 And it's been a remarkable three and a half years from my perspective. It's been, dare I say, a master class. Gaza ceasefire talks feared to be stirring back to life. Israel sending negotiators after Hamas gave mediators its latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal. Ukraine's army has retreated from a neighborhood in the outskirts of Chassivyar. The strategically important town in the eastern Donetsk region has been reduced to rubble under a months-long Russian assault.