Ukraine has agreed to stop strikes on energy sites
President Volodymyr Zelensky from Ukraine Yesterday, Russia’s offer of a mutual break in the attacks On energy targets for 30 days like not towards a larger ceasefire.
He accepted the break during a telephone call with President Trump, who described the conversation as “very good”. Zelensky described the speech of “positive, very substantial and Frank”, clearly indicating that he had thanked Trump for the support of America.
The two leaders spoke a day after Trump’s conversation with Vladimir Putin, the chief of Russia. It was the first time that Trump and Zelensky have been talking about their disastrous meeting of the oval office last month.
Trump also launched the idea that the United States could take control of Ukrainian electric power plants – an idea which, according to Ukrainian energy experts, was probably impracticable. The White House said that the teams would meet in Saudi Arabia “in the coming days” to discuss the widening of the break to cover the activity in the Black Sea, “on the path of a full ceasefire”.
What is the next step: Zelensky said that the agreement would force us to monitor the United States and that kyiv would prepare a list of sites requiring protection. “Simple affirmation and Putin speech do not hit the energy sites is too little,” he said. “War has made us practical people.”
Analysis: Most of what Putin accepted on Tuesday’s call with Trump was filmed as a concession, but The Russian chief has not really abandoned.
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Canada is getting closer to Europe
As Canada is threatened by President Trump, talks to leave it Join a project to extend the EU military industry are in progress. An agreement would allow Canada to help build European fighter planes and other equipment in its own industrial facilities.
The objective is to strengthen the defense industry of Europe and to offer Canada a credible alternative to the American market, officials said. The new Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, went this week to Paris and London this week during his first trip abroad since he entered, calling Canada “the most European of non -European countries”.
Background: Canada has been a regular American entrepreneur, and its factories produce ammunition, tanks, planes, technological defense systems and naval ships. An examination in 2022 revealed that the main destination of its military equipment was by far the United States
What is the next step: The EU partnership and initiative will take years to bear fruit. European defense has lagged behind due to US underinvestment and domination, a situation that has become more obvious as the armament of the Arsenals of EU members, EU members.
Israel has seized a territory in Gaza
Yesterday, Israeli forces pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip, striking parts of a major corridor which divides itIn the most important functioning on the ground since the collapse of a fragile truce with Hamas.
The soldiers began “targeted terrestrial activities” along the road, known as the Netzarim corridor, to create a “partial buffer zone” in the territory between north and south, the army said.
The operation followed the large -scale air bombing in Gaza which started on Tuesday. Hamas has not responded militarily. In Jerusalem, thousands of Israeli demonstrators asked for a renewed ceasefire.
Gaza photos: For two months, a ceasefire spared the Palestinians the dark task of identifying the bodies. NOW They are back.
Yemen: President Trump said Houthi activists would be “completely destroyed” by American military strikes And warned Iran to stop “immediately” to give them military equipment and general support.
In Paraswara, a village in a rural corner of India, a dozen men were sworn in this month to form a local government. Half had not been elected – their women had done it.
The sidelining of women in rural Indian policy is not new, but some are starting to Push the “boss husbands”.
Lived life: Anthony Dolan, who as editor -in -chief of Ronald Reagan deployed the “Evil Empire” sentence in 1983 to describe the Soviet Union, Died at 76.
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Why the pilots of airlines do not always seek help
During the wrestling period, American pilots face a high calculation: stay silent or receive the help they need and risk officially diagnosing a mental health condition. Those who do it may never fly again.
Troy Merritt, above, was struggling with suicide thoughts when he finally asked for the care he needed. But taking antidepressants required 18 months of their pilot work – and spending more than $ 10,000 in medical evaluations.
“Because the work of a pilot is sensitive to security, they are held at a higher level,” said Susan Northrup, the US official surgeon since 2021. But the authorities may have inadvertently created a heavy process that It prevents pilots from being honest.
