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booksellers suspect AI firms behind bulk ordersEtna alert lowered as Catania airport reopensFuneral held for Indigenous girl whose death sparked outback riotsIran rejects US claim to Hormuz as ship attacks mount600 drones head for Moscow as Russia strikes Kyiv and Kryvyi RihDeath toll passes 50 after magnitude 7.7 quake off FloresIsraeli strikes kill 11 in south Lebanon, deadliest since June truceColombia asks Trump to suspend tariffs as quake toll climbsRhine hits record low at Kaub as Hungary sinks barges to cool reactorUS readies unprecedented economic measures against IranUS boat strikes pass 200 dead as Ecuadorean fishermen describe attacksBond traders struggle to price $70bn of credit backstops behind AI buildoutAlibaba says its open AI models passed three billion downloadsDeath toll rises to 68 after Lake Kariba ferry sinkingTaliban mark five years in power as UN warns of rights crisisEU aircraft join fight against Belgium's record wildfireUS presses Netanyahu over settlers as Qusra homes are occupiedMokha port halts operations as Houthi missiles hit MaribSeoul proposes talks to end the Korean war as North rejects drillsChina-led perovskite solar plant outperforms silicon in three-month field testOpenAI revenue run rate passes $40bn as revenue chief departsHamas leader in Cairo as Kushner trip nearsWHO says Congo's Ebola outbreak is outpacing the responseTurkish parliament passes amnesty law for PKK membersMorocco detains scores near Ceuta as feared mass crossing fails to materialiseChina publishes ecology reports to bolster South China Sea claimsMyanmar says more than 300,000 Rohingya verified for repatriationPetrobras detects signs of oil off the mouth of the AmazonChina condemns Japanese politicians' moves at Yasukuni ShrineUS inflation cools as wages again lag behind pricesModi offers free exam coaching after youth protests in IndiaOil from grounded Russian tanker reaches Oman's coastPanama Canal cuts draught again as Mexico pitches rival corridorUkraine's idle ports cost $1.75bn as farm exports fallFormer Chinese premier Zhu Rongji diesAt least 20 killed in communal clashes in central NigeriaIran accuses Qatar of holding three of its pilotsXi calls for shift to prevention as floods batter ChinaVenezuela frees 131 more political prisonersMore Syrians in Germany lose refugee protectionAudit finds gaps in Taiwan's counter-drone defencesIndia drafts rules to open nuclear power to private firmsHichilema takes early lead as Zambian count resumesParis prosecutors open investigation into tax portal hackReport details leverage behind Situational Awareness lossesArgentina has lost 30,633 companies under MileiAt least five dead in Indiana floodingIran detains two French diplomats over alleged infiltrationCanadian petition to expel US ambassador passes 170,000 signaturesIndia raises $50bn from its diaspora and ends swap facility earlyOpaque start-ups build erotic AI industry from Cyprus and MaltaBritain's biggest EV battery plant shelves expansion as Jaguar Land Rover talks stallThird drone debris find in a day on Turkish coastsForecasters put 95 percent odds on a very strong El NiñoSecondhand booksellers suspect AI firms behind bulk ordersEtna alert lowered as Catania airport reopensFuneral held for Indigenous girl whose death sparked outback riots
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Trump-Netanyahu summit

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Where things stand

Details from Tuesday's closed-door talks are now trickling out: Axios reports Netanyahu offered to phase out direct US military aid over a decade, ruled out pulling troops from southern Syria's buffer zone, and doubted any Iran deal.

The thread follows a day of back-to-back diplomacy at the White House, where Trump is set to receive the leaders of Israel and Ukraine. Netanyahu's visit was announced by his own office, according to Folha de S.Paulo; Zelensky's presence is described as expected rather than formally confirmed in the same announcement. The two visits bring together two separate conflicts in which Washington is a central actor: the war involving Iran and the war in Ukraine. What the leaders will discuss, and what either meeting is intended to produce, has not been detailed in the available reporting.

