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...“We have been co-ordinating a diplomatic response to seek to prevent escalation,” he said. The US wanted Israel be thoughtful about what comes next, Blinken said....
...The US will vote against a UN Security Council resolution later on Thursday that would grant a Palestinian state full UN membership, killing a move proposed by Algeria....
...“We have been co-ordinating a diplomatic response to seek to prevent escalation,” he said. “Strength and wisdom need to be . . . different sides of the same coin....
...Donald Trump, campaigning in this year’s presidential race, told a crowd at a rally on Saturday night that Israel had come under attack because the US had shown “great weakness”....
...But the Iranian attack on Israel, and Russia’s advance into Ukraine, could spur Congress to pass a broad foreign aid package soon....
...The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Thursday that would have granted a Palestinian state full UN membership, killing a move proposed by Algeria....
...“We are on the edge of a regional war in the Middle East,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned at a G7 foreign ministers’ meeting on Thursday, as he called on Israel for “a restrained answer to...
...They said the Biden administration still thought a ground offensive in Rafah would be a mistake....
...I’m joined now by the FT’s Felicia Schwartz, who’s been covering the war. Hi, Felicia. Felicia SchwartzHello....
...to a full-blown regional war....
...On Friday, Johnson travelled to Mar-a-Lago to see Trump, who later told reporters he was “looking at” a Ukraine aid bill. Trump did not immediately comment on Johnson’s latest proposal on Monday....
...“His office has agreed to reschedule that meeting which would be dedicated to Rafah, which is a good thing,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday....
...Monday’s vote comes after Russia and China vetoed a US-sponsored resolution on Friday that would have supported “an immediate and sustained ceasefire” of at least six weeks and a prisoner exchange....
...It would also spark a fierce reaction from Israel, which has described such policies as anti-Israel and discriminatory....
...regional foes into a direct confrontation....
...Nato is to start planning a $100bn military aid programme for Ukraine, according to the alliance’s head, despite the US urging caution over aspects of a proposal aiming to “Trump proof” western support....
...Sullivan is recovering from a cracked rib and as a result he and other senior officials meant to visit this week are postponing the trip, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Wednesday...
...The US was continuing to urge the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protect civilians and find a path for a long-term peace, Sullivan said....
...The US will bring a UN Security Council resolution for a vote on Friday calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza of at least six weeks as part of a hostage deal, officials said....
...EU countries are set to agree a new €5bn top-up to a fund used to finance military shipments to Ukraine, as the US managed to scrape together $300mn more in ammunition and artillery for Kyiv....
...“The Houthis are behaving like a terrorist organisation — attacking civilians, civilian shipping and innocent mariners . . . This is piracy,” he said....
...The US will bring a UN security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza of at least six weeks as part of a hostage deal for a vote on Friday, US officials said....
...The US will establish a port in the Mediterranean on the Gaza coast to receive large ships carrying humanitarian aid, a senior US administration official said Thursday....
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