The phone call comes after US special envoys travelled to Russia and Ukraine to discuss 'a proposal to end the war'.

President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner arrived in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday.

The Trump administration had let the peace process enter such a freeze that a trip to Kyiv was just an initial step. Any new talks will happen alongside escalating fighting.

US President Donald Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are planning to visit Moscow and Kyiv in the coming days to press for a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a US official told CNN Friday.

America and Iran escalated attacks on shipping. America said it had struck three oil tankers, disabling two and destroying another, which it claimed were part of Iran’s “shadow network” funding its armed forces.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin and headed to Kyiv as part of Trump’s new efforts to broker agreement.

MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in a phone call that he wanted a swift end to the war in Ukraine, something that would allow U.S.

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, hailed it as “the beginning of a new era”. A volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused the closure of five airports, including the main international hub in Jakarta.