As the deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire in its conflict with Ukraine approaches, according to a Kremlin official, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet.
A Trump-Putin meeting could occur as early as the following week, according to Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov, who spoke on Thursday. He continued, “A place has been chosen, but it will be revealed later.”
Both parties have formally agreed to hold a high-level bilateral meeting in the upcoming days, according to Ushakov, who spoke to reporters at the American side’s request.
Trump stated on Wednesday that he was hopeful that a meeting would be held “very soon” with both Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the announcement followed. Moscow will be subject to broader sanctions unless a ceasefire is reached by Friday, according to Trump’s warning.
Ushakov, who met Putin for the fifth time earlier this week, discussed the possibility of a three-way summit during discussions with Steve Witkoff, the envoy for Trump, in Moscow. The potential trilateral meeting was not officially commented on by Russia.
In a letter to X, Zelenskyy stated that “Russians expect the same brave approach from the Russian side” and that “Ukraine is not afraid of meetings.” He added that discussions had a “two bilateral and one trilateral” formula, and that Europe must be a part of efforts to put an end to the war.
No breakthrough has been made despite Witkoff making numerous trips to Moscow since Trump’s January declaration to end the war. Trump acknowledged the lack of progress, saying, “We have been working at this for a long time. I’m here to end the situation because there are countless young people who are dying.
The Kremlin characterized Witkoff’s most recent discussions as “constructive” and claimed that both sides had exchanged “signals,” but it provided few details. Zelenskyy also confirmed speaking with Trump about the meeting with leaders from Europe in the interim.
A peace agreement is still not anticipated to be reached before Trump’s deadline, though. For Ukraine and its Western allies, Russian air strikes continue to strike Ukraine, and Moscow’s demands for a resolution to the war, such as Kyiv’s demilitarization, neutrality, and renunciation of NATO membership, continue to be in jeopardy.
Putin also demands the lifting of international sanctions, the recognition of Crimea, and the withdrawal of Ukraine from Russian-occupied areas. These conditions have been consistently rejected by Kyiv.
As the couple have welcomed kittens into their home, former glamour model Katie Price has been training her boyfriend JJ Slater for their first child.
Katie Price and her boyfriend JJ Slater are hoping to have children together(Image: Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Katie Price has admitted having kittens is how she is getting ready to have a baby with her boyfriend JJ Slater. The former glamour model, 47, has long expressed her desire to have more children.
She is already mum to Harvey, 23, Junior, 20, Princess, 18, Jett, 11 and Bunny, 11. Katie revealed she has explored both IVF and egg donation as she wishes to welcome a sixth child.
The mum-of-five shared she bought donor eggs last year before meeting current boyfriend JJ Slater, 32. Katie has remained optimistic about the future despite her unsuccessful IVF treatment, which she said failed because “my eggs are too old”. It comes after Katie Price worried fans with her appearance in a family photo after explaining her weight loss.
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JJ has been up looking after the kittens(Image: PA)
As they continue to plan for their baby, it seems like Katie and JJ have been practicing a lot. Katie’s cat, Doris, gave birth last week while she was starring in a movie with JJ.
“It just come out of nowhere, the kids were so good with helping,” she said on the Katie Price Show podcast. “The cat had five kittens and luckily, we were prepared.”
However, because they had arrived early, Katie had to bring the kittens home with them. She continued, “JJ had to visit the vet at two in the morning because they couldn’t fix their faces to the mother.”
So, we and JJ have been feeding the kittens every other hour throughout the day and night. Katie even went so far as to admit that having a newborn baby was “worse.”
When the kittens arrived, the couple decided to bring Doris and the babies along with them because they were supposed to be on an island island. Katie and JJ stopped at a vet to tell them they were premature while they were there.
They claimed that the vet was treating them well, that they were above their weight, and that they were looking good. They declared, “You are doing really well whatever you are doing.” So we’re congratulated on the back.
Katie made a comment about how fatherhood was affecting her partner, saying, “JJ, you have never felt this worn out. When it is the real thing, he is practicing for it.
Katie revealed her baby plans in an interview with Paul C. Brunson earlier this year on his We Need To Talk podcast. I had IVF, but it was unsuccessful because, in essence, my eggs are too young, she said.
Even though the doctors said there was only a 1% chance of that working, I just said I might be that 1%. I’m working it out! I endured it all, but it was unsuccessful.
“I received donor eggs last year, so I now have them. Although you can’t see the image, they do show how I look, such as the dark hair, the green eyes, and Spanish, because I have an Italian/Spanish personality.
Katie also explained how she had chosen a sperm donor before meeting with JJ. Before meeting JJ, I was quite happy because I’m not afraid to have a baby on my own. She claimed that she found a black-born sperm donor from America.
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The 2025 Ballon d’Or has been nominated for the teams’ goalie Chiamaka Nnadozie and coach Justine Madugu.
