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President Trump posted Sunday that, effective immediately, there is an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and that both parties have agreed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Axios the announcement was news to him but said Ukraine will agree if Russia does; he later said Russia kept striking energy sites, including a power plant in Kharkiv. There was no immediate Kremlin statement, and details of the deal are unclear.
President Trump says"Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed." He added: "Do not break it!"
Ukraine saysZelenskyy said the announcement "was news for me," but "if Russians agree to an energy ceasefire, Ukraine will agree." He said Russia still struck energy infrastructure Sunday, including a power plant in Kharkiv.
RussiaThe Kremlin made no immediate statement on the announcement.
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The Saudi-led coalition says a projectile hit a passenger terminal at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, less than a day after a missile strike on the same terminal killed 12 people and wounded about 300. The airport remains closed. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claimed the latest attacks and warned travelers against using Saudi airports. President Trump has said he is weighing joining the fight against the Houthis.
The White HousePresident Trump has said the U.S. may join strikes against the Houthis and is weighing it; the White House had no immediate comment Sunday.
Critics saySen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on CBS's Face the Nation, "No, I don't think the United States should go to war in Yemen," warning it "would simply escalate and make the situation even more dangerous."
The Houthis sayThey claimed the attacks, called Saudi airports and airspace "a theater of operations for our forces," and said Mecca and Medina airports would not be targeted.
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Mohsen Rezaei, who heads Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told state media the U.S. response to Iran's seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is insufficient. He said Washington accepted some conditions but left others unresolved, and that Iran is no longer responding until the U.S. clarifies. The U.S. has rejected Iran's proposal for Iran and Oman to jointly manage the waterway and says ships should have free passage under international law.
Iran saysRezaei: "While they have accepted some of our conditions, others remain unresolved," and "We are no longer in the process of responding to the Americans."
The U.S. saysWashington has rejected Iran's proposal to jointly manage the strait with Oman and holds that ships should have free passage under international law.
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Pope Leo XIV, 71, announced during his Sunday noon blessing that doctors found a small, localized nodule in his lung at a very early stage, and that he will have surgery to remove it. The Vatican says the operation at Rome's Gemelli hospital is planned for the first days of the week, with about a week of recovery. The Vatican has not said whether the nodule is cancerous. A trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru is planned for November.
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Cam Little kicked a 57-yard field goal as time expired to give the Jacksonville Jaguars a 19-17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Ameer Abdullah's 53-yard kickoff return set it up with one second left, after Jake Elliott's field goal had put Philadelphia ahead with 8 seconds to go. Jacksonville is 4-1; Philadelphia fell to 2-3.
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