President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the war with Russia should be frozen along current battle lines before peace negotiations, even as Vladimir Putin continues to demand that Ukraine cede the entire Donetsk region. https://t.co/ILDK2RAfDm ...

President Trump says he will meet with President Putin for a second summit in Budapest in the next couple of weeks. President Trump says he thinks President Putin does want to end this war. He just said that.Do you think President Putin will ever be serious about peace. >> Really, I don't know. Really, I don't know that he's ready for real peace negotiations.Of course the time will come time will come when pressure will come on him enough pressure on him and he will be ready in anyway he afraids of his soci ...

- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Washington DC today. He's gonna be speaking with President Trump. He's going to be trying to push back on what President Putin said in his conversation with Trump last night.What we saw is kind of a typical situation that has evolved over the past months where President Trump has spoken with President Putin and then started to speak a little differently about how he sees the war in Ukraine. So before the call with President Putin, President Trump was talking potentially ...

Hostage Release & Reactions - Israelis have been hoping and praying for this moment of hostage release for the last two years, viewing it as closure to the war [2] - Unlike previous hostage releases, Hamas allowed the released hostages to make video calls to their families [5] - Approximately 2,000 Palestinian prisoners were also released as part of the deal, returning to a destroyed Gaza Strip [6][7] - The return of the remains of deceased hostages is a point of contention, with Israel giving Hamas until Thursday at noon to hand over all remains [10][11] Potential for Lasting Peace & Challenges - World leaders express confidence and relief, acknowledging the power of the American presidency wielded by President Trump [15][16] - Hurdles to lasting peace include disarming Hamas, removing Hamas from the political process, policing the Gaza Strip, and rebuilding Gaza [20] - Creating a roadmap that could potentially end the war in Gaza is possible, but not guaranteed, requiring heavy lifting from all parties [25] - The hardest part is the day after the peace conference, requiring working groups to deal with international stabilization force, Palestinian governance, demilitarization of Hamas, and humanitarian assistance [28][29] Post-Hamas Leadership & Political Dynamics - Hamas remains the strongest and most coherent political group in Gaza, exercising influence through intimidation, cooperation, and violence [32][33] - Defeating Hamas requires an alternative, empowering a credible and legitimate Palestinian leadership committed to Gaza and turning back Israeli annexationist policies on the West Bank [34] - A technocratic government in Gaza is a possibility, with Israel demanding that no member of Hamas's military wing can take a role in the new entity [41] - The determination of President Trump is crucial for maintaining focus on the peace process, requiring him to mobilize the Turks and Qataris to influence Hamas [37]

And good evening. We are coming on the air with breaking news. President Trump has just announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan that eventually could end the warrant in Gaza. The president writing on Truth Social, quote, "Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first phase of our peace plan." This means that all of the hostages will be released very soon.And Israel will withdraw their troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps towards a strong, durable, and ...

Trump's wise decision to make time for negotiations over his Gaza peace plan shouldn't fall prey to Nobel ambitions. He will need rare stamina and focus to make this a success, writes @MarcChampion1 (via @opinion) https://t.co/CM9cYTbyw3 ...

these peace negotiations in the Middle East. Is this now the end of the war in Gaza. Well, not yet.There's some work remains to be done and I would view it in two phases in terms of understanding how to break this out. The first piece of it, which was very clear from the letter and Hamas's responses, they have agreed to the president's hostage release framework and what needs to happen now and they acknowledge in the letter and their responses there now needs to be meetings which are occurring even as I spe ...

Are you prepared to offer Vladimir Putin access to rare minerals to incentivize him to end the war. Uh we're going to see what happens with our meeting. We have a big meeting and it's going to be uh I think very important for Russia and it's going to be very important for us and important for us only and that we're going to save a lot of lives.I think it's going to be a good meeting, but the more important meeting will be the second meeting that we're having. We're going to have a meeting with President Put ...

Getting some breaking news on Russia as we mentioned a few moments ago. Let's get to Aean Jabvers. Hey Aman. >> Hey Carl.That's right. A senior White House official telling NBC News now that a summit meeting between President Putin and President Trump has now been tentatively scheduled for the end of next week. No word here on a location for that summit meeting.A couple of countries are in discussions according to the official. UAE, Hungary, Switzerland, and Rome are all possible locations for that meeting. ...

THIS IS JAPAN TODAY, ORIENTED TO THE WAYS OF THE WEST, ABSORBED TO THE PULSE AND STYLE OF AMERICAN LIFE. MODERN, INDUSTRIOUS, PROSPEROUS, JAPAN IS A POWERFUL ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES. THE CHANGE HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE RECENT PAST.THE CONNECTING LINK WITH THAT PAST, THE EMPEROR. TODAY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH, A FIGUREHEAD. 20 YEARS AGO, IN 1945, HE WAS DIVINE, THE GOD KING OF AN EMPIRE, LEADER OF A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP.A DICTATORSHIP FACED WITH THE DECISION TO FIGHT A LOST WAR TO THE DEATH OR SURRENDER ...