

US Secretary of State Rubio: Iran is behind the events in Yemen.

The Russian House has been the subject of fierce debate since at least the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Miliband: UK believes Israel is carrying out ethnic cleansing in West Bank, 'we refuse to be bystanders' • UK announcement carried out in coordination with France and Canada

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Marco Rubio on Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia: The Houthis, in many ways, are agents and proxies of the Iranians. I think behind some of this is clearly the Iranian hand. The U.S. has a very strong defensive military relationship with Saudi Arabia, and we’re watching those events very closely. It’s been going on for some time. I think there’s been some ground operations as well, where Yemeni forces are taking on the Houthis and pushing back against some of the ground advances that they atte

US will not follow UK on Israeli settlement sanctions, says Rubio US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the US will not take the same action as the UK over Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, but that he would not provide any further comment beyond that for now. Speaking to reporters, Rubio added the US does “not want to see some uptick in violence, or an uptick in conflict or tensions in the West Bank at a very tenuous time for the region”. This comes after US ambas
Over the past year, the Allies have allocated more than $10 billion to PURL and the program for the sale of U.S. military equipment abroad for Ukraine, and deliveries of U.S. weapons to Ukraine continue uninterrupted.