Timeline in detail

Thursday, 30 July 2026Geopolitics

Netanyahu offers to phase out US military aid, doubts Iran deal

In talks with Trump and Vance at the White House, Netanyahu proposed gradually ending direct US military aid to Israel over the next decade and showed maps supporting Israel's presence in Syria, according to Axios and a source cited by the Jerusalem Post. Netanyahu voiced scepticism about a deal with Tehran, said Israel will not withdraw its troops from the buffer zone in southern Syria, and a source told the Jerusalem Post that Iran is hiding centrifuges at "Pickaxe Mountain" and that its nuclear programme was not destroyed.

Wednesday, 29 July 2026GeopoliticsTrump and Netanyahu meet at the White House with Iran at the centre

Trump and Netanyahu meet at the White House with Iran at the centre

US President Donald Trump received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday, 28 July, in a meeting closed to reporters that both governments called positive and productive. Iran dominated the talks, and both sides said they reaffirmed that Tehran must not obtain a nuclear weapon. Hours earlier, Israel's defence minister said Washington is not approving Israeli strikes on Iranian energy facilities.

The NationalThe American ConservativeFAZ

Wednesday, 29 July 2026GeopoliticsTrump and Zelensky discuss Patriot interceptor production in Ukraine

Trump and Zelensky discuss Patriot interceptor production in Ukraine

Donald Trump received Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Tuesday for a closed meeting of a little over an hour on ending the war with Russia. Zelensky said the two discussed licences that would let Ukraine build its own interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems, and called for the diplomatic process to be reinvigorated. Trump wrote afterwards only that the meeting "went very well", before receiving Benjamin Netanyahu separately.

The GuardianMeduzaLe Monde

Tuesday, 28 July 2026GeopoliticsZelensky visits new UK prime minister before White House talks as US aid timeline stretches to 2029

Zelensky visits new UK prime minister before White House talks as US aid timeline stretches to 2029

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was the first foreign leader received by Britain's new prime minister Andy Burnham, who used the naval base meeting on 27 July to harden his language toward Moscow and to promise Kyiv the rights to a British electronic warfare system. A day later Zelensky is due at the White House, where a US official quoted by CNN says it is time to end the war. In the background, the Trump administration has told Congress that $400m in approved assistance will not be fully delivered before fiscal 2029, while Kazakhstan's president publicly urged Vladimir Putin to freeze the conflict.

RzeczpospolitaPolitikaMeduza

Tuesday, 28 July 2026GeopoliticsNetanyahu in Washington as US presses for Israeli pullbacks in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria

Netanyahu in Washington as US presses for Israeli pullbacks in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria

Israel's prime minister flew to Washington on Monday for a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Tuesday, his first since the war against Iran began on 28 February. Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 reported that he told his cabinet the United States wants Israeli troops withdrawn from Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, and that he intends to refuse. Trump is receiving Volodymyr Zelensky separately the same day, casting himself as a mediator in both wars.

The NationalThe American ConservativeRzeczpospolita

Monday, 27 July 2026GeopoliticsNetanyahu to urge Trump to keep watch on Iran

Netanyahu to urge Trump to keep watch on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to press President Donald Trump to maintain vigilance over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Bloomberg reports. The appeal is expected during Netanyahu's upcoming visit to the White House.

Monday, 27 July 2026GeopoliticsZelensky is Burnham's first foreign guest, ahead of Washington talks

Zelensky is Burnham's first foreign guest, ahead of Washington talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited a British naval base on Monday as the first foreign leader received by new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who took office on 20 July. London announced it would hand Kyiv the intellectual property behind its "Stone Cloak" electronic jammer so Ukraine can produce it at scale. The visit precedes a meeting between Zelensky and US President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, while the Kremlin said it was too early to comment on reported US-Ukrainian talks about an air ceasefire.

The GuardianTASSSouth China Morning Post

Saturday, 25 July 2026GeopoliticsTrump to host Netanyahu and Zelensky at the White House on Tuesday

Trump to host Netanyahu and Zelensky at the White House on Tuesday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, 28 July, according to an announcement by the Israeli leader's office reported by Folha de S.Paulo. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is also expected, placing the Iran war and the war in Ukraine on the same agenda.