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Ukraine rules out any ceasefire deal that involves ceding territory to Russia
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Ukraine has said it will not agree to any ceasefire deal that would involve handing over territory to Russia, as Moscow intensified its attack in the eastern Donbas region on Sunday. “The war must end with the complet...
UN leads £65m plan to stop huge oil spill off Yemen during first ceasefire in six years
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The UN is to stage a rare donor conference on Wednesday in a bid to raise the $80m (£65m) necessary to prevent an ageing oil tanker off the west coast of Yemen exploding and causing an environmental disaster potential...
Jemen: two-month ceasefire begins with hopes for peace talks
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A UN-brokered two-month ceasefire in Yemen was broadly holding on its first full day with oil shipments reaching the port of Hodeida, including some ships that have been barred from entering for 88 dae. The ceasefire...
No peace deal without Moscow ceasefire, says Kyiv
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Lawyers are drafting a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow but a breakthrough depends on the Kremlin accepting a ceasefire, Ukraine’s defence minister has said, as France accused Russia of pretending to negotiate. Olek...
Oil price falls below $100 amid Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks
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Global oil prices have fallen back below $100 (£77) a barrel amid ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine and concerns over the rapid growth in Covid infections in China. The price of a barrel of oil slid to $99 on...
Russian former foreign minister calls for Ukraine ceasefire
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A Russian former foreign minister has joined a call for all sides in the Ukrainian war to return to diplomacy and so reduce “the dramatically elevated risk” of a nuclear conflict. The appeal co-authored by Prof Igor I...
Ukraine says talks in Turkey with Russia fail to make progress towards ceasefire
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Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said there had been no progress to achieving a ceasefire in talks in Turkey with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in the first high-level meeting between the two count...
Nervous residents of Mariupol prepare to leave during second ceasefire
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Meer as 430,000 people trapped in the port city of Mariupol by encircling Russian forces are nervously preparing to evacuate after a ceasefire was announced, a day after a similar plan fell apart amid accusations th...
Erdoğan and Putin hold face-to-face talks over Syria ceasefire
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The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, met with his Russian counterpart, [object Window], for their first face-to-face talks since the pandemic in which they discussed the future of the last pocket of Syria outsi...
Tigray rebels vow to drive out ‘enemies’ despite ceasefire declaration
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Dissident leaders of Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray have dismissed a government ceasefire declaration and vowed to drive out “enemies” from the region, after rebel fighters advanced on the Tigrayan capital. In a dramatic d...
‘It will not be the last war’: Palestinians and Israelis reflect on Gaza ceasefire
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After four wars in 13 jare, or four battles in a single conflict punctuated by intermittent periods of calm, many Israelis and Palestinians on Friday expressed a weary sense of deja vu about the latest Gaza ceasefire...
Israel-Gaza-konflik: France adds to ceasefire pressure on US as violence rages
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France has increased pressure on the US to publicly call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict after a UN security council meeting ended without a joint statement, and airstrikes and rocket fire continued into t...
Israel unleashes wave of airstrikes on Gaza as Biden issues statement supporting ceasefire – video
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The Israeli military has launched another heavy wave of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, saying it destroyed militants' tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders. Early on Tuesday morning, three massive blasts shook...
Afghanistan: fighting resumes in south after three-day ceasefire for Eid
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Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces has resumed in the southern province of Helmand, amptenare gesê, ending a three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring sides to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Ther...
Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan ceasefire holding after day of intense fighting
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A ceasefire on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan appeared to be holding on Friday after a day of intense fighting between the two former Soviet Central Asian neighbours that has killed about 40 people and w...