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New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says an upcoming NATO summit in Washington is an opportunity for him "to make clear our unshakeable support" for the alliance and to "reiterate" Britain's backing of Ukraine. Speaking after his Labour Party secured a landslide election win, ending 14 years of Conservative rule, Starmer says "the first duty of my government is security and defence." SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says conditions set out by Russian President Vladimir Putin for initiating Ukraine peace talks are "not a proposal made in good faith". Stoltenberg's comment comes during a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels and follows Moscow's proposal that Kyiv pull its troops out of regions claimed by Russia and cease efforts to join NATO in return for peace talks. SOUNDBITE
During a joint presser with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy, US President Joe Biden says that 'Hamas remains the biggest hang-up'. SOUNDBITE
Russia does not have sufficient forces on the ground to make a major breakthrough in Ukraine after launching an offensive in the Kharkhiv region, a top NATO commander says Thursday. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron says Russian President Vladimir Putin made a terrible mistake in pulling out of the deal to protect Black Sea grain exports. "He decided to weaponize food, and I think this is a huge mistake," Macron says. SOUNDBITE
The progress of the Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian troops is "steady", says US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. The progress of this counteroffensive is "steady and it's deliberate," Milley tells reporters after a meeting of Ukraine's allies at the US base in Ramstein, Germany, to coordinate military aid to Kyiv. SOUNDBITE
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