Democratic Governors Laura Kelly (Kansas) and Tim Walz (Minnesota) are splitting from the National Governors Association (NGA) over its response to President Trump's policies, and will not be paying NGA dues as the group gathers for its summer meeting in Colorado this week.

Hamas expresses "surprise" after US envoy Steve Witkoff also accuses the group of showing "a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire".

The US and Israeli negotiating teams involved in efforts to secure a ceasefire between the Palestinian militant Hamas movement and Israel in the Gaza Strip have both been recalled home in a sign the talks may be on the brink of failure.

Gaza ceasefire talks were dealt a new blow on Thursday when the US and Israel withdrew their negotiating teams from Qatar, with the Trump administration saying Hamas is not acting in good faith.

Hamas issued a scathing statement in which it rejected U.S. criticism of its handling of negotiations aimed at ending the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza.

The United States is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing its negotiating team home from Qatar to discuss next steps after Hamas' latest response "shows a lack of desire" to reach a truce,

Militants “didn’t want to make” a deal, Trump said after U.S., Israeli ceasefire negotiators pulled back from talks.