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Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have criticised the deal, which was announced weeks before the US midterm elections. Trump on Friday announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately "to the American and global marketplace" followed by several other shipments. That is despite signing legislation to authorise fresh US sanctions and tariffs on nations that import Russian oil and gas just weeks ago.

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Zelensky says Kyiv would support such a truce. Moscow has yet to comment. Image source, Getty ImagesByTinshui YeungPublished11 October 2026, 15:46 BSTUpdated 2 minutes agoDonald Trump has claimed that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an "energy ceasefire", with Kyiv saying it would support such a move but Moscow yet to comment. The US president insisted that it was "effective immediately" but provided no details. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky initially.

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Neither Egypt nor Sudan has commented on the alleged strikes on an artisanal mining camp on Saturday. Emergency Lawyers, based in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, said jets targeted the so-called artisanal miners at a popular gold mining sites in Sudan's River Nile state on Saturday. Neither the Egyptian government nor the de facto Sudanese authorities have so far commented. Cairo has previously faced accusations of deadly strikes on gold prospectors.

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Police received credible information about possible attacks against Donald Tusk and his defence minister. The interior ministry earlier reported that police had received credible information about possible attacks against Tusk and Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. Security services convened a special meeting on Sunday after receiving information about the planned attacks, with a spokesman saying officials were treating the threat as "deadly serious". Tusk thanked the police for "swift and decisive action" in.

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The Yemeni group says it carried out attacks that killed 13 people over the weekend and targeted two airports and oil facilities. An international airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh has been hit by a second strike in as many days, officials have said. A Saudi military spokesman said a projectile had hit King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, causing a fire in one of its passenger halls. Saudi Arabia's.

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The PM was speaking after violent attacks at Polish schools this week left one dead and others injured. The attacks have left one woman dead and others injured, including children. "These are very often spontaneous actions inspired by online activity," Tusk said on Sunday, during a crisis meeting with security services. Police have arrested 117 people across the country for possession knives or other weapons, or for threatening to attack.