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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says proposals being negotiated with U.S. officials for a peace deal to end his country’s nearly four-year war with Russia could be finalized within days, after which American envoys will present them to the Kremlin before further possible meetings in the United States next weekend.

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Britain sanctioned senior commanders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Friday, over what it said were their links to mass killings, systematic sexual violence and deliberate attacks on civilians in the African country.

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Amidst a national housing crisis, Spain's leftist government on Monday levied a fine exceeding 64 million euros ($75 million) against Airbnb for publishing listings of prohibited rental properties. The consumer affairs ministry confirmed the finality of the fine, ordering the US holiday-rental platform to "correct the violations by deleting illegal content" to comply with regulations.

The fine is equivalent to six times the illegal profit made by Airbnb between the time the company was warned about the offending adverts and before they were taken down, the ministry added.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has again ruled out surrendering any territory to Russia, insisting that Kyiv cannot "give away precisely what we are fighting to protect," even as American negotiators push a revised framework aimed at ending the nearly four-year conflict. Speaking to reporters after a series of high-level meetings with European leaders, Zelensky said the latest U.S. draft is an improvement but still contains unresolved issues that Ukraine "cannot simply sign off on for the sake of speed."

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Social media platform X has blocked the European Commission from running advertisements on its site, a move that follows the Commission's recent decision to fine Elon Musk's company €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges. Nikita Bier, a senior figure at X, accused the EU regulator of attempting to "take advantage" of "an exploit" in X's advertising system to promote its post about the fine on Friday.

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Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday that Moscow has not seen revised US proposals made after the most recent talks with Ukraine, but that it may not like parts of them.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday Kyiv had agreed on key points of a post-war reconstruction plan in talks with US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and other top officials.

Zelensky said work on an “economic document” was proceeding and that Ukraine was “fully aligned with the American side.”