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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) meeting the US President Donald Trump in Saint Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on April 26.
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Trump officials push peace deal after Vatican meeting
Top officials in US President Donald Trump’s administration on April 27 pressed Russia and Ukraine to make headway on a peace deal following a one-on-one meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican a day earlier.
“It needs to happen soon,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC’s Meet The Press.
“We cannot continue to dedicate time and resources to this effort if it’s not going to come to fruition.”
Mr Rubio said the US would consider in the coming week whether to continue mediating talks “or if it’s time to sort of focus on some other issues.”
Last day of Canada election campaign jolted by attack
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Canadian leaders made their final push for votes April 27, one day before an election dominated by US President Donald Trump’s policies, but rattled in the campaign’s final hours by a deadly car-ramming attack in Vancouver.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberal Party leader, is favoured to beat Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the April 28 vote, but polls show the race has tightened in recent days.
The prime minister briefly paused his campaign schedule on April 27 to address the nation after a driver ploughed into a crowd at a Filipino street festival in the west coast city, killing 11 people.
Netanyahu says Iran’s entire nuclear programme must go
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 27 repeated calls for Iran’s entire nuclear infrastructure to be dismantled, as Washington and Tehran engage in talks for a nuclear accord.
The United States and Iran have so far held three rounds of indirect talks, mediated by Gulf state Oman, aimed at sealing a deal that would block Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but also lift crippling economic sanctions imposed by Washington.
After talks in Rome earlier this month, Oman said that the US and Iran were pursuing an accord that would see Tehran “completely free” of nuclear weapons and sanctions but “maintaining its ability to develop peaceful nuclear energy.”
Toll from Iran port blast hits 40 as fire blazes
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Iran’s president visited the scene of a massive port blast that killed at least 40 people and injured more than 1,000, as a fire still blazed on April 27 more than 24 hours after the explosion.
The blast occurred on April 26 at Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran, near the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of world oil output passes.
With choking smoke and air pollution spreading throughout the area, all schools and offices in Bandar Abbas, the nearby capital of Hormozgan province, were ordered closed to allow authorities to focus on the emergency effort, state television said.
Liverpool win their 20th league title
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Liverpool drew level with Manchester United on 20 top-flight titles after a 5-1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur saw them win the English Premier League and become the joint-most successful club in English football history.
The Reds had needed just a draw to seal their second Premier League crown in six seasons in Arne Slot’s first season in charge, but they confirmed the triumph in style to prompt an almighty celebration in half of Merseyside with four games to spare.
Slot told Sky Sports: “It was clear we couldn’t lose this game. Everyone on the bus said there’s no way we’re going to lose this game. They always find a way to win.
