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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that his latest conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump this week was the best and “most productive” he has had to date. “Regarding the conversation with the president of the United States, which took place a day earlier, it was probably the best conversation we have had …

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By Alexander Cornwell and Charlotte Greenfield JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The United States on Saturday blamed Hamas for an attack that injured two American aid workers from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation at a food distribution site in Gaza. The U.S.- and Israeli-backed GHF said in a statement that the injured Americans were receiving medical treatment and were …

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(Reuters) -Russian air defences shot down four Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow on Saturday, the city’s mayor said, while one of the capital’s main airports temporarily halted outgoing flights. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said emergency services were working at the sites of the downed drones, but gave no information on potential damage. Russia’s Defence Ministry, in …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell CAIRO/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Hamas said it had responded on Friday in “a positive spirit” to a U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal and was prepared to enter into talks on implementing the deal, which envisages a release of hostages and negotiations on ending the conflict. U.S. President Donald Trump had announced …

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(Corrects spelling of first name in headline, no change to text) By Miguel Pereira GONDOMAR, Portugal (Reuters) -Carrying a red floral wreath bearing his shirt number, Diogo Jota’s Liverpool teammates joined relatives and residents in a small Portuguese town on Saturday for the funeral of the soccer star, who died with his brother in a …

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By Andrea Shalal and Max Hunder WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukraine would need Patriot missiles for its defenses, after speaking with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, and voiced frustration over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s failure to end the fighting. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he had a good call …

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By Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) -Parisians rushed for a dip in the Seine on Saturday as authorities opened the river to public swimming for the first time since 1923 after an extensive clean-up operation spurred on by it being used last year as a venue in the Paris Olympics. Three sites along the banks of …

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