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Sky News US contributor Michael Ware says there will be a whole raft of important things that come up when Presidents Biden and Putin meet next month in Switzerland. “There’s an entire laundry list of issues that will be on the agenda,” Mr Ware told Sky News. “From climate change to Russian military build up to Ukraine to the cyber-attacks on the US infrastructure to the imprisonment of the Russian opposition leader. “So there’s a whole raft of things that are going to come up.” The Geneva visit is scheduled for June 16 which comes after the US president's visit to the U...

'Bitter political brawl' erupts over Capitol Hill Commission24/05/2021|4min Sky News contributor Michael Ware says a “bitter political brawl” has emerged in Washington over a proposal for a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol Hill riots. It comes after the US House of Representatives voted last week to create an independent commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol Hill riots. Mr Ware told Sky News the Republican House and Senate leaders turned on the commission after it was announced last Friday. “Politically this is a real minefield because one of the concerns is th...

Israel will keep attacking 'until they secure the quiet'20/05/2021|7min US President Joe Biden has told the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he is expecting a ceasefire in Gaza but Mr Netanyahu has said he will proceed “until they secure the quiet”, according to Sky News contributor Michael Ware. “Prime Minister Netanyahu domestically can’t be seen to be caving into the Americans, he has to maintain his role as a staunch defender of Israel,” he told Sky News. “The prime minister did say that he thanks the American president of his support of the defence of Israel, but I...

Israel will not stop firing 'until Hamas is gun shy'19/05/2021|8min The Israeli Defence Force is “touting its success” at destroying many kilometres of tunnels under Gaza but the conflict will not be over until Israel deems Hamas unable to retaliate, according to Sky News contributor Michael Ware. “What started out years ago as smuggling tunnels under the border and then extended into terror tunnels into Israel has now been in the last seven years into what the Israeli security forces call a metro or a mini city,” he told Sky News. Mr Ware said it was possible Hamas could be manufac...

UN 'has no real powers' in Israel, Hamas conflict17/05/2021|4min Sky News US contributor Michael Ware says the United Nations Security Council has no real powers over the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The UN Security Council earlier called for an immediate ceasefire however Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned it would take time before the fighting ends. “The American ambassador to the UN says right now a strong statement of condemnation could actually backfire,” Mr Ware told Sky News. “She says the Biden administration is working tirelessly behind the scenes along dipl...