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Jordan Times
07-08-2025
- Politics
- Jordan Times
Trump-Putin meeting agreed for 'coming days', venue set: Kremlin
MOSCOW — The Kremlin said Thursday that a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was set for the "coming days", with the two sides already having agreed the venue "in principle." The summit would be the first between sitting US and Russian presidents since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021, and comes as Trump seeks to broker an end to Russia's military assault on Ukraine. Three rounds of direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv have failed to yield any progress towards a ceasefire, with the two sides appearing far apart in their demands to end the more than three-year-long conflict. Trump said Wednesday he was likely to meet Putin face-to-face "very soon." "At the suggestion of the American side, an agreement has been reached in principle to hold a bilateral summit in the coming days," Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov was quoted as saying on Thursday by Russian state news agencies. "We are now starting to work out the details together with our American colleagues," Ushakov said. The Kremlin said a venue had been agreed "in principle", but did not indicate where the summit could take place "Next week has been set as a target date," Ushakov added. Zelensky calls for meeting Tens of thousands have been killed since Russia launched its military offensive on Ukraine in February 2022. Russian bombardments have forced millions for flee their homes and destroyed swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine. Putin has resisted multiple calls from the United States, Europe and Kyiv for a ceasefire. At talks in Istanbul, Russian negotiators have outlined hardline territorial demands if Ukraine wants Russia to halt its advance -- calling for Kyiv to withdraw from territory it still controls and renounce Western military support. Moscow has also repeatedly sought to cast doubt on Zelensky'slegitimacy and ruled out a meeting between the two leaders until after the terms of a peace deal have been agreed. The announcement of the upcoming summit comes a day after US envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin in Moscow. Witkoff proposed a trilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but Russia did not respond to that proposal, Ushakov said. "The Russian side left this option completely without comment," he added. Zelensky earlier Thursday had refreshed his call for a meeting with Putin -- which he says is the only way to make progress towards peace. "We in Ukraine have repeatedly said that finding real solutions can be truly effective at the level of leaders," Zelensky wrote on social media. "It is necessary to determine the timing for such a format and the range of issues to be addressed," he added. The Ukrainian leader said Thursday morning that he had planned to hold "several" conversations throughout the course of the day including with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, as well as French and Italian officials.s "There will also be communication at the level of national security advisors," Zelensky added. "The main thing is for Russia, which started this war, to take real steps to end its aggression," Zelensky added.
France 24
07-08-2025
- Politics
- France 24
Trump-Putin meeting agreed for 'coming days', venue set: Kremlin
The summit would be the first between sitting US and Russian presidents since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021, and comes as Trump seeks to broker an end to Russia's military assault on Ukraine. Three rounds of direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv have failed to yield any progress towards a ceasefire, with the two sides appearing far apart in their demands to end the more than three-year-long conflict. Trump said Wednesday he was likely to meet Putin face-to-face "very soon." "At the suggestion of the American side, an agreement has been reached in principle to hold a bilateral summit in the coming days," Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov was quoted as saying on Thursday by Russian state news agencies. "We are now starting to work out the details together with our American colleagues," Ushakov said. The Kremlin said a venue had been agreed "in principle", but did not indicate where the summit could take place. "Next week has been set as a target date," Ushakov added. Zelensky calls for meeting Tens of thousands have been killed since Russia launched its military offensive on Ukraine in February 2022. Russian bombardments have forced millions for flee their homes and destroyed swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine. Putin has resisted multiple calls from the United States, Europe and Kyiv for a ceasefire. At talks in Istanbul, Russian negotiators have outlined hardline territorial demands if Ukraine wants Russia to halt its advance -- calling for Kyiv to withdraw from territory it still controls and renounce Western military support. Moscow has also repeatedly sought to cast doubt on Zelensky's legitimacy and ruled out a meeting between the two leaders until after the terms of a peace deal have been agreed. The announcement of the upcoming summit comes a day after US envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin in Moscow. Witkoff proposed a trilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but Russia did not respond to that proposal, Ushakov said. "The Russian side left this option completely without comment," he added. Zelensky earlier Thursday had refreshed his call for a meeting with Putin -- which he says is the only way to make progress towards peace. "We in Ukraine have repeatedly said that finding real solutions can be truly effective at the level of leaders," Zelensky wrote on social media. "It is necessary to determine the timing for such a format and the range of issues to be addressed," he added. The Ukrainian leader said Thursday morning that he had planned to hold "several" conversations throughout the course of the day including with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, as well as French and Italian officials.s "There will also be communication at the level of national security advisors," Zelensky added.
