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Delegations from Hamas and Israel arrived in Cairo for talks on a ceasefire and a potential prisoner exchange mediated by Egypt and Qatar.

Israel has taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing on the border between Gaza and Egypt, seizing a key road and striking more than 50 Hamas targets overnight.

The ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Gaza ended without result due to the inflexible positions of both sides after seven months of war.

Israel and Hamas may conclude a ceasefire agreement with the release of hostages after lengthy negotiations mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt.

CIA Director William Burns arrives in Cairo, Egypt, to participate in meetings to mediate a ceasefire and hostage release in the Gaza conflict.

U. S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is in Riyadh to discuss efforts to achieve a truce in Gaza, release hostages, and achieve security in the Middle East.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia as part of a new Middle East tour to discuss the crisis, while a Hamas delegation is due to arrive in Egypt for ceasefire talks with Israel.

The Hamas delegation is expected to meet with Qatari and Egyptian mediators to discuss the possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza.

Ukraine denies holding personal meetings with Russians to discuss the release of Ukrainian children. Qatar is negotiating with Russian representatives, but the Ukrainian side is not present during these meetings.

Despite Western sanctions, russia is likely to obtain British luxury cars through neighboring countries such as Azerbaijan, where exports from Britain have increased unprecedentedly.

Qatar agreed to participate in negotiations with Russia on the return of Ukrainian civilians illegally detained by Russia.

A group of Ukrainian children is expected to return home, according to the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, after meetings in Qatar. Details will not be disclosed until their safe return to Ukraine.

Ukraine handed over to Qatar a list of 561 Ukrainian children to be returned from Russia. In addition, they discussed the return of so-called "status" children: orphans and children deprived of parental care.

Russia has falsely claimed to have held face-to-face talks with Ukraine on the exchange of forcibly deported Ukrainian children. Moscow officials have not said how the Ukrainian children ended up in Russian hands.

National security advisors and senior officials from around the world will meet in Doha, Qatar, this weekend to discuss plans for a summit on Ukraine's conditions for resolving its conflict with Russia.

16 Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia were released and reunited with their families thanks to Qatar's assistance.

Russia may try to manipulate the U. S. State Department's 2023 Human Rights Report on Ukraine to discredit Ukraine, so the world must be prepared to resist Russia's information attacks, warns Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.

Qatar acts as an intermediary in the return of Ukrainian children and negotiations with Russia, said Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets, and emphasized that there have been no direct talks with Moscow.

Russia and Ukraine held talks with the mediation of Qatar, agreeing to transfer 29 children to Ukraine and 19 to Russia. So far, there have been no official comments from the Ukrainian authorities on the negotiations with Russia on the return of the children.

16-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Anna Lashchevska won a gold medal in the balance beam at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Doha, Qatar.

Heavy rains caused localized flooding, disrupting the operation of Dubai Airport, the busiest airport for international flights. Due to the bad weather, schools were temporarily closed in Dubai, and workers were transferred to remote work. An orange alert was issued throughout the UAE.

Biden called on Egyptian and Qatari leaders to put pressure on Hamas to reach an agreement with Israel on a hostage exchange and a temporary ceasefire in Gaza.

Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, suggested that South Africa could become an important mediator in bringing all Ukrainians home.

Israeli police have arrested the 57-year-old sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on suspicion of contacts with militants and support for terrorist acts.

Israel has passed a law allowing the temporary closure of foreign news channels deemed harmful to national security, and Al Jazeera is likely to be the first target.

France is inviting military, police and civilian personnel from 45 foreign countries to join the security of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Israel withdraws its negotiating team from Qatar, saying that Hamas rejected its latest offer to release hostages and agree to a truce, which shows that Hamas is not interested in continuing negotiations.

The UN Security Council voted in favor of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza during Ramadan, but the US abstained, warning that it could harm ongoing ceasefire negotiations.

9 Ukrainian children, including 4 children from orphanages aged 3 to 10 and a 12-year-old girl, were returned from Russia, where they had been forcibly taken and told that Ukraine did not exist.

Israel approves sending a delegation to Qatar to negotiate a temporary truce in Gaza and the release of hostages.