The US president was eager to discuss the deals he’d made and the investments he’d secured during his May tour of the Gulf states, but how many of the promises made were actually made as a result of his visit?
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One of the most rapidly escalating health crises of our time is obesity. One billion people will be overweight by 2030, according to the World Obesity Federation, which is twice as many as it was in 2010. Beyond diet and individual choices, this epidemic extends far beyond diet. The food industry’s extensive influence, systemic obstacles, and deep social inequalities contribute to this trend.
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The Al Awda hospital is among the five areas of northern Gaza that have been given evacuation orders by Israeli forces. The hospital’s director informed Al Jazeera that if the building wasn’t evacuated, Israel had threatened to kill everyone inside.
A former British Marine is accused of driving into a crowd of Liverpool Football Club fans as they celebrate their Premier League title win.
According to United Kingdom media reports, Paul Doyle made a brief appearance at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning and read out his personal information.
After a dark Ford Galaxy crashed into Liverpool Football Club supporters attending a parade in the city center to celebrate the club’s Premier League victory, Doyle, 53, is facing seven charges, including dangerous driving and grievous bodily harm with intent, which carry a maximum life sentence if found guilty.
No deaths were reported in the incident, which injured 79 people, all between the ages of 9 and 78.
Seven people are still receiving medical attention, according to Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims on Thursday.
Local media reports that Doyle, a businessman with three teenage children, resides in a Liverpool suburb.
Following a “complex and ongoing investigation,” according to Crown Prosecution Service’s Sarah Hammond.
She stated that “prosecutors and police are working at a steady rate to review a sizable amount of evidence.”
“There are numerous witness statements and pieces of videotape footage. Every victim should receive the justice they deserve, she continued.
In an effort to stop the spread of misinformation online, Merseyside Police quickly determined that the suspect was a white British man and quickly ruled out potential terrorism as the cause of the collision.
Before sending a delegation to Istanbul for bilateral discussions next week, the Kremlin said it expected the two sides to talk about truce conditions at the scheduled meeting.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday that his country needed assurances that the Kremlin was serious about wanting to end the war.
It is crucial to have a document in advance so that the delegation who will attend has the authority to discuss the relevant positions, he said, to ensure that the next planned meeting is substantive and meaningful.
He claimed that there hasn’t been a document outlining Russia’s proposals for Ukraine so far.
The two parties’ first direct discussions since May 16 were held in Istanbul, Turkey. Without a breakthrough on a ceasefire, the discussions ended in less than two hours. The two conflicting parties did come to terms with a prisoner exchange that later occurred and for which swap documents that included potential peace roadmaps were agreed.
Following the discussions, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, complained that sending a junior delegation from Russia that was not authorized to sign a ceasefire, acting as a “sign of disrespect.”
Heorhii Tykhyi, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, reported on X on Thursday that Russia’s delay in disclosing its ceasefire plan implied that it was “likely filled with unrealistic ultimatums.”
Sybiha stated at the news conference on Friday that Kyiv wanted to end the war along with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
He stated, “We want to end this war this year, and we are interested in establishing a truce, whether it be for 30 days, 50 days, or 100 days.”
Russia and Ukraine are willing to talk directly about this. At the most recent meeting of our delegations with the Russian side, we made this clear.
If the talks went well, Fidan suggested that Zelenskyy, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and US President Donald Trump might meet in the afternoon.
According to Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin, any such meeting could only occur if the bilateral negotiations yielded any desired outcomes.
He stated that Istanbul would be the location of both parties’ proposed agreements and that details would not be disclosed.
In response to Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg’s assertion that Moscow’s concerns about Kyiv joining the alliance were legitimate, Peskov added that Russia was pleased that the US was understanding Putin’s position on Ukraine joining NATO.