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The message was conveyed during an unreported meeting between a US State Department team and the Syrian Communications Minister, Abdulsalam Haykal, in San Francisco.

Four others aboard were killed on Wednesday when Cuban forces returned fire on the Florida-registered speedboat off the northern coast of Cuba, Cuba's Interior Ministry said.

"I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes, or offices. I have nothing to add to that," Clinton said in a statement.

In recent weeks, Germany, France, Italy, and others have called for Albanese to step down over her criticism of Israel. Albanese, an Italian lawyer, said the remarks were taken out of context.

Dr. Lynette Nusbacher, an American military historian, told The Telegraph that she deemed it “plausible” that Iranian-backed groups, including Hezbollah, are behind the construction of the tunnels.

Commissioner for Culture and Media, Wolfram Weimer, was reportedly planning to sack festival director Tricia Tuttle.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched 420 drones and 39 missiles in another night of attacks on energy and other critical infrastructure.

Russia's development of the 9M729 prompted the US to quit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 2019, then a cornerstone of nuclear arms control.

Iraq took in around 6,000 male ISIS members over the last month as US Central Command transferred them from Syria to Iraq.

This diplomatic meeting is seen as a pivotal moment for both nations and a last chance to avoid a military confrontation.