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Starmer to push US president to resume role in Gaza ceasefire talks - Donald Trump says he believes he will talk a lot about the situation in Gaza when he sits down with Sir Keir Starmer
"Here's the Scoop" Co-host, Morgan Chesky, speaks with Foreign correspondent Matt Bradley about the hunger crisis in Gaza and the latest on the U.S. cutting ceasefire talks short. Listen to today’s full episode of “Here’s the Scoop” wherever you get your podcasts.
The U.S. and Israel pulled their negotiators out of Gaza ceasefire talks. In related news: As global outrage over the Gaza crisis grows, France became the largest Western power to say it would recognize a Palestinian state — here’s what that means. The IRS is considering eliminating non-English language tax services.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both claiming it had become clear that the Palestinian militants did not want a deal.
The Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry said at least 54 people have starved to death in Gaza just this week. Twenty-eight western nations, more than a hundred humanitarian aid organizations, and top UN officials have all said Israeli policies are to blame.
Militants “didn’t want to make” a deal, Trump said after U.S., Israeli ceasefire negotiators pulled back from talks.
Airdrops into Gaza have been criticized as insufficient and impractical. The United Nations has called for an urgent ceasefire, though talks appeared Friday to have collapsed.
Reversal comes following fierce global condemnation of ‘appalling’ humanitarian conditions inside besieged enclave