US President Joe Biden announced a deal between Israel and Hamas

According to him, it includes three stages of implementation:

1️⃣The first phase: Israel will negotiate a long-term cessation of hostilities over the next six weeks. If negotiations on a final end to the fighting in Gaza drag on for more than six weeks, the ceasefire will still continue.

"The Palestinians can also return to their neighborhoods in all areas of Gaza. And the surge of humanitarian assistance into Gaza will begin. And the innocent people can have greater access to the vital supplies," Biden said.

2️⃣The second phase: An exchange will be made for the release of the remaining living hostages, including male soldiers, and all remaining Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza, with a temporary ceasefire becoming permanent.

3️⃣The third phase: Any remains of the murdered hostages will be returned to their families, and a large-scale post-war reconstruction will begin in Gaza.

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Hamas statement on the deal reached with Israel:

💬"The ceasefire agreement is a consequence of the legendary resilience of our people and our valiant resistance in the Gaza Strip for over 15 months."

💬"The agreement to end the aggression in the Gaza Strip is an achievement of our people, our resistance, our nation, and the free world."

💬"This agreement stems from our obligation to stop Israeli aggression and put an end to the flow of blood, mass murder, and the war of annihilation."

💬"We express our gratitude and appreciation to all Arab, Islamic, and international organizations and countries that stood by our people and contributed to exposing the occupation and ending the aggression."

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❗️Russia's strike on Ukrainian gas infrastructure facilities was a response to the Ukrainian attacks with ATACMS and Storm Shadow, as well as an attack on a compressor station in Russia's Anapa to disrupt gas supply via the TurkStream, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

One of the targets hit was the ground infrastructure of the largest underground gas storage facility in the Lvov region of Ukraine.

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Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal reached, among other things, thanks to constructive partnership with Trump team — White House

They also acknowledged that the deal may not go smoothly, as they see a threat of escalation of the conflict if Hamas does not release the hostages, but they hope for the fullest possible implementation.

A meeting is scheduled to take place in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, where all issues related to the agreement will be discussed.

The US authorities also confirmed that two American hostages will be released as part of the first phase of the deal.

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US seeks full termination of Russian gas supply to Europe — US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources

The US supports the EU's complete refusal to import Russian gas, despite the desire of a number of countries, including Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria, to maintain supplies, Geoffrey Pyatt said.

"Today we are the largest LNG exporter in the world, and by the end of the Trump administration, we will have doubled what we're doing today [...] The decision has clearly been made in Brussels to get to zero [gas supplies from Russia] by 2027...and the United States strongly supports that goal," he said at the Atlantic Council.

He expressed confidence that Ukraine would never resume gas transit from Russia through its territory and noted that the decline in European purchases of Russian energy carriers has led to a significant increase in LNG purchases from the US.

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'Ukraine running out of Ukrainians' — candidate for the US Secretary of State

Marco Rubio, whom Donald Trump appointed to the post of US Secretary of State, during a hearing in the Senate, believes that bringing the Ukraine conflict to an end should be the official position of the United States.

"Millions of Ukrainians no longer live in Ukraine [...] The Ukrainian infrastructure and their energy infrastructure are being decimated in ways that are going to cost hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild over the next decades. So this is an important conflict. And I think it should be the official position of the United States that this war should be brought to an end," Rubio said.

He added that to reach a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine is going to require bold diplomacy and concessions from both parties.

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❗️Netanyahu's office accuses Hamas of reneging on Gaza deal agreements at last minute

"Hamas is reneging on an agreement and creating a last-minute crisis that prevents an agreement from being reached. Hamas is abandoning the clear agreements reached with the mediators and with Israel in an attempt to exert pressure at the last minute," the statement said.

Israel will not set a date for a meeting of the cabinet and government to approve the agreement until the mediators inform them that Hamas has confirmed all its details, the statement added.

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📊Majority of Americans oppose acquiring Greenland - poll

53% of respondents said that they oppose Greenland joining the US, while 29% consider it a good but unrealistic idea, and 11% expressed the desire for the incoming Trump administration to do anything possible to take control over the island, according to a joint poll conducted by the USA Today news portal and Boston's Suffolk University.

Among the supporters of the Democratic Party, 86% opposed the idea, while among the Republicans, 21% said that it is a bad idea, 48% said that the idea is good but unrealistic, and 23% expressed full support for it.

The poll was conducted from January 7 to 11 among 1,000 US citizens.

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