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Trump to Meet Leaders of Ukraine, Syria alongside NATO Summit

US President Donald Trump speaks during the Salute to America 250 celebration on the National Mall in Washington, DC, USA, 04 July 2026. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO / POOL
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Salute to America 250 celebration on the National Mall in Washington, DC, USA, 04 July 2026. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO / POOL
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Trump to Meet Leaders of Ukraine, Syria alongside NATO Summit

US President Donald Trump speaks during the Salute to America 250 celebration on the National Mall in Washington, DC, USA, 04 July 2026. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO / POOL
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Salute to America 250 celebration on the National Mall in Washington, DC, USA, 04 July 2026. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO / POOL

US President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy while in Türkiye this week for the NATO summit to make a renewed push to end the war in Ukraine, a senior US official said on Sunday.

Trump is scheduled to arrive at the summit on Tuesday. His first meeting will be with summit host, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Trump will also meet Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and hold a press conference, the White House said, Reuters reported.

A senior US official who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity about the trip said Trump will meet with Zelenskiy on Wednesday to discuss "how we can end the war."

"The battlefield has clearly frozen over the last couple of months and neither side is making a lot of progress," the official said. "The president feels a real sense of urgency to try to bring this to a stop."

Trump will also urge NATO allies to increase their defense spending, the official said.

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Netanyahu Urges US Not to Sell F-35 Fighter Jets to Türkiye

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a news conference in Jerusalem on June 15, 2026. (AFP)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a news conference in Jerusalem on June 15, 2026. (AFP)
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Netanyahu Urges US Not to Sell F-35 Fighter Jets to Türkiye

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a news conference in Jerusalem on June 15, 2026. (AFP)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a news conference in Jerusalem on June 15, 2026. (AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged the United States not to sell its F-35 fighter jets or components to Türkiye, arguing it would "upset the power balance" in the region.

US President Donald Trump travels later Monday to Ankara for a NATO summit, and his visit could be seen by the Turks as an opportunity to secure acquisition of dozens of jet engines and potential readmission to the F-35 fighter jet program.

The Israeli prime minister however warned that it would be a mistake for Washington to reward Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom Netanyahu said "calls openly for the annihilation of Israel," with advanced military technology.

"I don't think they should be given F-35s or the engines for their fighter jets, because that'll upset the power balance in the Middle East, which is ultimately guaranteed by Israeli air superiority and also by, I think, by America's posture in the Middle East," Netanyahu told Fox News morning show "Fox & Friends."

Last month, Trump promised to make Erdogan "very happy" when asked about Türkiye looking to secure F110 jet engines and regaining access to the F-35 program.

Analysts say Türkiye wants to secure the new engines for use in its flagship KAAN stealth fighter project, as Ankara seeks to join the exclusive club of nations producing fifth-generation combat aircraft, notably the United States, China and Russia.

In 2017 however, Türkiye acquired a Russian S-400 missile defense system, a move that infuriated Washington, which expelled Türkiye from the F-35 program in 2019.

Netanyahu also reiterated that he remains a close ally to Trump, despite hiccups in their relationship in recent weeks over the Iran war.

"We are the best of allies," the Israeli leader said. "My relationship with the president is fine."

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French Government Survives No-Confidence Vote Over Heatwave Handling

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks during a parliamentary session on a motion of censure against the government presented by Les Ecologistes (The Ecologists party) at the National Assembly in Paris, France, 06 July 2026. (EPA)
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks during a parliamentary session on a motion of censure against the government presented by Les Ecologistes (The Ecologists party) at the National Assembly in Paris, France, 06 July 2026. (EPA)
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French Government Survives No-Confidence Vote Over Heatwave Handling

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks during a parliamentary session on a motion of censure against the government presented by Les Ecologistes (The Ecologists party) at the National Assembly in Paris, France, 06 July 2026. (EPA)
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks during a parliamentary session on a motion of censure against the government presented by Les Ecologistes (The Ecologists party) at the National Assembly in Paris, France, 06 July 2026. (EPA)

The French government survived a vote of no-confidence in parliament on Monday over its handling of a severe heatwave in late June.

Backers of the motion said the government failed to do enough to blunt the effects of last month's ‌heatwave in a country ‌where 2,025 excess deaths ‌have ⁠been recorded so ⁠far. French health authorities warned the number would likely rise.

The motion, filed by France's Green Party, which needed 289 votes to pass, was backed by only 132 members of ⁠parliament.

"No one is fooled. This ‌motion will ‌not protect an isolated elderly person. It will ‌not cool down a hospital room. It ‌will not modernize a water supply network. On the contrary, it will add a political crisis to climate, healthcare and international ‌crises that the government already must deal with," French Prime Minister ⁠Sebastien ⁠Lecornu told lawmakers ahead of the vote.

The vote took place as firefighters battled a wildfire in southwestern France that has forced the evacuation of 10,000 people.

Early summer heatwaves in France and across western Europe have made the scorched land particularly vulnerable to wildfires this year, and temperatures are set to rise again.

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Austrian Court Convicts Ex-intelligence Chief in Syria's Raqqa of Torture

Police officers stand guard in the town of Villach, Austria February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo
Police officers stand guard in the town of Villach, Austria February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo
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Austrian Court Convicts Ex-intelligence Chief in Syria's Raqqa of Torture

Police officers stand guard in the town of Villach, Austria February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo
Police officers stand guard in the town of Villach, Austria February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo

An Austrian court on Monday convicted a former Syrian intelligence chief in the city of Raqqa of offences including torture and sexual assault over the mistreatment of opponents of then-leader Bashar al-Assad more than a decade ago, Reuters reported.

The court in Vienna sentenced the primary defendant, identified as Khaled al-H, to eight years in prison after more than a dozen victims testified they were beaten, electrocuted or doused in hot and cold water while he was head of the General Intelligence Directorate in Raqqa from 2011 to 2013.