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Veterans’ help and healthcare among NGOs whose USAid funding has been cut off; Hungary steps aside from blocking Russia sanctions. What we know on day 1,070

Global leaders respond to Trump's actions. Latin America plans meeting on migration. EU reaffirms support for Greenland's sovereignty.

Trump has pledged to broker peace in Ukraine and take tougher stance on Tehran; EU foreign policy chief urges bloc members to extend Russia sanctions. What we know on day 1,060

World leaders support Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. UN, EU, Turkey, Lebanon, Australia, Japan, South Africa back agreement.

Antonio Tajani says Italy wants to serve as a bridge between Damascus and the European Union.

Moscow blames Ukraine and Moldova for halting supplies; Chisinau suspects Russia seeks to influence upcoming election.

Finnish authorities have boarded a ship in the Baltic Sea that the West suspects is linked to Russia.

Comments come after Vladimir Putin threatens ‘more destruction’ in response to Kazan drone attack

As the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, held his carefully stage-managed annual phone-in and press conference to answer questions from journalists and ordinary Russians, EU leaders were hosting Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels at their final meeting of the year. Unsurprisingly, the war in Ukraine loomed large at both events.