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The World in Brief from The Economist
Putin rejects full ceasefire; Israel’s strikes “just the beginning”, and more
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Russia launched missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, hours after Vladimir Putin agreed with Donald Trump to halt attacks on the country’s energy system. Also, Binyamin Netanyahu warned that his country’s latest strikes in Gaza were “just the beginning”.
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