Hamas is open to a years-long truce with Israel in Gaza but is not willing to lay down its arms, an official said on Saturday, as leaders of the Palestinian Islamist militant group met mediators in Cairo for ceasefire talks.

Donald Trump has told Vladimir Putin to stop bombing Ukraine after Russia carried out one of the deadliest attacks on Kyiv since the start of the war. At least 12 people were killed and 90 were injured in the overnight attack on the capital.

Putin general killed in car bomb attack while Trump envoy in Moscow for talks - Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy for the Middle East, is expected to hold direct talks with Vladimir Putin