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Evening Analysis – The Gist Qatar’s disclosure that Hamas has given a “positive response” to a 60-day Gaza cease-fire plan—now under Israeli review—signals the first aligned movement by all principals since March’s truce collapse. The draft, seen by Reuters, trades 10 living and 18 deceased Israeli hostages for 200 Palestinian prisoners and partial Israeli withdrawal…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Diplomacy’s clock is suddenly ticking faster. In the past 24 hours, Washington corralled Kyiv, EU leaders and—critically—Donald Trump into backing a Zelenskyy-Putin face-to-face within two weeks, with U.S.–led “security guarantees” to be drafted in just ten days. As markets sensed a whiff of détente, European stock futures firmed even while…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Washington’s hurried summit between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump is less about ending one war than exposing a wider strategic vacuum. Europe has already out-spent Washington on Ukraine ($49 bn versus $30 bn) yet still flew to the White House seeking U.S. resolve. The numbers reveal dependency—even as Russian drones…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Ukraine’s president has bluntly proposed that “the current front lines should be the basis for talks,” freezing Russia’s 1-million-strong invasion where it now occupies roughly 18 % of Ukrainian territory(reuters.com). European leaders in Washington back Kyiv, warning that any deal struck under fire would echo the 1953 Korean armistice—stopping bullets,…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Global markets recoiled after the Alaska summit where Donald Trump urged Kyiv to accept a cease-fire that mimics Russian terms while hinting at lifting sanctions to unlock joint U.S.–Russia Arctic drilling. European leaders scrambled to back Ukraine, yet the absence of a cease-fire kept oil near $66 and pushed defence…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist A day after the Anchorage summit, a sketch of Vladimir Putin’s “peace” plan has surfaced: Russia keeps Donetsk and Luhansk, freezes the Kherson-Zaporizhzhia line and demands NATO renunciation and Crimea recognition, dangling only limited withdrawals in the north.(reuters.com, ft.com) Kyiv reacted with grief and fury as images of a red-carpet…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The Alaska summit put spectacle before substance. Donald Trump emerged praising Vladimir Putin’s “constructive spirit,” yet offered no cease-fire, instead echoing Moscow’s call for a “comprehensive peace” that would freeze Russian gains on the ground. European leaders publicly backed Ukraine within minutes, but privately fear U.S. drift—hence Berlin and Paris…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Good morning. Overnight, Belgrade’s student-led uprising escalated as riot police fired tear-gas and armoured vehicles into crowds across five Serbian cities, wounding at least 75 officers and arresting 114 people; protesters answered with flares at landmarks still scarred by NATO’s 1999 bombs. (reuters.com, apnews.com, ansa.it) President Vučić blames “foreign-inspired hooligans,”…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The Trump-Putin encounter opening tonight at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is less a photo-op than the first real test of whether Washington can still co-shape Europe’s security order. For the first time since 2019, the two presidents sit alone while artillery still pounds Kharkiv and Russia hints at nuclear-arms talks. Markets…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Good morning. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will sit down in Anchorage at 11:00 a.m. local time today—the first U.S.-hosted U.S.–Russia summit since 2007 and the first Trump-Putin meeting since Helsinki 2018. The White House slotting just six hours on the ground suggests a choreographed photo-op more than a Reykjavik-style…