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BBCWhy India is reaching out to the Taliban now
Last week, India’s top diplomat met a senior Taliban minister, the highest-level engagement since Kabul's fall.
- Sky News
Hamas 'accepts draft Gaza ceasefire agreement' and release of some Israeli hostages
Hamas has reportedly accepted a draft ceasefire agreement and the release of dozens of hostages, with an Israeli official saying the details are being finalised. Hamas said negotiations had reached their "final stage" and it hoped this round of negotiations would lead to a deal. "I believe we will get a ceasefire," US secretary of state Antony Blinken said.
- NewsWire
Warning to Dutton, Bandt over ceasefire
The Liberal and Greens leaders have been cautioned against bringing the Israel-Gaza conflict into Australia following the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
- Deadline
Donald Trump Confirms “Epic” Ceasefire & Hostage Deal Reached Between Israel & Hamas
There’s nothing from the White House yet, but the incoming President of the United States says a peace deal has been reached in the Middle East today. As rumors broke out that Israel and Hamas had come to a ceasefire deal that will see hostages held since October 7, 2023 released, Donald Trump jumped in …
- Evening Standard
Israeli cabinet vote on Gaza ceasefire deal postponed as Netanyahu accuses Hamas of seeking 'to extort last minute concessions'
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 48 people over the past day
- BBC
Gaza Strip in maps: How 15 months of war have drastically changed life in the territory
A visual guide to how much has changed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its military response to Hamas's attacks on 7 October.
- BBC
Gaza 'humanitarian zone' struck almost 100 times since May, BBC Verify finds
The area in Gaza which Israel's military has told people to go to "for their safety" has been hit by 97 strikes since May, BBC Verify analysis has revealed.
- The Independent
Israel-Hamas ceasefire live: Protesters rally against deal in Jerusalem as Israeli cabinet set to vote on Friday
Hamas and Israel reportedly ironed out a final stumbling block in negotiations on Thursday, relating to Palestinian prisoners
- The Independent
Everything we know about the Israel and Hamas ceasefire deal
Details on release of hostages, Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and humanitarian aid all agreed
- The Independent
Israel-Gaza: Why the ceasefire hostage deal is stumbling at the final hurdle
As the Israeli cabinet stalls over approving the ceasefire deal with Hamas, World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley looks at where the deal goes from here
- The Independent
US confident Gaza ceasefire will start on Sunday – despite Netanyahu delaying cabinet vote to sign it off
Israeli cabinet now expected to meet on Friday to sign off truce – after Israel’s PM accuses Hamas of backtracking on agreement
- CNN
Blinken offers most detailed picture to date of post-war Gaza plans
Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered his most detailed picture yet of his long-awaited plans for post-war Gaza on Tuesday as he stressed the importance of not leaving a power vacuum in the decimated Palestinian strip.
- France 24
Russia launches 'massive' missile attack against Ukraine, forcing power cuts
Ukraine said it was forced to shut down its power grid in several regions Wednesday despite freezing winter weather after a massive missile attack launched by Russia. The overnight barrage came a day after Ukraine's army carried out a large-scale attack targeting army factories and energy hubs in Russia. Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones at the Ukrainian energy sector, Kyiv said Wednesday, ramping up a months-long bombing campaign at a precarious moment of the war for Ukraine.The bar
- Reuters
Analysis-Biden to hand unfinished agenda to Trump for chaotic Mideast
U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan described the Middle East in late September 2023 as "quieter" than it had been in two decades. Just eight days later, Hamas launched a deadly surprise attack from Gaza into Israel, triggering a war that devastated the Palestinian enclave and spread turmoil across the region - a cascade of crises that has cast a cloud over Biden's foreign policy legacy as he prepares to leave office on Jan. 20. Even with Biden aides having played a major role in securing a Gaza ceasefire deal for Hamas' release of hostages announced on Wednesday, Biden's Middle East record is likely to be remembered not so much for how conflicts ended on his watch but mainly for how they unfolded, seemingly beyond his ability to contain them, analysts say.
- BBC
Bowen: Long-overdue ceasefire may stop the killing but won't end the conflict
The truce should get Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners home, but the conflict remains as bitter as ever.
- PA Media: UK News
Taoiseach welcomes Gaza ceasefire after ’15 months of destruction’
Simon Harris said he hoped the deal will now receive the formal approval of the Israeli government.
- The Independent
‘We’re counting the seconds to peace... the bombing hasn’t stopped’ – inside Gaza
In Gaza, Palestinians fear the last hours before the fighting is expected to stop on Sunday will be ‘bloody and dangerous’
- BBC
Gaza ceasefire deal agreed by Israel and Hamas, Qatar and US say
The deal, which will also see hostages held in Gaza released, is expected to take effect on Sunday.
- Sky News
Israel-Hamas war: A timeline of events since the 7 October attacks - and how Iran and Hezbollah became involved
After months of conflict and tens of thousands of deaths, Israel and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire deal to end the war, officials have told Sky News. In this story, Sky News looks back at what has happened since the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023. The renewed conflict has raged for more than a year and has seen an escalation between Israel and Iran and a open conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
- Australian Associated Press
Jewish leader's ex-home hit with arson, graffiti attack
Two cars have been torched and graffitied with slogans in a fresh anti-Semitic attack, which has left the Jewish community further on edge.