Putin backs China's Ukraine peace plan, and more - Five stories you need to know | Reuters

May 15, 2024:

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin backs China's plan for a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine crisis saying Beijing has a full understanding of what lay behind the crisis.

2. Michael Cohen faced aggressive questioning from Donald Trump’s defense lawyers who sought to undermine Cohen's testimony that Trump was intricately involved in a scheme to buy a porn star's silence.

3. Jordan foils a suspected Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons into the U.S.-allied kingdom to help opponents of the ruling monarchy carry out acts of sabotage according to two Jordanian sources with knowledge of the matter.

4. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy postpones all upcoming foreign visits amid Russia's offensive in the north of the Kharkiv region.

5. Gun battles between Israel and Hamas-led militants intensify in north and south Gaza.

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