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Conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine escalate amid Trump efforts to broker end to wars

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By Franco Ordoñez,

Steve Inskeep

Published September 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM EDT

President Trump has been expressing frustration with the leaders of Israel and Russia as they escalate conflicts while he seeks to broker ends to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

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Franco Ordoñez

Franco Ordoñez is a White House Correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Before he came to NPR in 2019, Ordoñez covered the White House for McClatchy. He has also written about diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and immigration, and has been a correspondent in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Haiti.

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