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News Wrap: White House says Melania Trump brokered localized ceasefire deal in Oleshky

PBS NewsHour23 October 2026, 22:50 UTCUkraine

In our news wrap Friday, the White House says Melania Trump brokered a localized ceasefire deal in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky, Romania's president blamed Russia for a drone strike that sank a cargo ship in the Black Sea and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the army there to prepare for a full closure of the occupied West Bank.

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