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Aid convoys are trickling into Gaza through the Rafah crossing amid mounting claims of Israeli obstruction, with drivers reporting repeated rejections over minor issues. The slow deliveries are deepening the humanitarian crisis and leaving displaced residents to endure the summer heat, as the death toll rises and calls for an immediate ceasefire grow louder.

Donald Trump has warned of ‘severe consequences’ if Vladimir Putin blocks peace in Ukraine, while also suggesting Friday’s Alaska meeting could be followed by a second summit that includes Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But there are already signs the Russian leader’s not in the mood for compromise and President Zelenskyy has warned Putin is ‘bluffing’. European leaders, who had feared the American President could sell out Ukraine, now say they’re confident he will push for a ceasefire.

Ahead of the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, a Chatham House analyst is saying Ukraine will not accept any deal imposed without its participation. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss a possible deal to end the war in Ukraine when they meet on Friday. Jaroslava Barbieri, Research Fellow at the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House, points out that Trump has said any peace deal would involve "some swapping of territories to the betterment of both" Russia and Ukraine, prompting consternation in Kyiv and European capitals as virtually all the territory in question is Ukrainian.