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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would agree to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump told him immediately to accept Putin’s proposal of direct talks. The Ukrainian leader had responded guardedly earlier on Sunday after the Russian president, in a night-time televised …

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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Fresh talks between Iranian and U.S. negotiators to resolve disputes over Tehran’s nuclear programme ended in Oman on Sunday with further negotiations planned, officials said, as Tehran publicly insisted on continuing its uranium enrichment. Though Tehran and Washington both have said they prefer diplomacy to resolve the decades-long nuclear dispute, …

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By Alexander Ratz JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The conflict in Gaza cannot be solved by military means and a political solution must be found to end the war permanently, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in Jerusalem on Sunday. “I do not believe that this conflict can be permanently resolved by military means,” Wadephul said. “Nevertheless, it …

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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey is ready to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul again, President Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Sunday, Erdogan’s office said. Putin earlier on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul aimed at ending the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Russia on Sunday to confirm an unconditional ceasefire beginning on May 12, saying Ukraine would then be ready to meet for direct talks with Russia. On Saturday, Zelenskiy received the backing of Europe’s major powers and U.S. President Donald Trump for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire beginning on …

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PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) -Work to recover the late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht off the coast of northern Sicily has been paused following the death of a diver involved in the operations, the company leading the effort said on Saturday. The 56-metre-long (184-foot) Bayesian was moored off the small port of Porticello, near …

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By Elizabeth Piper and Andreas Rinke KYIV (Reuters) -Major European powers threw their weight behind an unconditional 30-day Ukraine ceasefire on Saturday, with the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, and threatened President Vladimir Putin with “massive” new sanctions if he did not accept within days. The leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine …

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