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Ukraine war live: Trump envoy Steve Witkoff set to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow amid US push for peace deal

Talks come after Witkoff led US discussions with Ukraine at weekend amid European concerns that Kyiv will be pressured to make concessions to Moscow

Who is Steve Witkoff? The American property developer turned loyal envoy to the US president has had a friendship with Donald Trump dating back to a late-night encounter in a New York deli.

Now Witkoff is key to Trump’s efforts to secure a deal to end the war in Ukraine – and earlier helped broker the ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war.

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© Photograph: Gavriil Grigorov/AP

© Photograph: Gavriil Grigorov/AP

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Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?

He was a Latin American president accused of colluding with some of the region’s most ruthless narco bosses to flood the United States with cocaine.

“[Let’s] stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos,” the double-dealing politician once allegedly bragged as he lined his pockets with millions of dollars in bribes and turned his country into what many called a narco-state.

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© Composite: AP, Retuers

© Composite: AP, Retuers

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Putin to Meet With Trump’s Envoy as U.S. Pushes for Ukraine Deal

In Moscow, Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, is expected to present President Vladimir V. Putin with a revised proposal to end the war in Ukraine.

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Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, speaking to reporters outside the White House in February. He is scheduled to be in Moscow on Tuesday.
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After Trump’s M.R.I. Claim, His Doctor’s Memo Offers Little Clarity

While the president said he had a M.R.I. exam, a physician’s memo released by the White House was less specific.

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The statement, by Dr. Sean P. Barbabella, said the tests on President Trump’s cardiovascular system and abdominal region showed the president “remains in excellent overall health.”
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As Trump Deepens Immigration Crackdown, Exceptions Disappear for Afghans and Others

President Trump’s latest changes to the immigration system affect communities that traditionally have been considered special cases.

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Last week, the Trump administration announced it would stop issuing visas to people from Afghanistan and review all Afghans allowed into the United States during the Biden administration.
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Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York

The firings, part of a nationwide effort, felt “like a Monday afternoon massacre,” said one judge who lost her job last month.

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Federal agents have been arresting immigrants after court hearings in Manhattan.
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Hegseth Ordered Lethal Boat Strike but Not the Killing of Survivors, Officials Say

Amid talk of war crimes, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing intensifying scrutiny.

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The suggestion that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or his officials targeted shipwrecked survivors has been galvanizing because that would apparently be a war crime even if one accepts Trump officials’ broader argument for the strike campaign.
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