Putin eyes contours of Trump peace deal

Plus, US shuts Kyiv embassy due to "potential significant air attack".

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Edson Caldas In the first detailed reporting of what Putin would accept in any deal brokered by Trump, Russian officials said the Kremlin could broadly agree to freeze the conflict along the front lines. Elsewhere, Netanyahu says Hamas will no longer rule Gaza, COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch, and Nvidia reports third-quarter results. Today's Top News   Putin said this month that any deal should reflect the "realities" on the ground. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko War in Ukraine Vladimir Putin is open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with Donald Trump but rules out making any major territorial concessions and insists Kyiv abandon ambitions to join NATO, five sources with knowledge of Kremlin thinking told Reuters. The US shut its embassy in Kyiv today due to "specific information of a potential significant air attack" and told its citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly seek shelter. Follow our live updates. United States Trump has chosen Linda McMahon as education secretary, putting the former pro-wrestling mogul at the helm of a department he has proposed abolishing. He also picked TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Following Trump's victory in this month's election, some US pollsters are scrambling to understand why their surveys once again underestimated his support among American voters. For more on US politics, we have a newsletter for you. In other news Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to Gaza that Hamas would not rule the enclave after the war had ended and that Israel had destroyed the Islamist group's military capabilities. Israeli forces killed at least 19 Palestinians in Gaza today, including a rescue worker, health officials said. Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai testified for the first time in his landmark national security trial, saying he had never tried to influence the foreign policy of other countries, such as the US, towards China and Hong Kong. COP29 climate talks are entering their final stretch as the Azerbaijani hosts are due to publish an update on negotiations so far. We look at what is needed for a deal by Friday. Separately, the UN is trying to unlock key climate financing for Afghanistan. Business & Markets   British inflation jumped by more than expected last month to rise back above the Bank of England's 2% target and underlying price growth gathered speed too, showing why the BoE is moving cautiously on interest rate cuts. Investors are waiting for the earnings results of Nvidia, the world's most valuable company with a market cap of $3.6 trillion. Tech Reporter Stephen Nellis joins the Reuters World News podcast to weigh in on the risks facing the AI darling from its competitors.  Apple will ask a federal judge today to dismiss the US Department of Justice's case accusing the iPhone maker of unlawfully dominating the smartphone market, in the latest Big Tech antitrust showdown. Bitcoin rose to a record high above $94,000 as a report that Trump's social media company was in talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt added to hopes of a cryptocurrency-friendly regime under the incoming administration. Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its giant Starship rocket to space from Texas, advancing the ship's spaceflight abilities but botching an attempt to bring its booster back to land as Trump watched from the company's rocket facilities. The United States could impose nearly 40% tariffs on imports from China early next year, a Reuters poll of economists showed, potentially slicing growth in the world's second-biggest economy by up to 1 percentage point. Is climate change making tropical storms more frequent?   Aftermath of floods brought by Typhoon Gaemi in the Philippines in July. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David An unusual cluster of typhoons in the West Pacific and a series of powerful hurricanes in the Atlantic are raising questions about the impact that climate change is having on tropical storms across the globe. But scientists say it remains unclear how much climate change is reshaping the storm season. Read more And Finally... Japanese manicurist takes on plastic pollution, one nail at a time. REUTERS/Manami Yamada Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto is putting it into her fingernails. 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