9 h. ago Keith Duggan: Staying loyal to Donald Trump tests Republican speaker’s survival skills

Mike Johnson finds himself with plenty of explaining to do amid US government shutdown, the president’s social media outbursts and growing pressure to release the Jeffrey Epstein files

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34 h. ago Gaza ceasefire in effect, say Israel and Trump, following wave of Israeli air strikes

Hamas and Israel say they are committed to ceasefire as regional powers scramble to avoid collapse

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3 d. ago Israel to ramp up pressure on Hamas over return of dead hostages

Only 13 of the territory’s 36 hospitals are even partially functioning, according to WHO

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4 d. ago Who is John Bolton? Former Trump adviser charged with sharing classified information

John Bolton, US president Donald Trump's former national security adviser, was charged on Thursday

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4 d. ago Infectious diseases in Gaza ‘spiralling out of control’, says WHO

Only 13 of the territory’s 36 hospitals are even partially functioning, according to WHO

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4 d. ago Trump warns Hamas ‘we will have no choice’ if bloodshed persists in Gaza

US President Donald Trump had previously downplayed the internal violence in the territory since a ceasefire went into effect last week.

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5 d. ago Trump speaks to Putin as he considers Ukraine’s push for long

The call comes ahead of Donald Trump’s meeting on Friday at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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5 d. ago Hamas says all reachable hostage bodies recovered as Israel threatens to resume fighting

Gaza ceasefire: Israel says Rafah crossing into Egypt will open at ‘a later stage’ and not on Thursday as planned

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6 d. ago Donald Trump: FIFA would ‘very easily’ move World Cup matches if asked

On Thursday he said there had been “street takeovers” in Boston and claimed FIFA would move matches for next summer’s finals if he asked.

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6 d. ago Israel to limit flow of aid into Gaza over slow return of hostage bodies

Violence reported as Hamas attempts to reimpose authority in Palestinian territory amid fragile ceasefire

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7 d. ago Hamas fighters tighten grip on Gaza following public executions

Israel identifies bodies of four hostages handed over, Israeli troops open fire on suspects

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7 d. ago Gaza ceasefire: Uncertainty surrounds next stages of Donald Trump’s peace plan

Israelis and Palestinians celebrate hostage and prisoner releases, Trump refuses to be drawn on two-state solution

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7 d. ago Israel releases Palestinian prisoners as first phase of ceasefire implemented

Donald Trump addresses Knesset before travelling to Egypt summit to sign deal

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8 d. ago New export figures suggest China could weather escalation of trade war with US

On Friday, Donald Trump threatened to impose an extra 100% tariff on Chinese goods

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8 d. ago Hamas releases all 20 remaining hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal

US president Donald Trump is in the Middle East to celebrate the ceasefire and hostage accord between Israel and Hamas.

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8 d. ago Maureen Dowd: Nobel Prize not designed for someone such as Donald Trump

He may have sparked dancing in the streets in the Middle East, he’s sparked danger in the streets in America

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9 d. ago Ceasefire holds in Gaza in advance of hostage release and Donald Trump’s visit to Israel

Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners due to be released Monday

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9 d. ago Hamas and Israel captive exchange set to take place tomorrow morning

The exchange is part of the ceasefire deal’s first phase and will take place before US President Donald Trump chairs an international summit in Egypt.

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1 week ago Gaza ceasefire: Aid groups to scale up efforts as Palestinians’ homes ‘reduced to dust’

Unicef urges Israel to reopen more crossings and allow aid to flow into Gaza more freely

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1 week ago Gaza ceasefire: Palestinians return to destroyed north, Hamas ‘gathers remaining hostages’

‘For the most part, there is consensus’ on next stages of the ceasefire plan, says Trump

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