1 hour ago Hamas reasserts control in a chaotic Gaza, posing a risk to the fragile ceasefire

Hamas has deployed hundreds of police and clashed with armed groups in Gaza in what the militant group says is an attempt to restore law and order in areas where Israeli troops have withdrawn for the U.S.-brokered ceasefire

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5 h. ago Trump explains his pivot on Qatar after accusing them of funding terrorism in 2017

Donald Trump heaped praise on Qatar for their role in securing the release of Israeli hostages and helping rebuild Gaza after previously accusing the gulf state of funding terrorism.

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5 h. ago Fears for fragile Gaza ceasefire after seven Palestinians killed and aid cut off

Hamas has also been filmed carrying out public executions of men accused of ‘collaborating’ with Israeli forces

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6 h. ago The battle to keep peace in Gaza: Experts fear Hamas will bring ceasefire to an end as it unleashes bloody revenge

Experts on the conflict in the Middle East have warned that despite the recent success of Trump's 20-point peace plan, it could easily descend into renewed fighting between Israel and Hamas.

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7 h. ago Stephen Colbert HAILS Donald Trump for Gaza peace deal then asks if his doomed show is still canceled

Stephen Colbert gave Donald Trump rare praise during his Monday night before turning it into an attempt to save his show.

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8 h. ago Trump wins Time cover after Gaza peace deal... but the President is NOT happy

The magazine released their latest cover to celebrate the President's signing of the Gaza ceasefire deal ending the two-year bloody Israel-Hamas war.

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9 h. ago Recognising Palestine helped bring peace to Gaza, Starmer tells MPs

The Prime Minister was addressing MPs after his return from the peace summit in Egypt.

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9 h. ago Starmer claims his decision to recognise Palestinian state HELPED Trump to strike Gaza peace deal

Keir Starmer insisted he was 'proud' of the 'contribution' Britain had made as he made a statement to MPs.

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10 h. ago Zelenskyy urges world leaders not to lose momentum for finding peace, and says the war in Europe can also be ended – Europe live

Ukrainian leader expresses hope amid Trump’s Gaza deal, saying ‘it brings more hope for peace in other regions’The Kremlin said on Tuesday it welcomed US president Donald Trump’s desire to focus on the search for a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine after achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and hoped he would be able to push Kyiv towards a settlement.Addressing the Israeli Knesset a day earlier after brokering a deal between Israel and Hamas, Trump spoke of wanting to get a deal done with Iran over its nuclear programme, but said he would turn his attention to trying to end the war in Ukraine first.We are already well acquainted with Mr Witkoff; he is effective, has proven his effectiveness now in the Middle East, and we hope that his talents will continue to contribute to the work already under way in Ukraine.The Russian side remains open and ready for peaceful dialogue, and we hope that the influence of the United States and the diplomatic skills of President Trump’s envoys will ...

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10 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Will Trump's deal bring lasting peace to Gaza?

Some 20 Israeli hostages were released yesterday after Israel agreed, in exchange, to start freeing more than 1,900 prisoners and detainees as part of a ceasefire.

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11 h. ago Zelensky is buying into Trump’s Gaza delusion – so he can repeat the trick with Ukraine

Trump didn’t bring peace to Gaza; he brought an Israeli ‘victory’ and Zelensky is heading to DC hoping to get the same level of military aid, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kyiv

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11 h. ago Missing bodies of hostages top the list of uncertainties as fragile Gaza ceasefire holds

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is holding even as complex issues remain ahead, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange

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12 h. ago Life in Gaza may go from utter hell to mere nightmare. What happens now? | Hussein Agha and Robert Malley

It took an American president unbound by traditional domestic constraints to get this done and provide the parties with what they could acceptDonald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza demands atonement from Palestinians for the horrific acts of 7 October, not from Israel for the barbarity that followed. It calls for Gaza’s deradicalization but not an end to Israel’s messianism. It micromanages the future of Palestinian governance while saying nothing about the future of Israel’s occupation.It is riddled with ambiguities, devoid of timetables, arbiters or consequences for inevitable eventual violations. If all goes according to plan – if the deal’s vagueness is not exploited to torpedo it; unavoidable clashes over subsequent phases do not get in the way of the first stage; Arab and Muslim states maintain pressure on the United States and the United States gets Israel to comply – life for Gazans will transition from utter hell to mere nightmare. Their condition will shift from defenceless pr...

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12 h. ago How flattering Trump over Gaza could be Zelensky’s next secret weapon in the war with Russia

Trump didn’t bring peace to Gaza; he brought an Israeli “victory” and Zelensky is heading to DC hoping to get the same level of military aid, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kyiv

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13 h. ago Trump’s bizarre AI video of Gaza vision as beach resort resurfaces after historic peace deal

Donald Trump’s bizarre AI video of his vision for Gaza as a beach resort has resurfaced after the president’s historic peace deal.

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13 h. ago Voices: Sorry, Donald Trump, but that’s not what I call a peace deal

No other world leader could have brought about this sequence of events to end the war in Gaza – but what happens when but the US president’s boastful speeches stop, asks former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert

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13 h. ago Will Keir Starmer EVER recover from his viral humiliation by Trump in front of world? PM's efforts to bask in Gaza peace deal spectacularly backfire

Keir Starmer was accused of piggbacking on the breakthrough after he headed to Egypt for a signing ceremony.

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13 h. ago Keir Starmer to address nation at 12.30pm as he gives major statement to Parliament

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is due to give a statement to MPs in the House of Commons after returning from a summit on Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan in Egypt

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13 h. ago Tony Blair flees questions at Egypt peace summit after Trump says the ex

The former Labour prime minister was among those who queued up to shake hands in Egypt with the US president, who has spoken about him having a seat on a 'peace board'.

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13 h. ago Hamas executes 'collaborators' in Gaza as it clings to power amid fears Trump's peace deal is already at risk 

In the disturbing footage circulating on social media yesterday, a group of men lined up side by side can be seen kneeling on the ground with their hands behind their backs.

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