Trump says progress made in Ukraine talks but ‘thorny issues’ remain

The New Popular Front are on course for victory, despite opinion polls suggesting National Rally would win.

The cabinet minister says reducing the quarantine period from a week would ease staff pressures.

Israel’s military says it has completed its mission in Khan Younis and its troops will rotate out.

Boris Johnson calls for the West’s response to Taliban be an “international effort”.

PM Denys Shmyhal says the city has not fallen to Russian forces because of the determined defence.