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The presidential election is less than 100 days away. This is what we’re watching.

Trump and Harris agreed to a September debate

At a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump suggested that he was eager to face off with Kamala Harris and proposed three dates for debates. The ABC network confirmed that it would host the two candidates for a debate on Sept. 10.

The conference was the former president’s first public appearance since Harris became the Democratic nominee, and it signified an effort to recapture political momentum. Trump repeatedly mispronounced her first name, criticized her intelligence and resurrected a series of familiar attacks casting her as “a ******** left person.”

Trump insisted that little had shifted, despite polling showing a tightening race and even as Democrats draw tens of thousands of supporters to rallies in swing states. “I haven’t recalibrated strategy at all,” he said. “It’s the same policies — open borders, weak on ******.”

Plans for a ‘final’ offer for a truce in Gaza

President Biden and the leaders of Egypt and Qatar said that they were prepared to present a “final” cease-***** proposal to end the war in Gaza and release ******** hostages and ************ detainees. They called on ******* and ****** to return to the negotiating table in Cairo or Doha, Qatar, next week to settle the conflict.

Cease-***** talks have been on hold after a meeting last weekend in Cairo produced no breakthrough. The process has been complicated by the ************** of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of ******, who had been leading the negotiations through intermediaries.

“There is no further time to waste nor excuses from any party for further delay,” Biden, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar said in a statement. “It is time to release the hostages, begin the cease-***** and implement this agreement.”

Next steps: Benjamin Netanyahu, the ******** prime minister, indicated that he would agree to the meeting, but it is not clear how willing he is to reach a deal. Nor is it clear that ****** is ready or able to make an agreement. The group did not immediately respond to the statement, and it remained uncertain who would show up for negotiations now that Haniyeh is *****.

In other news from the war:

Ukraine’s surprise ******* on Russia

The local government in the Russian region of Kursk has declared a state of emergency as Ukrainian armored columns advanced nearly 10 kilometers into the territory, capturing several small settlements, military analysts reported.

The surprise incursion, which Ukraine has not acknowledged, began on Tuesday and opened a new front in the 30-month war, in the most concerted push by Ukraine into Russia yet. Operating surreptitiously, Ukraine gathered a force for the ******* that Russia’s top general has estimated at 1,000 soldiers.

The goal of the ******* was to shift the fighting — as well as Russian soldiers and weaponry — onto Russian territory and ease the pressure of Moscow’s offensive in eastern Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian official said.

MORE TOP NEWS

The war in Sudan, which has been raging over a year, has ******* many thousands of people and displaced millions more. Despite that, the brutal civil conflict has remained nearly unknown to most of the world.

My colleague Nick Casey traveled to Sudan and spent time with an elusive mountain army that has built its own state within a state — a vision of what the nation could become.

Lives lived: Chi Chi Rodriguez, the flamboyant champion golfer who spent more than three decades on the pro tours, has ***** at 88.

CONVERSATION STARTERS ARTS AND IDEAS Inside the mind of Missy Elliott

For nearly three decades, Missy Elliott has stretched the boundaries of what a rapper can look and sound like. But somehow she has never headlined a proper tour — until now.

Her current arena show, titled the Out of This World Tour, is in many ways the culmination of a 30-year project, remixing her trademark work into a career-spanning revue. Elliott broke down the inspirations for the tour: rhinestones, intergalactic travel, nostalgia and futurism.

That’s it for today’s briefing. Have a fabulous weekend. — Natasha

Reach Natasha and the team at *****@*****.tld.

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