Trump envoy Kushner meets Hamas leader

Jared Kushner has held rare talks with Hamas to discuss the implementation of the US-backed Gaza peace plan. Trump leads the Board of Peace - created as an international organisation originally intended to bring peace to Gaza, but later expanded to include conflicts worldwide.

Diplomatic tensions also in South Korea, where the US president has ordered the Pentagon to "substantially reduce" joint military exercises, which are due to get underway today.

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(Photo: A displaced Palestinian girl walks among the rubble of destroyed buildings, in Jabalya, north of Gaza City, 07 August 2026; Credit: Mohammed Saber/EPA/Shutterstock)