BEIJING (Reuters) -China welcomes and supports efforts by Pakistan and India to handle their differences through dialogue and to achieve a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ramped up his criticism of Israel and repeated his call for a ceasefire in Gaza

The president announced that “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.”

The Gaza ceasefire negotiations in Doha in recent weeks have not led anywhere because of "fundamental differences between parties", Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Tuesday at an economic forum held in Doha.

President Trump also spoke with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in hopes of making progress toward a ceasefire.

Bianna Golodryga speaks to Ronen Bergman, staff writer at the New York Times Magazine, about the Israeli military’s new campaign in Gaza.

Putin said efforts to end the war were "generally on the right track" and that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a potential peace deal.

Germany is working with allies on a new package of sanctions aimed at pressuring Russia to agree to a ceasefire in its war with Ukraine.