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Putin told Trump he would halt further advances and freeze Ukrainian frontline where Russian forces occupy significant areas, sources sayZelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after Putin summit briefingDonald Trump hand-delivered a personal letter from first lady Melania Trump to Russian leader Vladimir Putin raising the plight of Ukrainian and Russian children caught in the middle of the ongoing war between the two European countries, it was reported on Saturday.The contents of the letter were unknown – but two Trump administration officials told Reuters that it mentioned the abductions of children resulting from the war that broke out after Russia

Corrections department review shows how Grant Hardin made fake guard uniform and details lax security at facilityA former police chief known and convicted murderer known as “the devil in the Ozarks” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and he said lax security in the kitchen where he worked allowed him to gather the supplies he needed, according to an internal review by prison officials released on Friday.The state corrections department’s critical incident review of Grant Hardin’s 25 May escape from the Calico Rock prison provides the most detailed description so far of his planning – and the

Ukrainian president to make first return to White House since infamous row with Trump in FebruaryZelenskyy to meet US president in Washington on Monday after Trump-Putin summit ends without deal – liveUkraine’s president has said he will fly to Washington on Monday to meet Donald Trump after an hour long call with the US president in which he was briefed on the key points of the Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin.Next week’s meeting will mark the first return to the White House for Volodymyr Zelenskyy since his infamous row with Trump and the vice-president, JD Vance, in the Oval Office

Four children were among those killed in strikes on Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Wafa news agencyUnrwa has warned that women and girls in Gaza are forced to adopt “increasingly dangerous survival strategies like venturing out in search of food and water at the extreme risk of being killed”.The agency added that one million women and girls in Gaza are now facing “mass starvation, violence and abuse”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/16/middle-east-crisis-gaza-israel-hamas-lebanon-hezbollah-latest-news-updates Author : Kyriakos Petrakos Publish date : 2025-08-16 09:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.