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Ukraine's Zelensky heads to Washington in a bid to win U.S. support.

Plus, as mediators work to salvage in expiring Gaza ceasefire, Hamas's military wing prepares for a new fight.

Orders were given to abandon cell phones.

A bunch of Hamas fighters that are going inside Gaza to try to search for spies.

So they definitely do think that there is a nice chance of the war will restart again.

And markets and Trump's team struggled to keep up with a flurry of tariff activity from the president.

It's Friday, February 28th.

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

and here is the AM edition of Watts News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is set to meet with President Trump at the White House this morning.

Zelensky is hoping to finalize a mineral rights deal and then appeal to Trump for security

guarantees, though it's unclear whether those guarantees are forthcoming.

A senior Trump administration official said yesterday the U.S. would not put boots on the

ground in Ukraine, though they suggested some form of indirect support

might be open for discussion so long as U.S. troops weren't in harm's way. A joint press

conference between Trump and Zelensky is set for 1 p.m. Eastern at the conclusion of bilateral

meetings. Meanwhile, it is shaping up to be a key weekend in Middle East diplomacy as the first phase of a current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is set to expire tomorrow.

The U.S., a key mediator in the talks, has said it's committed to reaching a second phase which would see the war formally end, but would need more time to do so.

So how likely is that and how are the parties

to the war viewing things? Summer Saeed is a journal Senior Middle East correspondent. Summer,

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