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Our top stories, Donald Trump told Fox News that America could provide Ukraine with air support in a post-war security guarantee, but ruled out sending soldiers to Ukraine.

European countries would play the main role in Ukraine's defense, according to Mr. Trump.

He also claimed to have, quote, sort of, set up a summit with Mr. Zelensky, Ukraine's president,

and Vladimir Putin, Russia's president.

The tech-heavy NASDAQ index sagged by 1.5% with the share prices of Palantir, a data-analyst

outfit, falling by 9% and in Vidia, a chipmaker, by over 3%. Meanwhile, the share price of Intel, another chipmaker, rose slightly after softbank,

a Japanese tech giant, said it would invest $2 billion, and the White House confirmed it was

in talks to take a 10% stake.

Hamas reportedly agreed to a 60-day ceasefire deal with Israel that includes the release of

around half the hostages held by the militant group. Israel has yet to respond to the proposal,

which was put forward by Egypt and Qatar. Last week, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister,

said his country would only accept a deal if all the hostages are released in one go.

Air Canada will begin resuming service after reaching a tentative deal with flight attendants,

ending a three-day strike that affected some 500,000 customers.

The Flight Attendance Union said Air Canada will initially pay its members half the normal hourly

rate during boarding, which was previously unpaid time.

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