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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet British Prime Minster Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street on Monday.
France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Friederich Merz will join the meeting to discuss the outcome of recent US-led peace negotiations.
Leaders from the so-called Coalition of the Willing have pledged to provide forces to help secure any eventual peace deal.

Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from the Ukrainian capital Kiyv.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has affirmed support for the creation of a Palestinian state, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected such a move, during the German leader’s inaugural visit to the country.
At a joint press conference on Sunday following a meeting in Jerusalem, the two leaders spoke of their respective priorities for Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Merz’s trip is playing out under the shadow of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza – although Merz, leader of one of Israel’s staunchest supporters, does not consider it a genocide.
Merz told the news conference that Germany, one of Israel’s most unwavering allies, wanted a new Middle East that recognised a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.
“Our conviction is that the prospective establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel presumably offers the best prospect for this future,” the German chancellor said.
But he said his government had no intention of recognising a Palestinian state “in the foreseeable future”.
But Netanyahu said that the Israeli public was opposed to any two-state solution, and that the political annexation of the occupied West Bank – a concern raised by Merz and also rejected by the administration of United States President Donald Trump – remained a subject of discussion, although the status quo was expected to remain for the foreseeable future.

Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports from Palestine.

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In Benin, at least 14 people have been arrested after the armed forces thwarted a coup attempt.
The move comes after soldiers appeared on state television announcing the removal of President Patrice Talon, the closure of borders and the suspension of political parties.
Government officials later said the army was regaining control.
Talon, 67, who was first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2021, is due to step down at the end of his second term next year, the maximum allowed by the constitution.

Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports.
Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim is the Deputy Director for the Sahel at the International Crisis group, he Joins us in the studio to discuss the latest developments.

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Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports.
Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim is the Deputy Director for the Sahel at the International Crisis group, he Joins us in the studio to discuss the latest developments.

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Ofer Bronchtein, peace activist and special adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron for Israeli-Palestinian affairs, tells Al Jazeera he has been talking to the Israeli government for a year about France’s diplomatic push for a two-state solution.
He said, in response, the Israeli government has been clear that it does not want a Palestinian state, but has not offered another clear solution.
Despite this, Bronchtein said the French initiative today has succeeded in ensuring that four of the five members of the UN Security Council recognise the Palestinian state.
He added that, among the G7, he soon believes there will be six states recognising the Palestinian state.
Bronchtein said the government represents a minority view from within Israel on the two-state solution, citing a recent poll that showed 65 percent of Israelis would accept a Palestinian state if the Arab countries recognise Israel.
“If there were a Palestinian state … October 7 would not have happened because the name of the game is to have a sovereign country responsible for its people,” he said.

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After nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria is trying to turn the page on its past.
It has been a year since Ahmed al Sharaa's now-defunct armed group walked into Damascus to little resistance.
Bashar al Assad - whose family held power since 1970 - had already fled to Moscow.
Crowds cheered the end of a dictatorship - and political prisoners walked out of the most notorious jails in the country, shocked at their own freedom.
But the optimism of that day has now given way to the realities of transition - sectarian tensions, grinding poverty and demands for justice over atrocities carried out by the regime.

So, can the new government bring real change and unity to Syria? And what can be learned from the steps it has taken so far?

Presenter: Dareen Abughaida

Guests:

Haid Haid - researcher at Chatham House.

Ammar Kahf - Executive Director, Omran Center for Strategic Studies.

Heiko Wimmen - Project Director for Iraq, Syria and Lebanon at the International Crisis Group.

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US diplomacy under President Donald Trump has a bigger chance of success because it focuses on transactional deals that “translate into improvements of people’s lives” instead of “theories about democracy, freedom and human rights”, argues Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

Kagame, who has led Rwanda for more than 30 years, tells host Steve Clemons that he’s “never seen the level of focus, attention, energy and pressure” that the US president brought to the conflict between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, which led to the signing of a tentative deal between the two sides in Washington on December 4.

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Despite vast natural resources, Venezuela's economy is in a fragile state. Now, with the US expanding its military operations, what are the financial implications?

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Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide says the situation in Gaza is “dire” as it is not clear if the war is over or not, as the ceasefire in the enclave is “fragile”.
“We can either move forward or it will go backwards: If we do not move into phase two, we will either see a return to war or descent into anarchy,” he told Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem from the Doha Forum.
“And we don’t want either of those, so we have to move forward,” the top diplomat stressed.
He said that the relevant parties are trying to identify “the concrete steps” to be taken right now to move into the next stage.

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A team of Syrian filmmakers gained rare access to HTS-led armed forces, following them from the moment they departed Idlib all the way to the capital Damascus.

Their exclusive footage offers a unique insight into the military operations that ultimately led to the fall of Bashar al-Assad, 14 years after Syrians first took to the streets demanding an end to his rule.

The filmmakers also captured civilians’ reactions as opposition forces advanced and more cities fell under their control.

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