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Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the main issue to be resolved is what territories and concessions Ukraine is prepared to make.
He said he and his French and British counterparts suggested finalizing proposals with President Trump in Europe this weekend.
Trump told reporters he's waiting to hear answers before progressing.
A critical moment is how European leaders describe it.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Germany's foreign minister, Johann Wadipool, dismissed this new White House document, telling reporters in Berlin that Europeans don't need advice on democracy from the Trump administration.
pledges to support what it calls patriotic parties that promote nationalism and fight immigration.
It does not name any such parties, but those are the platforms of far-right parties, including Reform UK and the Alternative for Germany.
which is classified as extremist by German intelligence services.
The White House says it's necessary to support such parties to promote, quote, European greatness and prevent a future where, quote, certain NATO members will become majority non-European.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
A joint statement from Palestinian factions says this U.N.
resolution deprives Palestinians of their right to manage their own affairs and aims to impose, quote, international trusteeship on Gaza with a vision that is biased toward Israel.
Aside from creating an international force, the draft resolution also leaves open the door to Palestinian independence.
But at a government meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he opposes a Palestinian state on any territory.
Wind and rain are hampering efforts to stay warm and dry in places like al-Muwasi, where up to half a million displaced Palestinians are staying, mostly in temporary tents.
A spokesperson for Gaza's civil defense agency, Mahmoud Bassal, says rain has inundated those makeshift shelters.
In a statement, Hamas decried what it called Israel's continued obstruction of humanitarian aid into the Strip.
Israel says it opened a border crossing this week into northern Gaza, where the UN declared a famine last summer.