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British PM Says Ukraine Must Be 'at the Heart' of Any Peace Talks

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, February 12, 2025. © House of Commons/Handout via REUTERS
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, February 12, 2025. © House of Commons/Handout via REUTERS
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British PM Says Ukraine Must Be 'at the Heart' of Any Peace Talks

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, February 12, 2025. © House of Commons/Handout via REUTERS
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, February 12, 2025. © House of Commons/Handout via REUTERS

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday that Ukraine had to be "at the heart" of any negotiations to end the conflict with Russia.

Starmer's remarks come amid fears in Kyiv and its European allies that the US might strike a peace deal without involving them, Reuters reported.

President Donald Trump spoke separately to both Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by phone on Wednesday and said both had expressed a desire for peace.

"We must make sure that Ukraine is at the heart of this. There can't be any negotiations without Ukraine being at the heart of it," Starmer told reporters in London.

Starmer has been walking a diplomatic tightrope as he attempts to avoid Trump imposing tariffs on Britain while also pursuing a reset in relations with the European Union, but on the question of Ukraine he said it was vital that the country had a strong position in any talks.

"It's really important that Ukraine is in the strongest possible position, whether that's in discussions or whether it's continued fighting," Starmer said.

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Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Program Would Have Been Beyond Attack in Months

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (EPA) 
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (EPA) 
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Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Program Would Have Been Beyond Attack in Months

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (EPA) 
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (EPA) 

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Iran had been building new nuclear weapon sites that would have been impossible to attack within months, creating urgency for strikes on the country, according to AFP.

“They started building new sites, new places, underground bunkers, that would make their ballistic missile programs and their atomic bomb programs immune within months,” Netanyahu told Fox News.

He added, “If no action was taken now, no action could be taken in the future.”

Netanyahu affirmed that the conflict triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran won't be “an endless war,” but could take time.

“You're not going to have an endless war,” the PM said. “This is going to be a quick and decisive action.”

He later clarified that the conflict “may take some time, but it's not going to take years.”

US President Donald Trump's said on Sunday he envisages a four-week military operation against Iran.

A day later, Trump said he had ordered the attack on Iran to thwart Tehran's nuclear development and a ballistic missile program that he said was growing rapidly.

 

 

 

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China Votes to Oust 3 Generals from Political Advisory Body

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Great Hall of the People ahead of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, which starts this week, in Beijing, China, March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Great Hall of the People ahead of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, which starts this week, in Beijing, China, March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
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China Votes to Oust 3 Generals from Political Advisory Body

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Great Hall of the People ahead of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, which starts this week, in Beijing, China, March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Great Hall of the People ahead of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, which starts this week, in Beijing, China, March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

China's top political advisory body has voted to remove three generals, state media said, a week after nine military officials were ousted from its legislature.

The move comes as Beijing escalates a sweeping purge of military officials, days before thousands of delegates from across the country meet for the annual Two Sessions political conclave on Wednesday.

Simultaneous gatherings of the country's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and a separate political advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), will be held over the course of a week.

The CPPCC voted at a Standing Committee meeting to remove retired military generals Han Weiguo, Liu Lei and Gao Jin, Xinhua said on Monday.

It also voted to remove two other members, while 10 more were officially ousted, according to AFP.

The move comes after the NPC ousted 19 of its delegates on Thursday, including nine military officials.

The reason for the removals was not specified.

Wang Xiangxi was also removed as minister of emergency management that same day after a probe by the country's anti-corruption watchdog, while Liu Shaoyun was removed from his position as head of the PLA's military court.

Since President Xi Jinping came to power more than a decade ago, he has launched a massive drive to root out graft at all levels of the Chinese Communist Party and state, with the drive targeting the military in recent years.

Xi hailed the military's "fight against corruption" last month in a rare acknowledgement of graft, weeks after Beijing escalated a sweeping purge by probing its top general.

Beijing's defense ministry said in January it was investigating Zhang Youxia, a vice chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), as well as Liu Zhenli, chief of staff of the CMC's joint staff department, which oversees combat planning.

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Trump Says Iran War Could Last Weeks

This official White House photograph taken on March 1, 2026 and released on March 2, 2026 on the White House X account shows US President Donald Trump overseeing "Operation Epic Fury" activity against Iran from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Daniel TOROK / The White House / AFP)
This official White House photograph taken on March 1, 2026 and released on March 2, 2026 on the White House X account shows US President Donald Trump overseeing "Operation Epic Fury" activity against Iran from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Daniel TOROK / The White House / AFP)
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Trump Says Iran War Could Last Weeks

This official White House photograph taken on March 1, 2026 and released on March 2, 2026 on the White House X account shows US President Donald Trump overseeing "Operation Epic Fury" activity against Iran from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Daniel TOROK / The White House / AFP)
This official White House photograph taken on March 1, 2026 and released on March 2, 2026 on the White House X account shows US President Donald Trump overseeing "Operation Epic Fury" activity against Iran from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Daniel TOROK / The White House / AFP)

As the war in the Middle East intensifies, President Donald Trump said that the United States has “the capability to go far longer" than its projected four-to-five-week time frame for its military operations against Iran.

Trump said that America has a “virtually unlimited supply” of munitions to use as the war with Iran rages.

Trump, writing on his Truth Social website, said: “The United States Munitions Stockpiles have, at the medium and upper medium grade, never been higher or better - As was stated to me today, we have a virtually unlimited supply of these weapons.”

He added: “Wars can be fought ‘forever,’ and very successfully, using just these supplies.”

He said “additional high grade weaponry” is “stored for us in outlying countries.”

Trump did not elaborate, but his post comes as analysts begin raising concerns about the number of munitions the US has as the campaign continues — particularly air defense missiles.

Across Tehran, the sound of explosions rang out through the night and into the early morning hours Tuesday, as the US and Israel have continued to pound Iran since killing its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday.

Tehran and its allies have hit back against Israel, neighboring Gulf states, and targets critical to the world’s production of oil and natural gas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Monday defended the decision to go to war, contending in an interview on Fox News Channel’s "Hannity" that Iran was rebuilding “new sites, new places” that would make “their ballistic missile program and their atomic bomb program immune within months."