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Steve Witkoff compared the French Élysée Palace to Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in a meeting in France on Friday, inspiring cringes of secondhand embarrassment.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Far from ending the war in Ukraine in ‘24 hours’, the US president has demonstrated that he and his team are inept at facilitating meaningful peace negotiations

Iran’s FM expresses concern about US motivations but says negotiations will take place in Rome this weekend.

The U.S. reportedly showed allies a proposal to end the war in Ukraine, which includes easing sanctions on Russia should a lasting ceasefire be achieved

Russia fired a fresh volley of missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight, wounding dozens of people, Kyiv said Friday, as the United States warned it could end efforts to broker a ceasefire if it did not see progress soon.

Sir Keir Starmer discussed Ukraine with the US President in a phone call on Good Friday

After weeks of efforts by the Trump administration to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine have failed to bring an end to the fighting, Rubio said the US administration wants to decide 'in a matter of days whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks.'

In a potential breakthrough, US, European and Ukrainian leaders meeting in Paris have hailed a renewed push to end the war in Ukraine as a constructive step toward peace. France said the talks marked the start of a “positive process” and confirmed a follow-up summit in London next week.

These are the key events on day 1,149 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Russia claims to be open to talks as one person killed and dozens wounded in Russian strike on Kharkiv

ANALYSIS: ANALYSIS: A meltdown in ‘maximum pressure’ world accompanies the president’s search for his own JCPOA-style deal, writes John Bowden