An Egyptian court has handed down death sentences to a prominent television host and 11 co-defendants over accusations of producing and trafficking narcotics in a major drug case, state media reported on Saturday. The presenter, 39-year-old Sarah Khalifa, became widely known through her programme Mission Impossible, which focused on security matters and criminal cases. State-affiliated newspaper Al-Ahram reported that a Cairo court sentenced “Khalifa and 11 other defendants to death by hanging”

US special representatives Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss possible ways to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, in their first trip to Kyiv since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. The discussions on Sunday followed a meeting the two envoys held with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow a day earlier. Recommended Stories • list 1 of 3How important are the Yemeni government’s recent military advances against the