Tom Bateman BBC State Department Correspondent Reporting fromat the White House Watch: The BBC’s Tom Bateman unpacks Russia’s ceasefire conditions President Vladimir Putin has rejected an immediate and full ceasefire in Ukraine, agreeing only to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, […]
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Tom Bateman State Department Correspondent Reporting fromJeddah, Saudi Arabia ‘All of this now hinges on Vladimir Putin’s response’ The US is set to introduce a 30-day ceasefire proposal negotiated with Ukraine to Russia in the coming days. Trump administration officials
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The Trump administration believes Ukraine’s leadership is “ready to move forward” on the US demand for a ceasefire process with Russia, according to a senior US state department official. The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser
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Tom Bateman State Department Correspondent Reuters Mechanical problems forced Marco Rubio’s plane to briefly return to Washington earlier this week A cracked windscreen forced US Secretary of State Marco Rubio into a rapid U-turn as his plane, en route to
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US diplomats are in the Syrian capital Damascus where they plan to meet representatives from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group now in charge but which Washington still designates as a terrorist organisation. The visit follows those of delegations in
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The family of a US-Turkish woman killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank met Secretary of State Antony Blinken to call for a US investigation. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot in the head as she took part
Getty Images While Trump visited the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Islamist fighters in Syria toppled Assad’s regime When Donald Trump sat with world leaders in Paris last weekend to marvel at the restored Notre Dame cathedral, armed
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Chigasaki, Kanagawa Pref. – As global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands, Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto is putting it into her fingernails. At the beach near her home in Kanagawa Prefecture, Arimoto carefully sifts sand for
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The US says Israel has not breached American laws on blocking aid supplies, after a 30-day deadline it gave Israel to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some military assistance cut off lapsed. Officials said on Tuesday
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Reuters Donald Trump’s return to the White House is set to reshape US foreign policy, promising potentially radical shifts on multiple fronts as war and uncertainty grip parts of the world. During his campaign, Trump made broad policy pledges, often
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