Wednesday Briefing: Hamas will skip upcoming talks
Good morning. We’re covering dimming hopes for Gaza cease-fire talks and a report from Russian territory captured by Ukraine. Plus, romantasy heartthrobs.
Hamas won’t attend upcoming cease-fire talksInternational mediators are heading to the Middle East for a high-stakes round of cease-fire negotiations scheduled for tomorrow. But Hamas will not take part in the talks because its leaders do not think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has been negotiating in good faith, an official for the group said. “Netanyahu is not interested in reaching an agreement that ends the aggression completely,” said Ahmad Abdul Hadi, who accused Netanyahu of wanting to prolong and even expand the war. Hamas’s decision did not appear to bode well for a breakthrough, but it did not mean the group had completely left the bargaining table. Netanyahu rejected accusations that he is stonewalling and has consistently blamed the deadlock on Hamas. He said Israel will send delegates to the talks anyway. But Netanyahu has been less flexible in recent discussions, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times. In July, he privately added new, less flexible conditions to Israel’s cease-fire demands than those put forth in May. His own negotiators fear these stipulations created extra obstacles to a deal.
On the ground after Ukraine’s incursionOur Kyiv bureau chief, Andrew Kramer, and photographer David Guttenfelder visited a border crossing point in the Kursk region of Russia, one of the areas that Ukrainian forces invaded last week. The offensive is now heading into a second week, a remarkable turn in the war. The now-obliterated border post, despite a few sandbagged gun emplacements, had clearly been unprepared for the tank and artillery assault. Ukrainian armored vehicles rumbled by and the flow of men and weaponry carried on, days after Russian officials declared that the attack had been rebuffed. Read more about what the journalists saw. Andrew also spoke to Ukrainians living in villages near the border with Russia and described “a sense of some payback.” He told The Headlines: “One Ukrainian woman who been evacuated from a border village was saying that it was time now for the Russians to feel what war is like.” Context: Planned in secrecy, the incursion was a bold move to upend the war’s dynamics and put Moscow on the defensive. But the gambit could also leave Ukraine exposed. 🇺🇸 U.S. ELECTION 2024 The presidential election is less than 90 days away. This is what we’re watching.
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The young student protesters who led an uprising against Bangladesh’s leader, Sheikh Hasina, are now cabinet ministers and traffic cops. They were surprised by what they achieved, and now it’s up to them to try to protect the spaces that have fallen into their hands, restore order and chart the future of the nation. Lives lived: Rachael Lillis, who voiced the characters of Misty and Jessie in the 1990s “Pokémon” anime television series, died at 55.
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Some readers swoon for a 481-year age differenceDisappointed by swipe culture and, perhaps, reality, some readers pine for the much older male characters (seriously, think ancient) of romantasy novels, a subgenre that combines fantasy and romance. The novels have garnered a huge fan base, and many of the male love interests are vampires, faeries, gods or angels. They can be centuries old internally, but externally, they’re always young-presenting and, well, hot. But among fans, there has been a recurring point of debate: Is it acceptable for a 19-year-old to date a 500-year-old? Some say it’s not only acceptable — it’s also aspirational.
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