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American officials are preparing for a contract Initial negotiations in Riyadh with Russia on UkraineWhile the European forces in Paris meet to demand the inclusion of Kyiv and themselves in the talks.

It is expected to be a meeting just on Tuesday between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. European leaders fear that Russia will use talks to demand Ukrainian neutrality and divide the country into areas of influence.

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinsky, On Sunday, he repeated his prediction that Russia will attack NATO If the United States withdraws its support to Ukraine, claiming it has seen intelligence indicating that Moscow is preparing for its army to do so.

• Who will attend the Paris summit? French President Emmanuel Macron, who holds the talks, Germany’s advisor, Olaf Schools, Prime Minister in Poland, Donald Tusk, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Kiir Starmer.

• What role does the UK play? Activity – Starmer said on Sunday that he was ready to put the British forces On Earth in Ukraine to protect peace.

Trump’s Prize -winning economist says Trump’s policies make us a “frightening place to invest”

It has become the United States “A frightening place for investment” due to the threats of Donald Trump’s tariffNobel Prize -winning Joseph Steglitz said he warns that the president’s volatile treatment can cause stagnation in the United States, “said Nobel Prize -winning Joseph Steglitz, who warns that the president’s volatile treatment can cause stagnation in the United States.

“He risks the worst possible worlds: a kind of recession,” said Stijlitz, a professor of Columbia University and former World Bank expert. The recession is when the high unemployment meets high inflation and stagnant economic demand.

The investment is likely to be deterred due to Trump’s contempt for the rule of law, and the tariffs of TROMP – and reprisal measures will increase by other countries.

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Israel says the government is working on implementation Gaza Trump Plan

Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Send a negotiation team to Cairo to discuss the hostage deal On Monday, a day after he said his government was working closely with the United States to implement the “acquisition” plan in Donald Trump.

On Sunday, Netanyahu’s comments followed a meeting in Jerusalem with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who said that although Trump’s proposal – who called for converting the Palestinian territories into a US resort – may have “shocked” some people, it took “courage” to propose an alternative to “tired ideas” from the past. It has been widely convicted as support for ethnic cleansing.

With the first phase of the ceasefire agreement due to the end of March 1, it is said that Israel is trying to change the conditions of the deal, and called for the release of the surviving hostages to be released during the next two weeks to be released once on Saturday.

• What others say about the future of Gaza? His leadership is leading Arab efforts to develop concerns of Trump’s plan, which can involve a reconstruction fund led by the Gulf and a deal on Hamas, with the refusal to resettle the Palestinians.

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