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U.N. Security Council Adopts Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza

Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for the Trump administration’s vision of how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.

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Michael Waltz, left, the American ambassador to the United Nations, with the Israeli ambassador, Danny Danon, before the Security Council vote on President Trump’s peace plan for Gaza on Monday.

Why Britain Is Embracing ‘Negative Nation Branding’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, trying to get a grip on a feverish immigration debate, is introducing a hard-line, contentious policy on refugees.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain walking out of 10 Downing Street on Monday. Some members of Mr. Starmer’s Labour Party object to Britain’s new restrictions on immigration.

Indiana Homeowner Charged in Shooting of Cleaning Woman Who Arrived at Wrong House

A man was charged with manslaughter after a woman was shot through the front door of a home before dawn this month in suburban Indianapolis.

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Investigators work at the site of the fatal shooting of María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, a house cleaner who went to the wrong address in Whitestown, Ind.

As Trump Looks for Distraction on Epstein, Justice Dept. Rushes to His Aid

The department was deployed, in effect, as an arm of the president’s rapid-response operation to help him muscle through a damaging news cycle over Jeffrey Epstein, former and current officials said.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi’s quick response to President Trump’s demand of an investigation into Democrats amounted to an about-face from when she formally declared that nothing in the Epstein files warranted further investigation.

Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case

The magistrate judge raised the question of whether “government misconduct” in the case might require dismissing the charges against the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, altogether.

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Lindsey Halligan, who had never worked on a criminal case until she was thrust into the Comey prosecution, has faced extensive scrutiny from the moment she took over the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Eric Adams Meets Netanyahu on Day 3 of Taxpayer-Funded Trip to Israel

Mr. Adams, whose tenure as mayor of New York City ends in six weeks, is using his second trip to Israel in three years to reinforce his staunch support of the country.

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Mayor Eric Adams has used his trip to Israel to criticize Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, suggesting that Jewish New Yorkers would be in danger under his leadership.

France Agrees to Sell Up to 100 Rafale Fighter Jets to Ukraine

Some in Ukraine criticized the 10-year timeline for the warplanes and other defense equipment, but France called it a long-term commitment to the country.

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François Bayrou, top left, then the prime minister of France, with a Rafale fighter aircraft in June. France said on Monday that it would sell up to 100 such jets to Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Cash Is Running Low, and Europe Has No Good Plan B

The European Union wants to finance Ukraine’s war efforts using a loan based on Russia’s frozen assets in Belgium. If that falls through, there’s no easy alternative.

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A memorial to fallen soldiers in Ukraine this month. The scale of the devastation from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues to mount.
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