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Netanyahu to Witkoff: ‘Iran Has Repeatedly Proven it Cannot be Trusted’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a special session to mark the 77th anniversary of the Knesset's establishment and the 60th anniversary of the dedication of the current building at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, 02 February 2026. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a special session to mark the 77th anniversary of the Knesset's establishment and the 60th anniversary of the dedication of the current building at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, 02 February 2026. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
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Netanyahu to Witkoff: ‘Iran Has Repeatedly Proven it Cannot be Trusted’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a special session to mark the 77th anniversary of the Knesset's establishment and the 60th anniversary of the dedication of the current building at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, 02 February 2026. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a special session to mark the 77th anniversary of the Knesset's establishment and the 60th anniversary of the dedication of the current building at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, 02 February 2026. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

US special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday and discussed plans for disarming Hamas ahead of possible reconstruction in the Gaza Strip and the situation in Iran, Netanyahu’s office said.

Netanyahu warned Witkoff that “Iran has repeatedly proven it cannot be trusted to meet its commitments.”

Israel demands that any agreement with Iran include removing enriched uranium from the country, stopping the enrichment of uranium, limiting the creation of ballistic missiles and ending support for Tehran’s proxies, according to an official familiar with the talks who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Witkoff has been planning to hold talks with Iranian officials in Türkiye later this week.

President Donald Trump "is always wanting to pursue diplomacy first, but obviously it takes two to tango,” US White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. "You need a willing partner to achieve diplomacy and that’s something that special envoy Witkoff is intent on exploring and discussing.”

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US Condemns South Africa’s Expulsion of Israeli Diplomat

Activists hold placards and shout slogans outside Israel's embassy as they protest the detention of members of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, in Pretoria, South Africa, October 3, 2025. (Reuters)
Activists hold placards and shout slogans outside Israel's embassy as they protest the detention of members of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, in Pretoria, South Africa, October 3, 2025. (Reuters)
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US Condemns South Africa’s Expulsion of Israeli Diplomat

Activists hold placards and shout slogans outside Israel's embassy as they protest the detention of members of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, in Pretoria, South Africa, October 3, 2025. (Reuters)
Activists hold placards and shout slogans outside Israel's embassy as they protest the detention of members of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, in Pretoria, South Africa, October 3, 2025. (Reuters)

The United States on Tuesday condemned South Africa's decision to expel Israel's top diplomat last week, ​a State Department spokesperson said, calling the African nation's step a part of prioritizing "grievance politics."

"Expelling a diplomat for calling out the African National Congress party's ties to Hamas and other antisemitic radicals prioritizes grievance politics over ‌the good ‌of South Africa ‌and its ⁠citizens," ​Tommy ‌Pigott, the State Department's deputy spokesperson, said on X.

South Africa's embassy in Washington had no immediate comment.

On Friday, South Africa declared the top diplomat at Israel's embassy persona non grata and ordered ⁠him out within 72 hours.

It accused him of "unacceptable violations ‌of diplomatic norms and practice," ‍including insulting ‍South Africa's president.

Israel responded by expelling South ‍Africa's senior diplomatic representative to its country.

Israel and South Africa have had strained relations since South Africa in 2024 brought a ​genocide case in the International Court of Justice against Israel over its ⁠assault on Gaza.

Multiple rights groups, experts and scholars have also called Israel's assault a genocide. Israel denies that and called its actions self-defense following an October 2023 Hamas attack.

The genocide case has also contributed to US President Donald Trump's attacks on Pretoria, including verbal scolding, trade sanctions and an executive order last ‌year cutting US funding.

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Ex-Prince Andrew Leaves Windsor Home after Latest Epstein Revelations

Britain's Prince Andrew kneels over a female in a combination of images released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., US, on January 30, 2026 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. US Justice Department/Handout via REUTERS
Britain's Prince Andrew kneels over a female in a combination of images released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., US, on January 30, 2026 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. US Justice Department/Handout via REUTERS
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Ex-Prince Andrew Leaves Windsor Home after Latest Epstein Revelations

Britain's Prince Andrew kneels over a female in a combination of images released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., US, on January 30, 2026 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. US Justice Department/Handout via REUTERS
Britain's Prince Andrew kneels over a female in a combination of images released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., US, on January 30, 2026 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. US Justice Department/Handout via REUTERS

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of King Charles, has moved out of his palatial home, a royal source confirmed on Wednesday, following new damaging revelations about his links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The former prince, 65, had hoped to stay at Royal Lodge, his Windsor home of decades, for longer, the Sun newspaper said, but he was moved under the cover of darkness ‌on Monday ‌and driven to a cottage ‌in ⁠Sandringham, the ‌king's Norfolk estate.

A royal source confirmed that he was now resident there, but that he might occasionally return to Windsor in the coming weeks while a transitionary phase was completed.

"With the latest batch of Epstein files it was made ⁠clear to him that it was time to go," ‌the Sun quoted a friend ‍as saying.

"Leaving was so ‍humiliating for him that he chose ‍to do it under the cover of darkness."

Charles stripped Andrew of his titles in October and said he would be moved after details emerged of his ongoing relationship with Epstein.

The king has also said that his sympathy is with ⁠the victims of abuse.

New files related to Epstein published by the US Justice Department on Friday included emails suggesting that Andrew maintained regular contact with Epstein for more than two years after he was found guilty of child sex crimes, Reuters reported.

He has denied wrongdoing in connection with Epstein and had previously denied maintaining ties with the financier after Epstein's 2008 conviction, apart from a ‌2010 visit to New York to end their relationship.

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Official: More Than 250 People Killed after Separatist Attacks in Pakistan

A view of the site of a suspected separatist attack in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan, 02 February 2026. EPA/FAYYAZ AHMAD
A view of the site of a suspected separatist attack in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan, 02 February 2026. EPA/FAYYAZ AHMAD
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Official: More Than 250 People Killed after Separatist Attacks in Pakistan

A view of the site of a suspected separatist attack in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan, 02 February 2026. EPA/FAYYAZ AHMAD
A view of the site of a suspected separatist attack in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan, 02 February 2026. EPA/FAYYAZ AHMAD

More than 250 people have been killed in coordinated attacks launched by separatists across Pakistan's Balochistan province since Saturday, a security official said on Wednesday, with fighting continuing as government forces pursue the militants.

Pakistan has been battling a Baloch separatist insurgency for decades, with frequent armed attacks on security forces, foreign nationals and non-local Pakistanis in the mineral-rich province bordering Afghanistan and Iran.

A senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP on Wednesday that "197 terrorists have been killed in the ongoing counter-terrorism operations".

He added that at least 36 civilians and 22 security personnel were killed during the coordinated attacks in restive Balochistan.

Sporadic clashes were still taking place in some districts, after militants stormed banks, jails, police stations and military installations over the weekend.

The chief minister of Balochistan, Sarfraz Bugti, told a news conference in Quetta on Sunday that all the districts under attack were cleared.

"We are chasing them, we will not let them go so easily," he said.

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the province's most active militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement sent to AFP.

The group, which the United States has designated a terrorist organization, said it had targeted military installations as well as police and civil administration officials in gun attacks and suicide bombings.

The BLA has intensified attacks on Pakistanis from other provinces working in the region in recent years, as well as foreign energy firms.

Last year, the separatists attacked a train with 450 passengers on board, sparking a deadly two-day siege.

The United Nations on Tuesday called the recent attacks "heinous and cowardly".