COLUMN: “The harsh reality is that Ukrainians have little choice but to consider any offer Trump puts before them. They still need the United States, even if the relationship stinks,” writes our foreign affairs correspondent Nahal Toosi. politico.com/news/magazine/…

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"The White House now expects an imminent summit between Putin & Zelensky, but Russia has sent out very different signals in a dynamic that characterized the misunderstandings in the discussions between DC & Moscow over the war" Robyn Dixon & me washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/…

Lavrov also says that Putin in the conversation with Trump on Monday only agreed to raise the level of representation in Russian talks with Ukraine, not to a summit. Says the Zelensky-Putin summit needs thorough preparation and must come at the end of the talks and mark the final

Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, a rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare. theguardian.com/world/ng-inter… Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם Emma Graham-Harrison.

We obtained data from a classified Israeli intelligence database indicating that at least 83% of people killed in Gaza were civilians. The data lists all militant deaths the army was able to confirm. An investigation for +972 Magazine and The Guardian with Emma Graham Harrison

Exclusive: Putin's demand to Ukraine: give up Donbas, no NATO and no Western troops, sources say reuters.com/world/china/pu…

BREAKING: The Trump administration says it's reviewing all 55 million people with U.S. visas for potential deportable violations. apnews.com/article/trump-…

Famine confirmed in Gaza City for first time, UN-backed report says bbc.in/41SwFxd

The United Nations has officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming "systematic obstruction of aid" by Israel, hours after Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to destroy the territory's largest city. u.afp.com/SQyX

Breaking News: The FBI searched the Maryland home of John Bolton, the former national security adviser and a critic of President Trump, an official said. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3UGcOgM

Russia has ruled out an immediate meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, as diplomatic tension escalated with the Ukrainian president and US mediation efforts appeared to stumble. u.afp.com/SQtG

🧵1/ Moscow is facing a fuel crisis. Gas prices in Russia just hit record highs as Ukrainian drones escalate strikes on oil refineries -- knocking out ~13% of Russia’s refining capacity since early August. Ukraine is increasingly taking the war to russia now.

BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr

The number of people killed in the Israeli strikes on Gaza's Nasser hospital rose to at least 20, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others reut.rs/4fYrDVY

Israeli forces kill 5 journalists in Gaza on.ft.com/41m8oPU

Iran, European powers meet in Geneva as threat of sanctions looms large - reuters.com/world/middle-e…

"Several regions, including Russian-occupied Crimea and parts of Siberia, have implemented rationing at gas stations." by Yaroslav Trofimov wsj.com/world/russia/u…

Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, reported on the war's civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family reut.rs/4mBdaSl