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Volodymyr Zelensky visited Donald Trump at the White House on Friday – and did not receive confirmation of the delivery of Tomahawk cruise missiles previously signalled by the US. The US President had agreed to a US-Russia summit in Budapest in a phone conversation with Putin on Thursday. Media discuss what Trump's latest U-turn means.

Israel and Hamas are accusing each other of violating the ceasefire which began on October 10. Both sides have reported attacks and deaths. The Israeli military announced on Sunday evening that it would cease its strikes but warned that there would be a vigorous response to further violations. While some commentators are pessimistic, others see a silver lining to the weekend's fighting.

Northern Cyprus is poised for a change of government: in presidential elections on Sunday, Tufan Erhürman, an opposition politician belonging to the social democratic Republican Turkish Party (CTP), won a clear victory against the current president of the unrecognised republic, Ersin Tatar, who is close to Turkish President Erdoğan. Erhürman wants a rapprochement with the EU and a resumption of negotiations over the Cyprus issue.