Beril Canakci
08 September 2025•Update: 08 September 2025
ISTANBUL
Here’s a rundown of all the news you need to start your Monday, including US President Donald Trump suggesting that Israel has accepted a ceasefire deal while warning Hamas of consequences if it rejects the offer; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying last month’s Trump-Putin summit gave the Russian leader “what he wanted,” and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba deciding to step down following his ruling coalition's loss in upper house elections.
TOP STORIES
- Trump suggests Israel has accepted ceasefire deal, warns Hamas of consequences if it rejects offer
US President Donald Trump said Israel has accepted his ceasefire terms while also issuing a warning to the Palestinian group Hamas to do the same.
"Everyone wants the Hostages HOME. Everyone wants this War to end!" Trump wrote on the US social media company Truth Social’s platform, which he owns.
"The Israelis have accepted my Terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well," he added.
He threatened consequences if Hamas rejects the offer, stating: "I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning, there will not be another one!"
- Trump, Putin meeting gave Russian leader 'what he wanted’: Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized US President Donald Trump's Alaska summit last month with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that it handed the Russian leader "what he wanted."
"I think that President Trump gave Putin what he wanted," Zelenskyy said in an ABC television interview which aired Sunday.
“He had -- he wanted, you know, he wanted very much to meet with President Trump."
He expressed disappointment at being excluded from the Aug. 15 meeting, adding: "Putin doesn't want to meet with me, but he wants very much to meet with the president of the United States, to show everybody video and images that he is there."
- Japanese Premier Ishiba decides to step down following election defeat: State media
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba decided to step down following his ruling coalition's loss in upper house elections, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Ishiba has faced criticism from within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) following the coalition’s defeat in the elections on July 20.
On Tuesday, during a joint plenary meeting of lawmakers from both houses of parliament, Ishiba apologized for the election results.
NEWS IN BRIEF
- US President Donald Trump said he is prepared to implement a new phase of tougher sanctions on Russia, speaking in the wake of overnight Russian attacks that killed four people and injured dozens in Ukraine.
- Israeli warplanes struck another high-rise residential building in western Gaza City as the army pressed ahead with a plan to occupy the city.
- A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Sindirgi district of western Balikesir province at 12.35 pm (0935GMT), according to Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).
- Norway is headed to the polls on Monday to elect all 169 members of the Storting, the supreme legislature, as well as representatives to the Sami Parliament, in what is expected to be a closely fought election.
- The UN’s humanitarian chief warned that time is running out to prevent famine from spreading beyond northern Gaza, with only weeks left to avert mass starvation in central and southern areas.
- Syria’s Interior Ministry dismissed reports circulating online that Christians in the western town of Qusayr in Homs province were being singled out in a wave of arrests and forced displacement.
- Ships taking part in the Global Freedom Flotilla began arriving in Tunisia as part of an international effort to deliver aid to Gaza and defy Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory.
- The Los Angeles Holocaust Museum caved in to pressure by scrubbing a social media post that extended the "Never Again" pledge beyond Jewish suffering, bowing to a backlash over drawing parallels to Israel's actions against Palestinians.
- M23 rebels recaptured the town of Shoa in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province after clashes with pro-government forces, residents said.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Japan’s tariff negotiator denies Trump’s ‘complete discretion’ over Tokyo’s $550B investment in US
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator denied that US President Donald Trump will have “complete discretion” over how Japan’s $550 billion in investments and loans are allocated to the US under the two countries’ tariff deal, Jiji Press reported.
After returning from the US, Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa told reporters at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport that Trump will pick from projects proposed by a US investment committee based on discussions with a Japan-US consultation committee.
- China launches remote sensing satellites
China launched a new group of remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
The Yaogan-40 03 group of satellites lifted off at 12.34 am aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered designated orbits.
