Christian advocates have urged President Donald Trump to press Israel to protect Palestinian Christian communities from settler violence, warning that attacks and restrictions are pushing them out of the West Bank, “dismantling one of the oldest Christian presences in the Holy Land…with American diplomatic cover,” one told Newsweek.

Trump hailed Netanyahu, whose party is facing a tough race, as the right partner for the US to have against Iran as he called for Israelis to flock to the polls to support the prime minister.

Russia's top diplomat is visiting Tehran for the first time since the U.S. launched its war with Iran, aiming, he says, to avert a return to major hostilities.