The UN warns that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with northern Gaza facing imminent famine and the rest of the Strip at risk as well. Vladimir Putin said he is open to French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to propose a ceasefire during this summer's Paris Olympics
Read MoreDonald Trump “will not give a penny” to Ukraine if he is re-elected US president, the far-right Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, said. The EU is pushing to give Ukraine €2bn-€3bn this year from profits derived from Russia’s frozen assets.
Read MoreA new U.S. intelligence assessment found it is likely that some employees of a United Nations agency that distributes aid to Palestinians took part in Hamas’s Oct. 7 assault on Israel, but says the U.S. can’t verify Israeli allegations that a larger number of U.N. workers have links to militant groups. The ex-husband of Ksenia Karelina, a dual US-Russian citizen facing a life sentence from the Kremlin for donating $50 to the Razom for Ukraine charity, has broken his silence.
Read MoreThe heads of several major United Nations bodies on Monday made a united call for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify nearly one month into the conflict. The death toll is now said to have surpassed 10,000. A deadly Russian strike on Odesa damaged its famed art museum and several apartment buildings
Read MoreEvacuations from flooded parts of the Kherson region continue after a major dam was breached yesterday. Ukrainian officials have warned that some 42,000 people are at risk from flooding, with water levels expected to peak in Kherson today. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that hundreds of thousands of people have been left without drinking water
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