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in Oleshky Malaysia de-registers main opposition coalition ahead of state election Severe floods hit Valencia and Mallorca UN warns 19.2 million Afghans face acute food insecurity this winter South Korea withdraws more embassy staff from Ukraine after POW dispute Rubio visits India on trade and Russian oil, confirms Quad summit in Manila China creates state-owned National Data Group in Xiong'an to drive AI Gangs ambush international force in Haiti and kidnap four Salvadoran troops US court keeps Saudi engineer jailed in OpenAI espionage case Hegseth visits Israel as Washington weighs Iran strikes and Hormuz attacks go on Oslo talks end without breakthrough before Witkoff's trip to Putin UK to fly Typhoons over Saudi Arabia as toll from Houthi strike on Yemeni camp rises to 73 France extends curfews and plans troops after weekend riots Ebola reaches Nigeria as Kenya reports ninth case Oil and gas prices climb as Hormuz and Saudi attacks squeeze supply Trump says Russia behaved well and Ukraine gave nothing as rift with Kyiv widens Russian strikes kill at least seven in Ukraine as Ukrainian drones hit Russian oil sites AI-debt fears grow as CoreWeave bonds slump and Elice falls in Seoul debut French borrowing costs climb as unrest deepens budget doubts UN alarmed as drone strike kills dozens at Abyei market Islamic State-linked militants kill at least 48 civilians in eastern Mali Italy deploys troops to Milan and toughens protest penalties after riots US bans DeepSeek in civilian agencies as China threatens countermeasures Japan warns of yttrium shortage as China tightens rare earth supply Israel's race stays tight as Trump backs Netanyahu and Vance holds back Lula challenges Flávio Bolsonaro to open bank records as Meta faces bias claims Japan's MMX probe launches toward Mars moon Phobos Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie convicted of murdering 190 children Russian diesel returns to usual buyers as US plan on 'dark fleet' tankers meets doubts Israeli strikes kill several in Gaza as funding gaps threaten food aid for 500,000 Albanian students topple Rama's 'dialogue chairs' as clashes with police begin NATO sends more assets to Black Sea after attacks on shipping off Bulgaria and Romania Reliance's Jio launches India's biggest-ever IPO Alberta voters reject separation from Canada, projections show Google Cloud outage in London disrupts Revolut and UK banks Eastern Libya parliament approves 2019 maritime deal with Turkey Indonesian stocks rebound as authorities respond to MSCI downgrade threat Indonesia's burned land doubles in September as haze spreads and protests grow Australian MP Helen Haines in critical condition after alleged deliberate car attack Russia condemns US arrest warrant for Raúl Castro Israeli and Lebanese delegations meet at CENTCOM in Tampa Anthropic and Musk pledge shares for public benefit EU unveils security-focused Arctic strategy China shadows USS Charleston near disputed South China Sea shoal US pending home sales hit record low as mortgage rates reach highest since 2009 ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent order over $35bn of Nvidia chips UK rearrests two men over alleged Iranian plot at RAF Fairford AfD confirms hack as over 400,000 emails leak online Illegal gold mine collapse kills 14 in Colombia Turkey moves to ratify Mecca defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan Amazon pledges over €16bn in Germany as Merz courts investors Carrefour cuts outlook and insurers turn on state after French riots EU Parliament vice president announces hunger strike over civilians in Oleshky Malaysia de-registers main opposition coalition ahead of state election Severe floods hit Valencia and Mallorca UN warns 19.2 million Afghans face acute food insecurity this winter South Korea withdraws more embassy staff from Ukraine after POW dispute Rubio visits India on trade and Russian oil, confirms Quad summit in Manila China creates state-owned National Data Group in Xiong'an to drive AI Gangs ambush international force in Haiti and kidnap four Salvadoran troops US court keeps Saudi engineer jailed in OpenAI espionage case

Symbolic image: Oslo talks end without breakthrough before Witkoff's trip to Putin

Symbolic image

Oslo talks end without breakthrough before Witkoff's trip to Putin

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Ukraine, Finland, Norway and US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks in Oslo on Tuesday. Witkoff is due to take the ideas to Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Wednesday.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb, who co-hosted the talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at Ukraine's request, said they made "genuine progress" on security and economic sticking points, but announced no breakthrough. Volodymyr Zelensky and Witkoff attended, Jared Kushner joined by video with the flu, along with European, EU and Nato representatives. Støre and Zelensky hope the ideas can pave the way to a Trump-Zelensky-Putin summit. Axios, via TASS, says the package includes freeing Stephen Hubbard, a 72-year-old American convicted in Russia for fighting for Ukraine.

Trump keeps up pressure

Trump said Zelensky "has to want to settle this war" and that the US has "got nothing back". He has pushed Kyiv to stop striking Russian refineries before next month's midterms; Zelensky offered a halt if Moscow stops hitting Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

Warnings restored

Zelensky says US early warning of Russian ballistic missiles resumed after a call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Washington denies ever withholding aid, the South China Morning Post reports.

Europe seeks a voice

European officials want influence after Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel this month and on Friday skipped further sanctions mandated by new legislation, the Financial Times reports.