When you hear from Washington that a certain issue is “under review” it usually means it’s dead. People should admit the whole Tomahawks to Ukraine discussion was one long fraud that has gone on for almost 4 months. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

As people on social media react, so too has the German company that manufactured the lift elevator used in the Louvre heist last week, in which historic jewels worth over an estimated $100 million, according to a French prosecutor, were stolen.
https://cnn.it/3WVeZOA

President Trump on his upcoming meeting with President Xi Jinping:

I'm pretty sure we're going to have a great meeting. One of the things we'll talk about is the Russia-Ukraine, and we'll certainly be talking about that. He'd like to see that end too.

Breaking News: The U.S. military accepted a private donation of $130 million to help pay troops during the shutdown. The move is highly unusual and a potential violation of federal law.

Europe / Défense / Il peut quasiment tout abattre … C’est quoi le missile franco-italien Aster 30 ?

NATO SG Mark Rutte on X: 'I’m grateful to President Trump for his crucial work to stop the killing. A ceasefire is the first step - they should stop where they are. Ukraine is ready & it’s important that all continue to apply pressure to bring Russia to the table'

'Putin will agree to talks only when he realizes he is losing war – former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer' www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polyt...

In Gaza, and now Ukraine, Donald Trump may be peace activists' greatest ally. That deserves our backing | Simon Jenkins

Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. Big Story (which should be no surprise) Trump sandbagged Ukraine again, lied about possibly helping the Ukrainians then pivoted to work with Putin. Can we end this charade?

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President Trump:

I met with President Zelenskyy today. And we had a very good meeting, a very cordial meeting, in my opinion. They should stop the war immediately. You go by the battle line, wherever it is. Otherwise, it's too complicated. You'll never be able to figure it out.

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, with discussions over whether Washington will supply long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv expected to top the agenda.

Alexander Bortnikov also alleged that Britain and Ukraine were plotting an attack on TurkStream, the only route delivering Russian gas to Europe.

‘This is bad news’: Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source: Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s fr...

‘This is bad news’: Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Les ministres de la Défense de l'Otan se sont retrouvés mercredi à Bruxelles, pour discuter des moyens de renforcer leur soutien à l'Ukraine, mais aussi d'améliorer la riposte de l'Alliance, après de multiples incursions russes dans le ciel européen.
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The Kyiv Independent's Francis Farrell spent several days documenting a drone crew from the International Battalion of Ukraine’s Azov Corps in Donetsk Oblast, where volunteers from across the world have joined the ranks and adapted to modern drone warfare.

President Trump on the first meeting between Steve Witkoff&Putin:

I set up a meeting for him to meet with President Putin,thinking it would be a 15 or a 20 minute meeting.Steve had no idea about Russia, had no idea about Putin too much,didn't know too much about politics,wasn't that interested....

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

Very good newsletter. Good list of arguments for why it's clear that time is not on Russia's side, that Russia is losing the war.

AUS Foreign Minister Penny Wong's fawning praise of Trump is vomitous. No mention by Wong of the billions of dollars of arms provided to Israel by the USA for its genocide in Gaza? Srsly?! This is abhorrent commentary from Wong. 😔 #auspol #USPolitics #NobelPeacePrize #GazaGenocide

⚡️Trump threatens China with additional 100% tariffs amid trade tensions.

"The United States of America will impose a tariff of 100% on China, over and above any tariff that they are currently paying," Donald Trump said.

🇺🇦🇩🇰 Ukrainian military train Danish forces in drone defense to help protect Denmark’s skies — ⚔️⚔️

💬Ukrainian troops successfully neutralized several “Banshee” drones with STING anti-Shahed interceptors in Denmark during a combat experience exchange as part of a Ukrainian military visit to the country