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Kremlin Says It Welcomes Trump’s Desire to Focus on Search for Peace in Ukraine After Gaza Ceasefire 

This handout photograph taken by the press service of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces on October 12, 2025 and released on October 14, 2025 shows a burnt-out car on a street in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Oleg Petrasiuk / 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / AFP)
This handout photograph taken by the press service of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces on October 12, 2025 and released on October 14, 2025 shows a burnt-out car on a street in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Oleg Petrasiuk / 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / AFP)
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Kremlin Says It Welcomes Trump’s Desire to Focus on Search for Peace in Ukraine After Gaza Ceasefire 

This handout photograph taken by the press service of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces on October 12, 2025 and released on October 14, 2025 shows a burnt-out car on a street in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Oleg Petrasiuk / 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / AFP)
This handout photograph taken by the press service of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces on October 12, 2025 and released on October 14, 2025 shows a burnt-out car on a street in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Oleg Petrasiuk / 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / AFP)

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it welcomed US President Donald Trump's desire to focus on the search for a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine after achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and hoped he'd be able to push Kyiv towards a settlement.

Addressing the Israeli Knesset a day earlier after brokering a deal between Israel and Hamas, Trump spoke of wanting to get a deal done with Iran over its nuclear program, but said he'd turn his attention to trying to end the war in Ukraine first.

"...first we have to get Russia done. We gotta get that one done. If you don't mind, Steve, let's focus on Russia first," Trump said, addressing Steve Witkoff, his special envoy who has held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia remained open to peace talks.

"We certainly welcome such intentions and we welcome the confirmation of the political will to do everything possible to promote the search for peaceful solutions," Peskov said, when asked about Trump's comments.

"We are already well acquainted with Mr. Witkoff; he is effective, has proven his effectiveness now in the Middle East, and we hope that his talents will continue to contribute to the work already underway in Ukraine."

Russia accuses Ukraine of stalling negotiations and of not making good on an idea of setting up working groups to consider potential aspects of a deal. Ukraine accuses Moscow of not being serious about a deal and of putting forward conditions that are tantamount to asking for it to surrender.

"The Russian side remains open and ready for peaceful dialogue, and we hope that the influence of the United States and the diplomatic skills of President Trump's envoys will help encourage the Ukrainian side to be more active and more willing to engage in the peace process," Peskov said.

Peskov has said that dialogue with the US around Ukraine has stalled, while Trump has spoken of possibly supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles, something Moscow has made clear it would regard as a dangerous escalation.

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Russia: Man Suspected of Shooting Top General Detained in Dubai

An investigator works outside a residential building where the assassination attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev took place in Moscow, Russia February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
An investigator works outside a residential building where the assassination attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev took place in Moscow, Russia February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
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Russia: Man Suspected of Shooting Top General Detained in Dubai

An investigator works outside a residential building where the assassination attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev took place in Moscow, Russia February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
An investigator works outside a residential building where the assassination attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev took place in Moscow, Russia February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Sunday that the man suspected of shooting top Russian military intelligence officer Vladimir Alexeyev in Moscow has been detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia.

Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, deputy head of the GRU, ⁠Russia's military intelligence arm, was shot several times in an apartment block in Moscow on Friday, investigators said. He underwent surgery after the shooting, Russian media ⁠said.

The FSB said a Russian citizen named Lyubomir Korba was detained in Dubai on suspicion of carrying out the shooting.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of being behind the assassination attempt, which he said was designed to sabotage peace talks. ⁠Ukraine said it had nothing to do with the shooting.

Alexeyev's boss, Admiral Igor Kostyukov, the head of the GRU, has been leading Russia's delegation in negotiations with Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on security-related aspects of a potential peace deal.

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Factory Explosion Kills 8 in Northern China

Employees work on an electric vehicle (EV) production line at the Volkswagen Anhui factory in Hefei, Anhui province, China, February 4, 2026. REUTERS/Florence Lo
Employees work on an electric vehicle (EV) production line at the Volkswagen Anhui factory in Hefei, Anhui province, China, February 4, 2026. REUTERS/Florence Lo
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Factory Explosion Kills 8 in Northern China

Employees work on an electric vehicle (EV) production line at the Volkswagen Anhui factory in Hefei, Anhui province, China, February 4, 2026. REUTERS/Florence Lo
Employees work on an electric vehicle (EV) production line at the Volkswagen Anhui factory in Hefei, Anhui province, China, February 4, 2026. REUTERS/Florence Lo

An explosion at a biotech factory in northern China has killed eight people, Chinese state media reported Sunday, increasing the total number of fatalities by one.

State news agency Xinhua had previously reported that seven people died and one person was missing after the Saturday morning explosion at the Jiapeng biotech company in Shanxi province, citing local authorities.

Later, Xinhua said eight were dead, adding that the firm's legal representative had been taken into custody.

The company is located in Shanyin County, about 400 kilometers west of Beijing, AFP reported.

Xinhua said clean-up operations were ongoing, noting that reporters observed dark yellow smoke emanating from the site of the explosion.

Authorities have established a team to investigate the cause of the blast, the report added.

Industrial accidents are common in China due to lax safety standards.
In late January, an explosion at a steel factory in the neighboring province of Inner Mongolia left at least nine people dead.

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Iran Warns Will Not Give Up Enrichment Despite US War Threat

Traffic moves through a street in Tehran on February 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Traffic moves through a street in Tehran on February 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
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Iran Warns Will Not Give Up Enrichment Despite US War Threat

Traffic moves through a street in Tehran on February 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Traffic moves through a street in Tehran on February 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran will never surrender the right to enrich uranium, even if war "is imposed on us,” its foreign minister said Sunday, defying pressure from Washington.

"Iran has paid a very heavy price for its peaceful nuclear program and for uranium enrichment," Abbas Araghchi told a forum in Tehran.

"Why do we insist so much on enrichment and refuse to give it up even if a war is imposed on us? Because no one has the right to dictate our behavior," he said, two days after he met US envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman.

The foreign minister also declared that his country was not intimidated by the US naval deployment in the Gulf.

"Their military deployment in the region does not scare us," Araghchi said.