Four Takeaways From Keir Starmer’s Conversations With The New York Times
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Four Takeaways From Keir Starmer’s Conversations With The New York Times

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s overture to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine has rattled leaders across Europe. Few have been more transformed than Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, who was elected last summer on a standard-issue promise to…

Germany, Orphaned by U.S., Shakes Off the Shock and Stirs to Action
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Germany, Orphaned by U.S., Shakes Off the Shock and Stirs to Action

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States gave Germany its democracy and its constitution. It supported German reunification when France and Britain had their doubts. It has some 35,000 troops in Germany, dedicated to the defense of Europe. But President Trump and his administration now see Europe…

Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv as Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operations
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Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv as Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operations

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hamas fired its first barrage of rockets in months into Israeli territory on Thursday as Israeli troops expanded their ground raids in northern Gaza in what looked increasingly like a slide back into full-scale war. There were no reports of casualties from the…

Israeli Ground Forces Seize Part of Gaza Corridor, Raising Pressure on Hamas
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Israeli Ground Forces Seize Part of Gaza Corridor, Raising Pressure on Hamas

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, taking over part of a major corridor that bisects the Palestinian enclave, in the most significant ground operation since the collapse of the cease-fire with Hamas. The operation followed wide-scale Israeli aerial…

Can Europe’s New Military Spending Help Its Economies?
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Can Europe’s New Military Spending Help Its Economies?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines From Brussels to Berlin, leaders across Europe are getting ready to spend hundreds of billions to rebuild their armies. The spending, they say, is necessary to prepare Europe for the dangers of a world where the United States no longer guarantees its security….

Israel Resumes Attacks in Gaza After Stalled Cease-Fire Talks with Hamas
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Israel Resumes Attacks in Gaza After Stalled Cease-Fire Talks with Hamas

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Israel’s overnight attacks on Gaza stopped short of an immediate ground invasion, suggesting that its leaders may be waiting to gauge Hamas’s reaction before returning to a full-scale ground war, analysts said on Tuesday. The Israeli strikes, which health officials said killed hundreds…

How Ukraine’s Offensive in Russia’s Kursk Region Unraveled
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How Ukraine’s Offensive in Russia’s Kursk Region Unraveled

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ukrainian forces have pulled almost entirely out of the Kursk region of Russia, ending an offensive that had stunned the Kremlin last summer with its speed and audacity. Ukrainian soldiers at the front described a retreat that was organized in places and chaotic…

Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox
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Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines They weren’t supposed to fight. At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, in Hebrew — would be spared from mandatory military service. In exchange, Haredi leaders lent their support for…

Russia Presses Offensive in Kursk Amid Cease-Fire Talks With U.S.
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Russia Presses Offensive in Kursk Amid Cease-Fire Talks With U.S.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Moscow is pressing its offensive to retake the full territory of Russia’s Kursk region from Ukraine as negotiations between the White House and the Kremlin continue over a possible cease-fire in the three-year war. Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday that its forces…