Trump and Zelensky Meet and an “economic power failure” day of the protest: morning tour

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy should meet in the White House today. The death of the actor Gene Hackman and his wife were ruled as “suspicious”. And what you know about today's “economic blackout” protest.

Here is what you should know today.

Trump and Zelenskyy to meet in the middle of peace conversation and possible minerals

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet for the first time with President Donald Trump in the White House since the United States started negotiations with Russia to achieve an agreement that would end years of war in Ukraine.

Trump has signaled that the two districts have made an agreement that would be signed today, which has a significant time for the US minerals in Ukraine in the United States. The deal would be a form of repayment for the military support of almost 66 billion US dollars that the United States had delivered to Ukraine since Russia in February 2022, creating an “economic partnership” between the two nations.

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Ukraine has some of the world's largest reserves of titanium and iron ore, but many of the minerals are in areas that are now controlled by Russian troops. Russia has proposed a similar deal that has the US rare earthly minerals in Russian-controlled Ukrainian territory, an idea in which both Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are interested.

In September, Zelenskyy Trump presented a “victory plan” to end the war. The two guides last met in Paris in December. But this month, US officials initiated peace talks with Russian negotiators in Saudi Arabia, and there was a word war between Trump and Zelenskyy. This week, however, Trump hit a more conciliatory tone about today's meeting.

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More political messages:

• British Prime Minister Keir Starrer said it was “worth” in Trump's persecution of a Ukrainian mineral law contract.
• A federal judge ordered the Trump government to a memo Directed by the mass shots of federal workers.
• The Trump administration can continue with plans, to dismiss dozens of officers A federal judge decided from the CIA and other secret services that had temporary jobs that worked on diversity programs.
• A judge ordered at least one employee of Doge Statrate and provide documents In a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
• It will be transgender service members removed from the militarysaid the Pentagon.
• Like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the measles outbreak in Texas and the cuts of Doge compared to the efforts to combat some viruses that play down the consequences could be “politically dangerous”.
• The extension of Trump's tax cuts for 2017 costs an estimated 4.6 trillion dollar over a decade. However, the Republicans of the Senate want to use a different calculation that would earn the estimate $ 0. As well as.

Gene Hackman's deaths and his wife are ruled as “suspicious”

Examine New Mexico authorities The “suspicious” death of the actor Gene Hackman95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65 after they were found dead in their house together with their dog. The Santa Fe Fe County said that the medical findings of the medical examiners found no signs of external trauma. The cause of death still has to be determined. Sheriff Adan Mendoza said that there are no obvious signs of fouls, but that the investigators do not rule out anything.

A man who identified himself as a caretaker of the subdivision called 911 on Wednesday to report that he found her bodies, as Call showed. Arakawa's body was found on the floor of a bathroom. Hackman was found dead in a mudroom near a kitchen. Both bodies showed “obvious signs of death”, and Arakawa's body showed signs of “body disintegration” after a search order. Here is what we still know.

Hackman's rugged but soulful turns in classics such as “The French Connection”, “The Conversation” and “unforgives” made him one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. Read more About the life and inheritance of the Oscar winner.

Arakawa has been unshakable companion for decades. She was also an experienced pianist and was with a company in Santa Fe in which they lived. Read more About her life.

The advance for one -day “economic power failures”

A call that people have not bought steam for a day in the past few weeks. And today the day is to act – or rather inactivity. The protest day, which was shared about a month ago by meditation and mindfulness teacher John Schwarz in chicago meditation and mindfulness, asks the buyers not to stop any significant purchases online and in shops. If people have to spend, you should buy from small and local companies. “Companies have treated the American people for too long as an endless source of winning,” said Schwarz in a video published this week and explained the reason for the protest.

The call for a “power failure” comes because the prices for the essentials continue to increase, the real estate market remains frozen and the credit card debts have reached a record high. Some political organizations encouraged consumers to avoid companies that have thrown their DEI programs back. Here is what else you should know During the day without buying.

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• Hamas is ready to stop political power And governance of the Gaza Strip would not disarm, unless an independent Palestinian state is reached, said a high -ranking political official from the group.
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