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Morning update
Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, Here are the latest developments: The UK is set to deploy Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia as a form of protection against Houthi attacks. According to the British government announcement, the aircraft will only be used to conduct defensive missions against Houthi missile and drone strikes, but will not be utilised to attack Houthis. Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that talks with the US mediated by Pakistan…
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US envoy to meet Putin after 'positive' talks with Zelenskyy
Steve Witkoff landed in St Petersburg for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. It comes a day after he met with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in Norway.
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'There is no life left': How volunteers buried 600 bodies in Sudan's North Kordofan
Exclusive videos, photos and testimony reveal devastation left by massacres as Sudan's war continues