South China Morning Post
07-08-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Trump-Putin meeting to be held in ‘coming days', Kremlin says
US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could meet for a summit as early as next week, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The meeting would be the first between a sitting US and Russian president since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021, and comes as Trump seeks to broker an end to Russia's military assault on Ukraine. 'At the suggestion of the American side, an agreement has been reached in principle to hold a bilateral summit in the coming days,' Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov was quoted as saying by Russian state news agencies. 'We are now starting to work out the details together with our American colleagues,' Ushakov added. 'Next week has been set as a target date.' Ushakov also said that the venue for the meeting 'has been agreed upon in principle' but did not elaborate on where it would be held.
The Guardian
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Massive Attack announce alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza
Massive Attack, Brian Eno, Fontaines DC and Kneecap have announced the formation of a syndicate for artists speaking out about Israel's military assault on Gaza who they say have been subjected to 'aggressive, vexatious campaigns' by pro-Israel advocates. Posting on Instagram, the musicians said their aim is to protect other artists, particularly those at earlier stages of their careers from being 'threatened into silence or career cancellation' by organisations such as UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI). UKLFI reported the band Bob Vylan to the police for leading a chant of 'Death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]' during their Glastonbury set (police are investigating), as well as the BBC for broadcasting it. The group have subsequently had several scheduled appearances cancelled after letters were sent by UKLFI. Mo Chara, of Kneecap, was charged with a terror offence, accused of displaying a flag at a gig in support of the banned organisation Hezbollah after being reported to the police by UKLFI. Kneecap also had gigs cancelled after interventions by UKLFI. While those actions were made public, UKLFI are also believed to have contacted other musicians, people and organisations connected with them without publicising the fact. In the post shared by Eno and others on Instagram, they say: 'The scenes in Gaza have moved beyond description. We write as artists who've chosen to use our public platforms to speak out against the genocide occurring there and the role of the UK government in facilitating it. 'We're aware of the scale of aggressive, vexatious campaigns operated by UKLFI and of multiple individual incidences of intimidation within the music industry itself; designed solely to censor and silence artists from speaking their hearts and minds. 'Having withstood these campaigns of attempted censorship, we won't stand by and allow other artists – particularly those at earlier stages of their careers or in other positions of professional vulnerability – to be threatened into silence or career cancellation.' They encourage other artists to contact them to make a collective stand on demands including an immediate and permanent ceasefire, immediate unfettered access to Gaza for recognised aid agencies and an end to UK arms sales/licences to Israel. In a statement provided to the Guardian, Massive Attack said: 'This collective action is really about offering some kind of solidarity to those artists who are living day after day in a screen-time genocide, but are worried about using their platforms to express their horror at that because of the level of censorship within their industry or from highly organised external legal bodies, terrifying them and their management teams with aggressive legal actions. The intention is clear and obvious: to silence them.' The Instagram post highlights a new documentary film about UKLFI projected by Led by Donkeys on Thursday night. A spokesperson for UKLFI said a Massive Attack show last month had prompted complaints by Jewish and Israeli audience members because it included comparison of Israel's actions with the Holocaust and, separately, images were shown of the former Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar (which Massive Attack said was part of a digital collage that should not be isolated and taken out of context). They added: 'We wrote to Massive Attack to convey this, and requested that future performances do not repeat these actions. We believe in free speech and artistic expression, however we felt this performance crossed a line and made audience members feel deeply traumatised.'
Al Arabiya
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Russia launches 400 drones in massive overnight assault on Ukraine
In this episode of W News Extra, presented by Jono Hayes, we report on Russia launching a sweeping overnight assault across Ukraine. The Ukrainian air force says Moscow fired 400 drones and a ballistic missile, targeting Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, and Vinnytsia – cities spread across eastern, central, and western Ukraine. Guests: Micheal Jabri-Pickett Gemma White
