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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Israel has “no intention or plan for peace” and is using diplomatic meetings to push its “illegal strategies.”

“This is not something only we see; the whole world sees it. Israel has no intention or plan regarding peace. It merely uses every platform to advance its own position and illegal strategies,” Fidan told TRT Arabi after meetings in Amman, the capital of Jordan.

He warned that if regional countries and the international community do not take steps to stop Israel’s “expansionist policies,” the result will be not just a regional crisis but a global one.

Fidan spoke after attending a ministerial meeting on Jerusalem, along with separate talks between Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia on the Gaza peace plan and wider tensions in the region.

US President Donald Trump says Washington is in talks with Tehran and would prefer a deal over more military action.

Speaking in Las Vegas, Trump claimed the US had been ready to launch what he called “the biggest attack since World War II,” but held off after Iranian officials asked to negotiate.

“We were all set for the biggest attack since World War II, and they called me and said, ‘Please don’t do it. Let’s talk,'” he said.

“I would rather make a deal with Iran because I don’t want to kill people,” Trump added. He again said Iran could not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.

Police in Germany have found a drone carrying explosives at Leipzig/Halle Airport in the east of the country. An airport worker spotted the device overnight near Ukrainian cargo planes, and a robot was sent in to inspect it. A second object also hit a cargo plane near the airport and landed in Hanover, causing minor damage.

Police removed the detonator and later set off a controlled explosion. One runway reopened just before 2am, but the other stayed closed. The airport is used by the German military and NATO allies to move military goods, and it is a base for Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines, which carries most of the country’s air cargo. It is also a major hub for the delivery company DHL.

Germany’s interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, said the incident showed a “new level of threat.” He described it as a professional, hybrid attack and hinted that foreign powers might be involved, though he named no suspects. Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany pointed directly at Russia. Moscow has not commented, and it has denied involvement in past incidents.

German airports have been on high alert after several unauthorised drone flights in recent months over military bases, airports, energy sites, and ports. A security expert said the “drone war” has now reached Germany, exposing a weakness the country has known about for years.

The airport has been targeted before. In July 2024, a parcel caught fire there before it could be loaded onto a DHL plane — one of several parcel fires across the UK and EU that authorities suspect were sabotage linked to Moscow. Those parcels held explosives hidden in massage pillows and set off by timers. Russia denied any role. Last year, a Chinese woman was also convicted of passing airport flight and cargo information to a man spying for Beijing.