Vladimir Putin started it. Joe Biden didn’t stop it. But, no matter his efforts to the contrary, this is the week in which Russia’s invasion of Ukraine becomes US President Donald Trump’s war.

The Israeli prime minister is said to be looking at fully occupying the strip including areas where Israeli hostages are held

The Washington Post reports U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff told the families of Israeli hostages in Gaza that there is a plan to bring the hostages home and end the war. MSNBC foreign affairs analyst and former Special Assistant to President Obama Dennis Ross joins Erielle Reshef to discuss this news and explain why President Trump himself may hold the key to negotiating the end of the war.

Israeli media are reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu has decided on full occupation of Gaza

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that he had had a "productive" conversation with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump that covered ending the war, sanctions on Russia and the finalisation of a U.

President Donald Trump‘s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is expected to travel to Russia this week for one last face-to-face meeting before the president’s shortened 10-day window for a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war expires.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, may travel to Russia on Aug. 6 or 7 — just days before a deadline for Moscow to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or face secondary tariffs targeting its oil exports.