Israel Breaks cease Fire, Russia and Trump Call and The Courts

Israeli military says campaign will expand. March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

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By Kate Turton

Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza, killing more than 400 people, Palestinian health authorities said, threatening the complete collapse of a two-month ceasefire as Israel vowed to use more force to free hostages held by Hamas. Follow live.
Lebanon's Defence Minister Michel Menassa and his Syrian counterpart Murhaf Abu Qasra agreed on a ceasefire, the Lebanese and Syrian defence ministries said, as cross-border clashes in the last two days left 10 dead.

US President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an attempt to convince his counterpart to accept a ceasefire in Russia's war with Ukraine and move toward a more permanent end to the three-year conflict.
The Zaporizhzhia power plant is likely to feature prominently in today's phone call. Listen to Christian Lowe on the Reuters World News podcast as he weighs in on the significance of Europe's largest nuclear power plant.

The Trump administration has likely exceeded its authority in invoking rarely applied laws to justify parts of its wide-ranging immigration crackdown, legal experts said.
Trump plans to release about 80,000 pages of material related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, seeking to honor his campaign promise to provide more transparency about the shock event in Texas.
Bill Gates is personally lobbying Trump administration officials to keep funding health programs worldwide, from childhood vaccination to HIV treatment, and warning that his foundation cannot step in to fill gaps, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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