Both Madugu and Nnadozie were nominated for the Women’s Team Coach of the Year awards, respectively.
Ann-Katrin Berger of Germany and Gotham FC, Cata Coll of FC Barcelona, Hannah Hampton of England and Chelsea, and Daphne Van Domselaar of Arsenal were also included in the five-woman shortlist.
After winning the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final football game against Morocco at Rabat’s Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium on July 26, 2025, the Super Falcons of Nigeria celebrate with the trophy on the podium. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT/AFP)
After winning the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations by beating Morocco 3-2 in the final in Rabat on July 26, 2025, the former Paris FC shot stopper was a member of the Super Falcons team.
At the Moroccan WAFCON 2024 in July 2025, a photo of Rasheedat Ajibade and Chiamaka Nnadozie receiving their individual awards.
The Super Falcons won their tenth title with the help of Nnadozie as the tournament’s top goalkeeper.
Madugu, who led the team to a winning campaign, was also nominated for the Women’s Team Coach of the Year Award, along with other nominees.
Sonia Bompastor, the coach of England’s women’s national football team, Renée Slegers of Arsenal, and Sonia Bompastor, the coach of Brazil’s women’s national football team, are also on the list.
On September 22, 2025, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France, will host the 69th Ballon d’Or ceremony.
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President Bola Tinubu gave the team the national award Officer of the Order of the Niger for their bravery at WAFCON.
He gave the technical team the equivalent of $50, 000, and the players the equivalent of $100, 000.
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David Lloyd says he would like to take over Lancashire’s chair position.
Following Andy Anson’s nearly five-year tenure in the position, Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey left the position on an interim basis.
Before becoming England’s head coach almost 30 years ago, Lloyd was a player, captain, and head coach of Lancashire.
Lloyd, who was born in Accrington, is still a regular at Emirates Old Trafford despite his passion for his county.
The 78-year-old told BBC Radio Lancashire, “It’s a complicated issue, but yes it would,” when asked if the chair’s role would be challenged.
Reignite the club, please.
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With three games left, Lancashire are sixth in Division Two of the Championship, and promotion back to the top division seems unlikely in the wake of last year’s relegation.
It has been suggested that county cricket has lost some of its significance in recent years due to the expansion of the hotel at the ground and the large music concerts that are held most of the summer.
That perception, according to Lloyd, affectionately known as “Bumble,” could be altered.
You’ve got to be a hands-on cricket chair, he continued. You must be there almost daily and be familiar with the reception staff and the cleaners in order to foster a club culture that is very dynamic.
“We have a fantastic opportunity at Emirates Old Trafford right now to revive the club, if you’d like, and to make it more like a cricket club than an arena or stadium.”
Since making his Lancashire debut for the first team in 1965, Lloyd says he would love to give something back.
He said, “I feel like I can contribute in some way because Lancashire Cricket Club has given me every opportunity in life.”
Donald Trump’s victory in the US has earned Khamzat Chimaev praise, which he has not received in nearly three years.
Russian Chimaev has previously denied that travel problems prevented him from fighting in the US. His previous two fights have taken place in Abu Dhabi.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic, is under US sanctions for alleged human rights violations, including torture, murder, and repression. Chimaev has ties to Kadyrov.
The middleweight, who has won his first 14 fights of career, has frequently shared photos with Kadyrov on social media.
At UFC 319 in Chicago, Illinois on August 16th, he takes on South African’s Dricus du Plessis for the first time since 2022.
“This wasn’t my bad,” I said. Chimaev remarked about not fighting in the US, “but this wasn’t my fault.”
Trump and Dana White, the UFC’s president, have close friendships, and both have a strong support in the 2024 election.
Trump announced last month that he would hold a UFC fight at the White House in the midst of America’s celebrations marking its 250th anniversary.
Chimaev has downplayed his interest in politics and does not believe he will be invited to fight at the White House despite his recent return to the US to face Du Plessis.
Chimaev remarked, “I don’t understand why they’re going to put the fights there.”
“My entire life I’ve been an athlete, a sportsman,” I said. I don’t know why some people put me in such a political position and undermine my visa.
“I’m just doing it for my family, training, and fighting,” I say. Sportspersons are not required to be in politics. I’m not connected.
Du Plessis is defending his belt for the third time since Robert Whittaker was submitted in October, and Chimaev is doing so.
Chimaev has long been regarded as a potential UFC champion, but his career has been hampered by his illness and inactivity.
Khan Younes, Gaza: When you’re lost, you’re no longer a human being.
Sometimes, it’s a phone, a faithful companion of your joys and sorrows, your sweetest moments and the darkest of your pain.
It turns into more than just a tool in the harsh conditions of life in the largest open-air prison in the world. It serves as your gateway to the outside world, your way to communicate with loved ones either inside or outside of the prison.
Sometimes you can see joy and beauty through its lens, but more often than not, it only shows falling rockets or the remains of their occupants.
