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...It’s rejected generous proposals from Israel, it seems more interested in a regional conflict . . . it continues to move the goalposts,” he said at a press conference following a meeting of G7 meeting in...
...The US secretly sent a long-range missile system to Ukraine in February, reversing a decision to withhold the weapons that some in the White House feared could dangerously escalate the war with Russia....
...first of all we needed to address the Israel-Iran issue and to put priority attention on the Middle East,” Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani told reporters in Capri on Friday.He added: “I wanted a...
...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....
...“I believe they will make a difference.”...
...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....
...The Pentagon announced the new assistance shortly after US President Joe Biden signed a $95bn aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, bringing an end to a partisan fight over aid for Ukraine as its forces...
...“Our focus has been on de-escalation, on avoiding a larger conflict,” Blinken said. “[We are] calling on all concerned to exercise restraint.”...
...Biden said the bill’s passage — despite months of delay — was a sign that a political consensus on America’s national security interests was still in place....
...“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...
...recognising a Palestinian state....
...efforts to develop a nuclear weapon,” he said....
...They said the Biden administration still thought a ground offensive in Rafah would be a mistake....
...Another Israeli official said an evacuation of civilians from Rafah was a “matter of weeks” away, and that the evacuation itself would take a similar amount of time....
...I’m joined now by the FT’s Felicia Schwartz, who’s been covering the war. Hi, Felicia. Felicia SchwartzHello....
...“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....
...“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....
...“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....
...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....
...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....
...It would also spark a fierce reaction from Israel, which has described such policies as anti-Israel and discriminatory....
...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 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....
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