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Rubio teases details of potential Trump, Putin in-person meeting after Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks stall

Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the timing of a potential face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin regarding a ceasefire deal in Ukraine in an interview that aired Sunday.
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday while returning to Washington, D.C., from Abu Dhabi that no peace in Ukraine would be reached until he met with Putin in person. The president added in a Truth Social post on Saturday that he planned to speak with Putin on the phone on Monday, followed by a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and some NATO leaders.
Meanwhile, Rubio — who attended Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass in Rome on Sunday — said the Vatican has offered to host a direct meeting between Ukraine, Russia and possibly other parties.
«Obviously, the Vatican has made a very generous offer to host anything — by the way, not just a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin, but any meeting, including at a technical level, you know — any meetings that need to be hosted, they’ve expressed a willingness to do so. So it’s a very generous offer that may be taken up on,» Rubio told CBS’ «Face the Nation» in an interview that was recorded on Saturday. «I mean, it would be a site that all parties would feel comfortable. So hopefully we’ll get to that stage where talks are happening on a regular basis, and that the Vatican will have the opportunity to be one of the options.»
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Vice President JD Vance, right, greet each other as Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s formal inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Rubio had a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Saturday after Putin was a no-show to a face-to-face meeting the Russian leader called with Zelenskyy in Turkey last week. Despite Putin’s absence, the Ukrainian and Russian delegations did agree to a prisoner exchange of 1,000 people from each side, though a broader ceasefire or peace deal failed to materialize.
CBS host Margaret Brennan asked Rubio if he spoke with Lavrov about lining up a face-to-face meeting between Trump and Putin.
«Well, we talked about a variety of things,» said Rubio. «I wanted to get his readout on his view of how the talks went yesterday. They were not a complete waste of time. For example, there were 1,000 prisoners that are going to be exchanged, and that, from a humanitarian standpoint, is very positive. He explained to me that they are going to be preparing a document outlining their requirements for a ceasefire that would then lead to broader negotiations.»
Rubio said the Ukrainians will be working on their own proposal coming soon, and he hoped proposals from both sides would be «serious and viable.»
«So we’ll have to wait and see. But he wanted me to know, and he communicated in our call, that their side will be working on a series of ideas and requirements that they would have in order to move forward with a ceasefire and further negotiations,» he said.
Rubio said the U.S. is «testing» whether the Russian are just «tapping» them along, as Trump has suggested could be the case.

From left: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrive for a meeting at the Chigi Palace in Rome on Sunday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
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«On the one hand, we’re trying to achieve peace and end a very bloody, costly and destructive war. So there’s some element of patience that is required. On the other hand, we don’t have time to waste,» Rubio said. «There are a lot of other things happening in the world that we also need to be paying attention to. So we don’t want to be involved in this process of just endless talks — there has to be some progress, some movement forward. And if at the end of this, in the next few days, we get a document produced by both sides, and it shows that both sides are… making concessions and being realistic and rational in their approach, then I think we can feel good about continuing to remain engaged.»
«If, on the other hand, what we see is not very productive, perhaps we’ll have a different assessment. I also agree that, ultimately, one of the things that could help break this logjam — perhaps the only thing that can — is a direct conversation between President Trump and Vladimir Putin. And he’s already openly expressed a desire and a belief that that needs to happen, and hopefully that’ll be worked out soon as well,» he added.
Pressed on whether the in-person talks between Trump and Putin were being planned, Rubio reiterated that the president had already made that offer publicly.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, flanked by Tajani’s wife, Brunella Orecchio, left, and Rubio’s wife, Jeanette Dousdebes, right, meet at Villa Madama in Rome on Saturday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
«The mechanics of setting that kind of meeting up would require a little bit of work, so I can’t say that’s being planned as we speak in terms of picking a site and a date,» Rubio said. «But the president wants to do it. He wants to do it as soon as feasible. I think the Russian side has also expressed a willingness to do it. And so, now it’s just a question of bringing them, bringing everyone together, and figuring out where and when and that meeting will happen and what it will be about.»
Rubio joined Vice President JD Vance in meeting with Zelenskyy at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Rome on Sunday.
Vance and Rubio later met with Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for discussions on trade, the war in Ukraine and NATO spending, according to a spokesperson for the vice president.
«The individual countries within Europe are important allies of the United States. But, of course, we have some disagreements, as friends sometimes do, on issues like trade, and we also have many agreements and many things we can work on together, and I’m looking forward to the conversation,» Vance told reporters at the top of the meeting.
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After the meeting, the vice president’s office released a statement saying that «the leaders discussed their shared goal of ending the bloodshed in Ukraine and provided updates on the current state of negotiations for a ceasefire and lasting peace.»
Fox News’ Meghan Tomes and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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El jefe del Ejército de Israel habló sobre una posible ofensiva total contra Hamas: “Estamos lidiando con asuntos de vida o muerte”

El jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército israelí, Eyal Zamir, aseguró este jueves que la bautizada como operación Carros de Gedeón, la fase de la ofensiva israelí en Gaza que comenzó a mediados de mayo con el objetivo de ampliar el control militar del enclave palestino, está llegando a su fin tras lograr sus objetivos.
Las declaraciones de Zamir llegan en medio de una creciente tensión entre la cúpula militar y el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu por los planes del mandatario para tomar el control total de la Franja de Gaza, una propuesta que el Ejército rechaza categóricamente.
“Hemos cumplido e incluso superado los objetivos de la operación, y continuamos actuando para garantizar la seguridad a largo plazo de las comunidades del sur”, declaró Zamir durante una evaluación de seguridad matutina con la alta dirigencia militar, según comunicó el Ejército israelí.
El alto oficial militar añadió que las fuerzas armadas tienen “la capacidad de crear una nueva realidad de seguridad junto a la frontera, mientras mantenemos la presión sobre el enemigo. No volveremos a limitar nuestras respuestas. Eliminaremos las amenazas en su fase inicial”.

En un mensaje que parece dirigido directamente al gobierno, Zamir también defendió el derecho del Ejército a expresar su opinión profesional, incluso cuando esta difiera de las posiciones políticas. “Una cultura de desacuerdo es una parte inseparable de la historia del pueblo de Israel; es un componente vital de la cultura organizacional de las FDI, tanto interna como externamente”, declaró.
“Seguiremos expresando nuestras posiciones sin miedo, de manera sustancial, independiente y profesional”, agregó el jefe militar, en comentarios que fueron publicados horas antes de una reunión del gabinete de seguridad prevista para esta tarde, donde se discutirán los planes de ocupación de Gaza.
Fuentes en la Oficina del Primer Ministro han sugerido que si Zamir se opone al plan de ocupar Gaza, puede renunciar, según múltiples reportes que indican repetidos choques entre el jefe militar y el gabinete en días recientes.
Las fuerzas armadas israelíes son reacias a operar en lugares donde se encuentran retenidos los rehenes por temor a que los grupo terroristas palestinos en Gaza los ejecuten ante el avance de las tropas, como ya ocurrió a finales de agosto de 2024 con seis cautivos, cuyos cadáveres fueron hallados el 1 de septiembre.
Según la cadena pública israelí Kan, la cúpula militar cree además que ocupar toda Gaza provocará un aumento considerable de las bajas israelíes.
“No estamos lidiando con teoría; estamos lidiando con asuntos de vida o muerte, con la defensa del estado, y lo hacemos mientras miramos directamente a los ojos de nuestros soldados y los ciudadanos del país”, enfatizó Zamir durante la evaluación matutina. “Continuaremos actuando con responsabilidad, integridad y determinación, con solo el bien del estado y su seguridad ante nuestros ojos”.

