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Mar 15, 2025 - World

Russia should back a ceasefire deal with Ukraine that could lead to durable peace, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday after a virtual meeting with other leaders.

Mar 15, 2025 - World

Prime minister tells a summit of 29 leaders that the Russian president cannot delay peace talks indefinitelyKeir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet over agreeing to a ceasefire with Ukraine on Saturday as international pressure grew on the Russian president to enter talks.The prime minister said there was a limit to the length of time Putin could prevaricate, after he convened a virtual summit with 29 other international leaders who agreed to take plans for a peacekeeping force to an “operational phase”. Continue reading...

Mar 15, 2025 - World

Italy does not envision sending soldiers to Ukraine, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday, following a virtual summit hosted by Britain to drum up support to protect any eventual ceasefire.

Mar 15, 2025 - World

Hamas said Saturday that "the ball is in Israel's court" after offering to release an Israeli-US hostage and return the bodies of four others as part of Gaza truce talks.

Mar 15, 2025 - World

Russian leader’s antagonism to Zelenskyy and lack of interest in a ceasefire leaves colossal task for USDavid Lammy: Trump’s right, Putin can take the hard or easy wayOn paper, everyone is in agreement: Donald Trump says he wants a ­ceasefire; Kyiv’s ­negotiating team has already agreed to a 30-day ceasefire ­proposal at marathon talks with the Americans in Jeddah; and Vladimir Putin says he accepts the idea, albeit with a few “nuances”.But Putin’s so-called nuances are bigger than mere wrinkles, and at the end of an intense week of diplomacy around Russia’s war in Ukraine, a ceasefire – never mind a sustainable peace – still looks to be something of a distant prospect. Continue reading...