内容摘要：Fletcher said he’s not convinced from his meetings “that there is the will to find a way to ensure this complies with basic humanitarian law.” ___ Associated Press writer Matthew Lee in Antalya, Turkey, and Edith Lederer contributed to this report.

Fletcher said he’s not convinced from his meetings “that there is the will to find a way to ensure this complies with basic humanitarian law.” ___ Associated Press writer Matthew Lee in Antalya, Turkey, and Edith Lederer contributed to this report.

Eric Larchevêque, another crypto entrepreneur whose associate and his wife were taken hostage for ransom in January and who attended the meeting on Friday, said: “All entrepreneurs and the image of France are threatened.”In a statement, Retailleau expressed “my determination to put a stop to these unbearable attacks.”

The latest kidnap drama came at an inopportune time for the minister who oversees France’s security services, because his hardline rhetoric on crime and immigration faces an important test this weekend. Retailleau is hoping that a vote by members of the conservative Republicans party will elect him as its leader. A win could help position Retailleau for an eventual tilt at the French presidency in 2027, when Macron’s second and last term ends.Retailleau’s ministry said security will be beefed up for crypto entrepreneurs and their families, with offers of security briefings by elite police units, priority access to emergency services and police checks of their home security.Larchevêque, a co-founder of French crypto wallet firm Ledger, told broadcaster RTL that he came away from Friday’s meeting with the feeling that Retailleau and his police services “have understood what’s at stake.”

Larchevêque said the last 12 months saw 50 attacks around the world targeting people involved in cryptocurrency. Of those, 14 were in France, he said.“There’s a real problem,” he said.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations’ top humanitarian official blasted Israel on Tuesday for “deliberately and unashamedly” imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians, including

— one of the strongest condemnations by a high-ranking U.N. official during the war in Gaza.Zelenskyy said he is sending a team headed by his defense minister from the Turkish capital Ankara to Istanbul to meet a Russian delegation, even though Moscow’s side doesn’t include “anyone who actually makes decisions.”

The Ukrainian side would be headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and its aim is “to attempt at least the first steps toward de-escalation, the first steps toward ending the war — namely, a ceasefire,” he said.Few had expected Putin to show up in Turkey, and his absence punctured any hope of significant progress toward ending the

amid peace efforts in recent months by the Trump administration and Western European leaders. It also raised the prospect of intensified international sanctions on Russia that have been threatened by the West.Russian presidential aide, Vladimir Medinsky, gives an statement to journalists at the Russian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)