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Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli negotiators would travel to Egypt on Monday to begin

Gaza ceasefire talks.

Earlier Marco Rubio, America's Secretary of State, said the war has not yet ended,

and that freeing hostages held by Hamas is only the initial step of Donald Trump's

peace plan. Meanwhile, Israel struck targets across Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 19 people,

local officials said. Mr. Trump authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Illinois.

The White House blamed ongoing violent riots and lawlessness for the decision.

J.B. Pritzker, the state's Democratic governor, described the move as absolutely outrageous.

In Portland, Oregon, a federal judge temporarily blocked a similar order to deploy troops to the

city, ruling that the president's rationale was simply untethered to the facts.

Russia launched a large missile and drone assault on Ukraine,

killing at least five people and damaging power and industrial sites across several regions,

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