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| Hello. A US plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine has been widely leaked. Digital Europe editor Paul Kirby summarises its key points, while Russia editor Steve Rosenberg looks at the Kremlin's reaction. Also, we report on new findings about the earthquake swarm near Santorini. Our news quiz tests your memory of the week's events and, finally, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honours the late Chadwick Boseman. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Putin backs US plan as 'basis' for deal |
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|  | Putin described the plan as a "modernised" version of the proposal discussed with Trump at the Alaska summit. Credit: Getty Images | A US proposal to end the war with Russia has been widely leaked and interpreted as favouring Moscow's peace terms - here is what we know so far. In an address to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned his country may face a choice between losing its dignity or its key partner - the US. Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed the plan, saying that it can "form the basis of final peace settlement" in Ukraine. After nearly four years of war, Russia's army has suffered huge losses and its economy is faltering, writes Steve Rosenberg. But, he notes, parts of the proposal haven't gone down well in Russia. |
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| Left in limbo amid Israeli demolitions |  | Israeli forces continue to be deployed inside Nur Shams, Tulkarm and Jenin camps. | In late January, Israel launched "Operation Iron Wall" in three refugee camps in the northern West Bank. Ten months on, at least 32,000 residents displaced from the camps still don't know when they will be allowed to return to their homes. |
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| | In a café in Tulkarm, 54-year-old Nehaya al-Jundi speaks to the BBC about her family's panicked flight, as Israeli troops stormed into the Nur Shams camp in early February. For two days Nehaya watched and listened in terror as military bulldozers razed the area around her house.
"We were besieged inside our house and couldn't leave," she recalls, describing how power, water and internet connections were all severed. Eventually, on 9 February, Nehaya escaped with her 75-year-old husband, Zaydan, and their teenage daughter Salma. "When we got out, I was shocked by the damage in the area," she says. |
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PICK OF THE WEEK | What caused Santorini 'earthquake swarm' |
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|  | The seismic activity started to stir beneath the Greek islands of Santorini, Amorgos, and Anafi in January 2025. Credit: Getty Images | Scientists have created a detailed model of what drove a months-long seismic swarm around the Greek island of Santorini earlier this year. They discovered that the activity was driven by horizontal movement of magma through a 30km channel beneath the seafloor between the islands of Santorini and Anydros. Science correspondent Victoria Gill explores the findings. |
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