I spoke with Andrew England about the necessity of a hostage/ceasefire deal if the U.S. is to manage regional de-escalation and the limits of the pressure it has brought to bear to make it happen. Israel-Hamas hostage talks test US diplomatic heft ft.com/content/55181c… via @ft

'The Saudi message is that there are red lines for Riyadh..it needs to have recognition of a Palestinian state by the US+UN and serious commitment from Israel to take irreversible steps towards a Palestinian state before normalization,” said Ali Shihabi'
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Saudi Arabia sends a message to US and Israel — don’t oversell prospects of normalisation, there needs to be irreversible steps towards a Palestinian state via Financial Times
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Netanyahu confidant Ron Dermer: If there is a proposal to release the hostages, we will consider a temporary cessation of hostilities
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‘We have to get aid in, there’s no plan B’: UN warns on #Gaza siege ⁦Andrew England⁩ on.ft.com/3ZYsCxh

COP28 chief urges energy groups to prepare for fossil fuel ‘phase down’ ft.com/content/1f37f3… via @ft

Abu Dhabi group IHC sells out of two Adani companies via Financial Times
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Turkey’s finance minister says ‘challenging’ conditions will take time to turn round ft.com/content/c69b74…

US pushes Saudi Arabia and UAE to heal divisions over Yemen ft.com/content/77d011…

‘Brothers to the rescue’: Libyans join search for flood survivors ft.com/content/85233c…

‘All should resign’: Derna disaster unleashes wave of anger in Libya ft.com/content/7cd8d5…

US moves ahead with Iran prisoner swap and release of $6bn of frozen oil revenues ft.com/content/ec46ce…

‘He is driven by demons’: biographer Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk ft.com/content/f02d23…

US and EU set to back new India-Middle East-Europe transport corridor to rapidly speed up trade and data transfer between countries - in challenge to China's Belt and Road influence in the region ft.com/content/d33883… w James Politi & Andrew England

Joe Biden pushes for bigger World Bank to combat China’s rising influence ft.com/content/31161d…

Daily Mail in talks over Qatari funding for Telegraph bid ft.com/content/71807a…

Turkey’s economic revamp draws foreign investors back to its markets ft.com/content/badb77…

Erdoğan abandons cheap money to counter Turkey’s soaring inflation ft.com/content/63a9de…

Syrian protesters call for Assad’s removal as economic crisis spirals via Financial Times
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#UAE launches Arabic large language model in Gulf push into generative #AI .

#Jais software part of regional powers’ effort to take world-leading role in #technology ’s development.

By Simeon Kerr & Madhumita Murgia, Financial Times | @g42ai | Andrew England | #GenerativeAI

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