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Yahoo
20 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Zelensky confirms Ukraine's participation in Istanbul talks on Monday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country's delegation at another round of direct talks with Russia will be led by Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, indirectly confirming Ukraine's participation in the talks set for Monday in a post on X. This is the first time Ukraine has officially said it is taking part in the negotiations proposed by Russia to be held in Istanbul, after previously slamming the ceasefire conditions laid out by Moscow as "arrogant." The two sides last met in Istanbul in mid-May, marking their first direct public contact since 2022. A significant prisoner exchange followed the negotiations. In his post on Sunday, Zelensky said he had outlined to his defence and foreign minister, the general staff and intelligence and security services "the tasks for the near term and also defined [Ukraine's] positions ahead of the meeting in Istanbul on Monday." The priorities listed by the president include "a full and unconditional ceasefire," "the release of prisoners," and "the return of abducted children." "On Monday, our delegation will be led by Rustem Umerov," he added.
LBCI
2 days ago
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- LBCI
Hamas says responds to US truce proposal, to free 10 living hostages
Hamas on Saturday said it had responded to a ceasefire proposal from U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, saying 10 living hostages would be freed from Gaza as part of the deal. "The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) today submitted its response to U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff's latest proposal to the mediating parties," the group said in a statement. "As part of this agreement, 10 living prisoners of the occupation held by the resistance will be released, in addition to the return of 18 bodies, in exchange for an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners." AFP
Fox News
2 days ago
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- Fox News
Hamas agrees to release 10 more hostages
Hamas has agreed to release ten living hostages being held captive by the terror group and return the bodies of 18 others. The militant group made the announcement in a statement Saturday and said it was being done on the condition that a number of Palestinian prisoners be returned in exchange. Hamas said the agreement comes after a proposal by U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. "As part of this agreement, ten living prisoners of the occupation held by the resistance will be released, in addition to the return of 18 bodies, in exchange for an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners," Hamas said. This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
Rise in assaults on Holme House prison staff
Assaults on staff at a prison were "considerably higher" in 2024 than the previous year, inspectors have said. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said staff at HMP Holme House in Stockton were assaulted by prisoners 90 times in 2024, compared to 40 such incidents in said nine of the assaults last year were considered to be "serious". The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has been approached for comment. In a report published on Thursday, the IMB said there were 324 incidents of violence among prisoners in 2024 compared to 298 the previous year. 'Substance misuse' Inspectors also found that force was used by staff on prisoners 856 times in 2024, compared to 468 times in 2023 and 268 occurrences in 2022. They also said seven prisoners were each subject to force on more than 10 occasions that year, with force used on one particular prisoner 21 times that IMB also found a number of prisoners "under the influence of illicit substances" on each day of its inspections. "Substance misuse continues to be a significant problem in the prison," the report any one time, almost half of the prison population is being helped by a non-clinical drug recovery programme, the team report revealed that of the 1,350 prisoners released from the site last year, 112 individuals had no arranged accommodation for the night of their release.
CBC
3 days ago
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- CBC
U.S. proses 60-day ceasefire for Gaza that includes hostage-prisoner swap
The U.S. plan for Gaza, seen by Reuters on Friday, proposes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 28 Israeli hostages, including some who are deceased, in the first week in exchange for the release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 Palestinians.
