Breakfast News Recap: Ukraine talks widen as Gulf tensions rise and Microsoft outage drags on
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin after earlier talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, as European leaders moved closer to a shared position on how Europe should be represented in any future Russia Ukraine peace talks. The Dublin discussions also brought Italy's Giorgia Meloni and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham together on defence, Ukraine and migration. 🔗 🔗 🔗Across the Gulf, Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it struck a US early warning radar site in Bahrain, while Saudi Arabia said it intercepted suspected Houthi drones over the Riyadh region and the Eastern Province after... [Continue Reading]
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