Amid President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East, we continue our interview with DAWN’s Sarah Leah Whitson and HuffPost’s Akbar Shahid Ahmed about Trump’s acceptance of a luxury plane gifted to him by the Qatari government, nuclear negotiations with Iran and Saudi Arabia, a less cooperative relationship with Israel and more. TRANSCRIPT This is...
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will travel to Turkey’s capital Ankara to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and will be available for direct talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Istanbul on Thursday. “We will do everything to ensure that this meeting takes place,” he told reporters in a hastily-arranged briefing. Russia...
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The White House reportedly negotiated with Hamas without Israel’s participation for the captive release. Hamas released an Israeli American soldier from captivity in Gaza on Monday, seeking to reopen ceasefire negotiations as a gesture of goodwill to President Donald Trump as he visits the Middle East this week. The 21-year-old Israeli military soldier, Edan Alexander,...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally” in Istanbul on Thursday for talks over ending the war. His post came shortly after Donald Trump demanded Ukraine agree to Putin’s offer of direct talks between the two countries in Turkey. “There is no point in prolonging the killings....
Watch: US and China are ready to talk tariffs – who will blink first? Donald Trump says there has been a “total reset” in US-China trade relations following the first day of talks between American and Chinese officials in Switzerland. In a social media post, the US president described the talks as being “very good”...
Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for “direct talks” with Ukraine, saying they should “start without delay, as early as 15 May”. “We seek serious talks… to remove the root causes of the conflict and start moving towards a lasting, strong peace”, he said on Saturday, in a rare televised late-night address from the...
The prime minister has said there are “ongoing discussions” with the United States over digital services, following the deal struck with President Trump. The UK’s Digital Services Tax (DST) – a 2% levy which raises about £800m a year mainly from US tech companies – was widely thought to be part of trade talks with...
More 4-D chess, this time on China? Or does Donald Trump want to consolidate whatever gains he can from “Liberation Day” before doing damage to commerce in the US? A couple of days ago, both the US and China agreed to begin talks this weekend to resolve the trade war that has all but turned...
US President Donald Trump has hinted that US tariffs on goods from China may come down as top trade officials from the world’s two biggest economies are set to hold talks. “You can’t get any higher. It’s at 145, so we know it’s coming down,” he said, referring to the new import taxes of up...
Let’s see how fast Abrego-Garcia changes his tune about his accommodations in San Salvador and how quickly bleeding heart progressive Democrats in Congress pool their pennies together to pay for photo ops in the heart of Kigali in the summer. RWANDA, HERE WE COME! Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Yes, it’s true, all of it. BREAKING:Â @POTUS Trump Makes Deal...
US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try to deescalate a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will attend the talks in Switzerland from 9 to 12 May, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative...
A senior Hamas official has said there is “no point” in further talks on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal after Israel said it would expand its ground offensive and occupy Gaza indefinitely. Bassem Naim told the BBC the Palestinian armed group would not engage with new proposals while Israel continued what he...
Emma Saunders Culture reporter Getty Images Film tariffs will form part of trade negotiations between the UK and US after Donald Trump said he would apply a 100% charge against movies made in foreign countries. Trump said in an announcement overnight that he would apply tariffs to foreign-made films to help America’s movie industry, which...
Rwanda is in the “early stage” of talks with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the US, the East African country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungireh has said. His comments come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last month that Washington was “actively searching” for countries that would take in “some...