La resistencia a los planes de Netanyahu no se limita al ámbito militar. El líder de la oposición israelí, Yair Lapid, advirtió este miércoles al primer ministro que la ocupación total de la Franja de Gaza “es una pésima idea”.
Tras reunirse con Netanyahu en Jerusalén, Lapid afirmó que le dijo: “Ocupar Gaza es una pésima idea. La mayoría de la gente no te apoya; al pueblo de Israel no le interesa esta guerra. Pagaremos un alto precio por ello”.
Lapid propuso una alternativa: “En lugar de una ocupación y una anexión de Gaza innecesarias, necesitamos atraer a Egipto a Gaza, para que haya otro gobierno que la gestione en vez de nosotros, y después centrarnos en lo importante, que es eliminar a Hamas”.
A pesar de la oposición militar y política, Netanyahu tiene previsto reunir este jueves por la tarde a su gabinete de seguridad para aprobar sus planes para tomar el control de toda la Franja.
El martes, tras una reunión de tres horas entre Netanyahu y Zamir, la oficina del primer ministro declaró que “las FDI están preparadas para implementar cualquier decisión tomada por el gabinete político y de seguridad”.
Zamir reafirmó el compromiso del Ejército con sus objetivos fundamentales: “Tenemos la intención de derrotar y colapsar a Hamas. Continuaremos actuando con nuestros rehenes en mente, y haremos todo para traerlos a casa”.
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4 key Senate seats Republicans aim to flip in 2026 midterms to expand their majority

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Republican Sen. Tim Scott’s goal in next year’s midterm elections is not only to defend the GOP’s 53-47 margin in the Senate, but to expand the majority.
Scott, the conservative senator from South Carolina, told Fox News Digital soon after taking over late last year as chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) that he aimed to increase the GOP’s control in the chamber to at least 55 seats.
And he’s standing by his goal.
«The bottom line is, I believe that we can defend our current seats while adding at least two more seats to our numbers,» the NRSC chair told Fox News Digital earlier this year.
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Sen. Tim Scott spoke to a South Carolina GOP delegation breakfast on Wednesday (pictured speaking on the RNC stage). (Getty Images)
Senate Republicans enjoyed a favorable map in the 2024 cycle as they flipped four seats from blue to red to win back the majority.
But the party in power—clearly the Republicans right now—traditionally faces political headwinds in the midterm elections. Nevertheless, a current read of the 2026 map indicates the GOP may be able to go on offense in some key states.
In battleground Georgia, which President Donald Trump narrowly carried in last year’s White House race, Republicans view first-term Sen. Jon Ossoff as the most vulnerable Democrat incumbent up for re-election next year.
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They’re also targeting battleground Michigan, where Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is retiring at the end of next year, and swing state New Hampshire, where longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen decided against seeking a fourth six-year term in the Senate.
Also on the NRSC’s target list is blue-leaning Minnesota, where Democratic Sen. Tina Smith isn’t running for re-election.
At the top of their list is Ossoff, who narrowly won election to the Senate in a January 2021 runoff contest.

Republicans view Sen. Jon Ossoff as the most vulnerable Democrat running for re-election in the 2026 midterm elections. (AP)
But Ossoff is off to a very hot fundraising start, and a GOP primary in Georgia between Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter, and former college and professional football coach Derek Dooley, is starting to turn combustible.
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Republicans are also confident they can flip Michigan, another battleground Trump narrowly carried last November.
Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the 2024 GOP Senate nominee who lost last year’s race by a razor-thin margin, has at this point cleared the Republican primary field, thanks in great part to Trump’s endorsement.

Former Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican Senate candidate in Michigan for a second straight election cycle, is interviewed by Fox New Digital in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 2, 2024. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News )
Democrats, meanwhile, have a very competitive primary on their hands. The primary race includes three well-known Democrats: Rep. Haley Stevens, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and former gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who enjoys the backing of progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
With Shaheen, who made history as the first woman in the nation’s history to win election as a governor and a senator, out of the running in New Hampshire, the GOP is hoping to win a Senate election in the Granite State for the first time in 16 years.

Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, seen at a policy event in Concord, N.H. on Oct. 22, 2024, isn’t seeking a fourth term in the Senate when she’s up for re-election in 2026. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
They’re encouraged by the gains Trump made in New Hampshire in last year’s election, as he improved on his showing from four years earlier and came close to carrying the state.
But four-term Rep. Chris Pappas’ announcement in early April that he would run to succeed Shaheen has cleared the Democratic primary field, as of now, of any potential rivals for the party’s Senate nomination.
Meanwhile, a Republican primary in the state—where the GOP hasn’t won a Senate race in 15 years—is heating up between former Sen. Scott Brown and state Sen. Dan Innis, with the possibility of more candidates entering the race.
In Minnesota, the leading candidates in the Democratic primary to succeed Smith are Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig.
Former professional basketball player Royce White, who won the 2024 Senate nomination in Minnesota, and former Navy SEAL Adam Schwarze are currently running in the GOP primary. But another Republican Senate hopeful may soon enter the field.
While Republicans will work to defy political history in next year’s midterms, they point to the Democratic Party’s current brand issues.
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«Democrats have historically low approval ratings because candidates like Jon Ossoff and Chris Pappas keep prioritizing radical policies like men in women’s sports, protecting sanctuary cities for criminal illegal aliens, and raising taxes on working families,» NRSC communications director Joanna Rodriguez argued in a statement to Fox News.
And Rodriguez touted that «Republicans are delivering on policies that keep Americans safe and let families and workers keep more of their hard-earned paychecks. Voters will reward us for it in 2026.»
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Netanyahu’s security cabinet to meet on Gaza war, as some in Israel call to resettle enclave

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene his high-level security cabinet on Thursday to discuss expanding the war against Hamas, including the potential full military occupation of the Gaza Strip.
The prospect comes against the backdrop of the 20th anniversary of Israel’s full disengagement from the enclave, as calls for resettlement — once confined to the political fringes — have entered the mainstream, including within the government, particularly in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre.
Rebuilding Jewish communities in Gaza would be «a historic correction to a national injustice,» Yitzhak Wasserlauf, Israel’s minister for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee, told Fox News Digital.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands on a platform overlooking the Gaza Strip during his first visit to Kibbutz Nir Oz since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas terrorists where a significant number of this community were killed or captured, near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
«Expelling Jews from their homes in their own country was a strategic and moral mistake that led to the rise of an Islamist terrorist regime called Hamas,» he said. «That mistake enabled Hamas to fire relentless rockets and ultimately carry out the October 7 massacre — which included murder, rape, abuse, looting, and, of course, the kidnapping of soldiers and civilians.»
Wasserlauf invoked the bloc of 17 Israeli communities, collectively known as Gush Katif, which was established in Gaza after the 1967 Six-Day War. In August 2005, as part of Israel’s unilateral disengagement, the government forcibly removed approximately 8,600 Jewish residents from the area.
He said reapplying Israeli sovereignty «would send a clear message: whoever strikes us loses the ground beneath his feet. Only in this way can true deterrence be achieved,» Wasserlauf continued. «We need to create facts on the ground. There must be no agreements with terrorists. Settlement in Gaza must, at the very least, be the price that reminds everyone terrorism does not pay.»
From 1948 to 1967, the Gaza Strip was under Egyptian occupation. After Israel captured the territory in the 1967 Six-Day War, it remained under full Israeli control until 1994, when administrative responsibility was transferred to the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords — paving the way for Yasser Arafat’s return from exile in Tunis.

