48 h. ago Events space plan for Ayrshire church a step closer after group's charity status

A range of community groups in the town have come together in a bid to try to purchase the former Girvan South Parish Church, also known as Church on the Green, after it closed last year.

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2 d. ago Tony Blair left out of Gaza ‘board of peace’ due to Iraq war history

Former UK Prime Minister had eyed a leading role on Trump’s council after working on the Israel-Hamas peace process

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3 d. ago Tony Blair 'is DROPPED' from Trump's Gaza 'peace board' after complaints from Arab states... but will get lower

Tony Blair was touted for a top role overseeing the territory as part of the ceasefire deal unveiled by Donald Trump in September.

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3 d. ago Tony Blair reportedly dropped from Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’ shortlist

Former UK leader loses out on key role in transitional authority after objections from Arab and Muslim nationsTony Blair will not occupy a key position on Donald Trump’s Gaza “peace council” after Arab and Muslim nations were reported to have objected to the involvement of the former UK prime minister.According to the Financial Times (FT), Blair has been quietly dropped from consideration for Trump’s “board of peace”, which Trump has said he would chair himself. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump's Ukraine peace plan suffers disaster as Zelensky meeting is cancelled amid Putin war threats

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the architects of the Gaza peace deal, concluded five hours of bruising negotiations at the Kremlin on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Leaked transcript reveals how US envoy coached Russian official on how Putin should flatter Trump and praise his peace deal in Gaza in bid to achieve Ukraine ceasefire

A leaked transcript has revealed how the U.S. Special Envoy coached a Kremlin aide on how Putin should flatter Trump and praise his peace deal in Gaza , in a bid to achieve the Ukraine ceasefire.

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2 w. ago Miliband says Cop30 was ‘step forward’ despite lack of explicit fossil fuel plan

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said he ‘would have preferred a more ambitious agreement’ at Cop30 in Brazil.

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3 w. ago Trump 'will force Zelensky into accepting peace deal with Russia that hands over land and slashes Ukraine's army'

The United States has signalled to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that he will be forced to accept a deal with Russia that would see Ukraine hand over land to Russia. 

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3 w. ago 'US tells Zelensky: You have to accept peace deal with Russia that sees you hand over land and cut back your army'

The United States has signalled to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that he has to accept a deal with Russia that would see Ukraine hand over land to Russia. 

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3 w. ago It's now clear to me exactly where Reeves will strike in the Budget

It's clear now that the Chancellor is a mere puppet whose strings are being pulled by backbenchers more Left-wing than Jeremy Corbyn ever was.

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3 w. ago UN plan just ‘first step’ toward peace in Gaza, says Palestinian foreign minister

Varsen Aghabekian Shahin backs resolution, while Hamas rejects idea of international force inside territoryAnalysis: One of the oddest UN resolutions in historyThe Palestinian foreign minister has described the UN security council resolution endorsing Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza as a necessary first step on a long road towards peace, even as Hamas rejected it as a form of international guardianship with which it will not cooperate.Arab state leaders who have reluctantly adopted the plan said the US urgently needed to set out the composition of the proposed Palestinian technocratic committee that is to deliver services inside Gaza, as well as the leadership of the international stabilisation force (ISF), which is supposed to oversee security. Membership of the board of peace, the body that is to oversee the ISF and a Palestinian civilian police force also remains unknown. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Next step in Gaza plan is more about triumph for Trump than peace for the region

Trump heralded the UN-backing of his 20-point Gaza plan as leading to ‘peace all over the world’, but the Herculean task of trying to bring a just and practical peace agreement remains as difficult as ever, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

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3 w. ago Trump celebrates 'incredible' UN resolution approving his Gaza ceasefire plan

The UN Security Council voted Monday in favor of a US-drafted resolution bolstering Donald Trump 's Gaza peace plan.

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3 w. ago UN security council votes to endorse Donald Trump’s Gaza plan

The resolution, which includes references to an independent Palestine, was passed by a vote of 13-0 with China and Russia abstaining The UN security council has endorsed proposals put forward by Donald Trump for a lasting peace in Gaza, including the deployment of an international stabilisation force and a possible path to a sovereign Palestinian state.The resolution, passed by a vote of 13-0 with abstentions by China and Russia, charted “a new course in the Middle East for Israelis and Palestinians and all the people of the region alike”, the US envoy to the UN, Mike Waltz, told the council chamber. Continue reading...

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