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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they have agreed a new peace plan for Gaza and have warned Hamas to accept it. The plan proposes an immediate end to military operations, with Hamas releasing 20 living Israeli hostages and the remains of the more than two dozen hostages who are…

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on Monday to discuss efforts to end the war in Gaza. The US has proposed a 20-point peace plan, agreed by Israel. The plan includes a “board of peace” to oversee its implementation, headed by Trump. Trump says Netanyahu will…

Madagascar’s president has said he will dissolve his government, following days of youth-led protests over longstanding water and power cuts. “We acknowledge and apologise if members of the government have not carried out the tasks assigned to them,” Andry Rajoelina said in a televised national address on Monday. Thousands of predominantly Gen Z demonstrators have…

The Taliban in Afghanistan have imposed a nationwide shut down of telecommunications, weeks after they began severing fibre-optic internet connections to prevent what they call immorality. The country is currently experiencing a total connectivity blackout, internet watchdog, Netblocks reports. International news agency AFP says it lost contact with its office in the capital Kabul, including…

UN human rights experts have said they are appalled by a “dramatic escalation” in the number of executions in Iran, with more than 1,000 people killed during the first nine months of 2025. “The sheer scale of executions in Iran is staggering and represents a grave violation of the right to life,” the five special…

Donald Trump has repeated his threat to impose a 100% tariff on all films not made in the US, claiming the American industry had been “stolen” by other countries. He said on Monday that California had been heavily affected and the levy would “solve this long time, never ending problem”. In May, the US president…

Abdujalil Abdurasulovin Kyiv and Laura Gozzi Getty Images Several people were killed in a 12-hour bombardment in Kyiv on Sunday while more than 70 were wounded across the whole of Ukraine The US is considering a request by Ukraine for long-range Tomahawk missiles, US Vice-President JD Vance has said. However, Vance added President Donald Trump…

A Chinese court has sentenced to death 11 members of a notorious family that ran scam centres in Myanmar, according to Chinese state media. Dozens of members of the Ming family were found guilty of conducting criminal activities, with many receiving lengthy jail sentences. The Ming family worked for one of the four clans that…

Reuters It will be Netanyahu’s fourth visit to the White House since Trump returned to office in January (file photo) US President Donald Trump will push a new peace plan to end the Israel-Gaza war during White House talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. Trump has talked up prospects of reaching an…

A special court in South Sudan has ruled that it does have the jurisdiction to prosecute suspended Vice-President Riek Machar and seven co-accused, who are charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity. The court dismissed all objections by Machar’s legal team regarding its authority, the constitutionality of the proceedings, and the claim that he…