What, however, does the genocidal chaos leave you with when that devoted companion vanishes?
My phone incurred injuries, which caused it to collapse.
My phone incurred injuries, which caused it to collapse..
I find it hard to believe I’m describing it in this way, using the same phrase I use when reporting on the deaths of thousands of people who were denied urgent medical care and who were simply punished for surviving Israeli bombs.
My phone, however, fought its share of this persistent Israeli cruelty, suffocation caused by dust and sand, suffocation from overheated tents, and constant torment from poor connection.
Everyone has a limit on their endurance, so it made an effort to hold on. In the midst of frantic stampeding crowds, it fell the day we left our damaged home for our 14th displacement.
It managed to survive the severe blow, but it only endured 70 days after its body blistered and its screen cracked before its wounds became too painful to bear.
Then it permanently went dark.
Oddly, I felt comforted. I wasn’t alone because it wasn’t painful, not to mention that. I’ve witnessed the same thing happen to others: Friends and family members who are slowly losing their phones, just like their loved ones.
Strangely, these minor, shared losses bring us comfort. We expect our phones to not function despite the loss of our loved ones and our state of health. They actually endured this long, which is a miracle.
Smartphone addiction is frequently used as a buzzword. However, if you’re lucky enough to still have one, it’s just for life in Gaza.
It’s a break. You cling to a tiny, glowing portal. It makes it easier to scurry back in time while scrolling through memories or staring at loved ones’ faces, which are now names on graves or which still conjure you up.
Their beautiful smiles are still preserved in your phone’s emotionless memory. It makes you accessible to voices you otherwise cannot hear and people you can’t reach. Instead of healing the pain, it distracts you.
Like you’re starving and can’t seem to stop yourself, you scroll through the endless menus of mouthwatering food and make fun of it.
On May 3, 2025, the author reported to [Ahmed Al-Najjar/Al Jazeera] with his phone in hand.
While your table is buried beneath rubble, you watch strangers eating dinner with your family. You may be wondering how dare to post such scenes when nearby children are starving to death. And yet you continue to scroll because it temporarily acts as a calming sedative.
Are you still alive?
Finding a new companion is a necessity when reporting daily on the ongoing genocide in the world. However, Gaza’s quest is disastrous.
There are plenty of options, even the most recent high-end brands that somehow managed to survive the blockade, despite the fact that life has crumbled and bread is scarce here.
The cost of a phone is also very high because this is Gaza, where a bag of flour costs $ 700.
Even the best-quality phones in makeshift stores are sold for more than the building costs, which are further inflated by the genocidal environment.
And it doesn’t end there. In a place where the only thing that is free is your breath, you must pay in cash.
An iPhone might cost $1, 000 elsewhere, but here it costs $4, 200.
You then look for less expensive options and hope for something more reasonably priced, but the calculations are the same.
By spending such incomprehensible amounts, you are confirming the very reality your captors are trying to impose, and you are doing it with your own money, which is not me.
You are aware of how you are influencing their style. During this genocidal siege, we are already drained of whatever is left in our pockets just for flour. We don’t know how long it will last.
So you hold onto what you already have in order to avoid having to pay your price at a GHF center for the deadly “aid” you never receive.
I’ve been feeling paralyzed for a while, which became especially acute during Israel’s two-week total communication blackout, during which time my phone finally died in complete silence.
More than just being unable to check on loved ones when the captor cuts yet another lifeline. This prevents the call for ambulances. Unheard, in the dark, that is how a wounded person might perish.
Someone is out there making cruel decisions about when you can contact the world or be contacted so that you can say, “Are you alive?”
Israel’s expulsion orders are cruel ironic because they are issued online even as Gaza’s citizens are unable to access the networks they depend on. Only when you witness thousands of people strewn across the streets and the earth trembling from Israeli attacks are you able to tell.
Your digital lifeline’s hand has been colonizing and blocking your land for years.
And you are certain that if they could obstruct the air you breathe, they would not rebuff.
The phone, which was shown in Khan Younis, Gaza on August 4, 2025 [Ahmed Al-Najjar/Al Jazeera], after it ” succumbed to its wounds.”
You rise therefore.
There are times when I try to call someone or check something with my hand still touching nothing.
I no longer have my companion. Under both digital and physical blockade, I remain phoneless and helpless.
Then you begin to compare your chains to the wealth your captors possess, giving you unmatched access to every technological advantage and luxury.
On the other hand, you are being hunted down by the tech giants whose tools are assisting your destruction using the most advanced weapons in the world.
You just want to let everyone know you’re still here, despite the use of satellites and precision-guided missiles.
How significant a missing companion was to you. It wasn’t just a phone, either. Your witness, your shield, and your sword were all in one.
And in the face of this tyranny, surrendering is something you cannot afford. You rise therefore..
Because we refuse to be massacred in silence, you whisper, “Rest in power, my companion.”