Hamas terrorists emerge from the shadows as they surround Red Cross vehicles. (TPS-IL)
In 2005, Israel evacuated all military personnel and civilian communities from Gaza. Shortly thereafter, Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections and staged a violent coup to overthrow the Palestinian Authority and seize control of the Strip.
A year after Israel unilaterally disengaged from Gaza, evacuating all military personnel and civilian communities, Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections and, shortly thereafter, staged a violent coup to overthrow the Palestinian Authority and seize control of the Strip.
Wasserlauf argued that critics of the disengagement had long warned that any concession of land would only embolden terrorists. These warnings, he said, were ignored, but ultimately proven correct by the events that followed.
He acknowledged that renewed settlement in Gaza would likely trigger political backlash both domestically and abroad. «The countries that support us will stand with us, and those that consistently oppose us will remain against us … I remind you that there were countries that urged us not to strike Iran, despite its race toward nuclear weapons and its explicit goal of destroying Israel.»
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The Israeli settlement of Pa’at Sadeh is seen Dec. 26, 2004 in the southern Gaza Strip.
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi told Fox News Digital that Israel’s core national security doctrine of deterrence is being tested by jihadist groups like Hamas, which operate according to a radically different set of rules.
Avivi, founder and chairman of the Israel Defense and Security Forum, said that Israel’s approach to Gaza may ultimately hinge on U.S. support, especially from President Donald Trump. «If the U.S. president advocates for massive relocation and taking control of Gaza to implement his own vision, it would suggest some kind of basic understanding between the two sides,» Avivi said.
He estimated that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) currently controls about 75% of Gaza, with past decisions largely driven by military considerations. However, he said that the remaining 25% of the territory involves broader strategic decisions, shaped by how Israel and the United States view the future of the area, including Jewish settlement.
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser, told Fox News Digital that resettling Gaza should not be part of Israel’s agenda.

Chief of the General Staff LTG Eyal Zamir conducted a field tour in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip. Zamir spoke with soldiers and was presented with defensive preparations and operational plans. (IDF)
«We have one mission now, and that is to dismantle Hamas,» he said. «We’ll talk about the day after, the day after. To bring back any level of normalcy to Gaza, we need to find partners — and I don’t know who those partners would be if we settle in Gaza.»
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Amidror, a distinguished fellow with the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, said that Israel must in the long-term remain solely responsible for security in Gaza, citing past failures when control was transferred to the Palestinians after the Oslo Accords. He argued that reestablishing settlements could complicate that mission, asserting that security should remain solely in the hands of the IDF.
Religious Zionism lawmaker Simcha Rothman told Fox News Digital that «If we are trying to achieve peace, any agreement or situation in which Jews cannot live in their ancient homeland is not just,» but acknowledged it is not one of Israel’s official war objectives. «While resettling Gaza is the right thing to do, it is not part of the current effort.»
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, former head of IDF Military Intelligence, reiterated that resettling Gaza is not part of the Israeli government’s declared war objectives.
«If Israel needs to reoccupy Gaza militarily, it should be to destroy Hamas and bring back the hostages — not to annex Gaza as part of Israel. There are 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, maybe more,» Yadlin, who is currently president of MIND Israel, told Fox News Digital.

Memorials at the site of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, on Monday, May 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«Israel does not want to rule over them or provide for all their needs. It would cost billions and alter the demographic balance. This idea is being pushed by right-wing elements in the government, and even the prime minister and his party do not support it,» he said.
Daniella Weiss, general director of the Nachala Settlement Movement, told Fox News Digital that the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 attack signals the start of a new era. «I think we should go much further than what existed in 2005. Back then, we were 10,000 people in Gaza. Our movement, Nachala, has proposed a plan for 1.2 million Jews in Gaza,» Weiss said.
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Israelis march from Sderot toward the northern border of Gaza, calling for the re-establishment of settlements in the territory, on July 30, 2025 in Israel. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
She said her organization is already taking tangible steps to begin the process, «We’ve organized six groups of young families—more than 1,000 families—who are willing to move to Gaza now,» she said.
While Weiss expressed regret that the Israeli government has not included Jewish resettlement in its official war objectives, she insisted that in Israel’s democracy, public pressure can influence government policy.
«The basic truth is that the Gaza area is part of the western Negev,» she said. «Historically, it was part of the area of the tribe of Yehuda. To turn your back on that is wrong.»
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