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US says interest is growing in a limited Black Sea ceasefire to keep grain and energy ships moving

A cargo vessel struck by drones in the Black Sea in October, as the G20 foreign ministers' summit in Atlanta broke up without a joint communiqué amid the dispute over Russia's invitation.
A cargo vessel struck by drones in the Black Sea in October, as the G20 foreign ministers' summit in Atlanta broke up without a joint communiqué amid the dispute over Russia's invitation.

Marco Rubio told reporters after the G20 foreign ministers' summit in Atlanta that the US is reviewing Turkish and Indian proposals to halt attacks on civilian ships carrying grain and energy through the Black Sea. The G20 meeting ended without a joint statement after European and Canadian leaders objected to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's presence, arguing it normalised Moscow's aggression. Rubio admitted a full negotiated peace settlement was not on the immediate horizon, and notably Ukraine's foreign minister was not invited to the talks.

Turkey's President Erdogan publicly urged both Russia and Ukraine to 'act responsibly' after Ankara's own proposal to end civilian ship strikes went unheeded by both sides.

Over 120,000 dolphins have died in the Black Sea since 2022, researchers say, as military sonar and explosions block their echolocation and leave them unable to hunt.

Russia has been forced to reroute grain shipments via the Arctic as Black Sea fighting makes normal commercial routes increasingly dangerous.

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