Here are the latest news headlines from this morning that reached our news desk. The times given are Jerusalem time (GMT +3)

8:00 AM - Trump: Zelensky can end war, Ukraine will not be part of NATO
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social account that "President Zelensky can end the war with Russia almost immediately if he wants to — or he can continue to fight. Remember how it started. The Crimean Peninsula cannot be returned and Ukraine cannot join NATO. There are things that don't change."

8:15 AM - Zelensky responds to Trump: Russia must end the war it started
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's comments, which placed responsibility for ending the war on Zelensky himself. In a post on his Telegram account, Zelensky wrote: "We all equally want to end the war quickly and credibly. Peace must be sustainable and not like it was years ago when Ukraine was forced to give up Crimea. Putin used that as a springboard for a new attack. Russia must end the war it started itself."