A break about American military aid to Ukraine
President Trump yesterday suspended the delivery of military aid to Ukraine, according to high American officials, who said that the break would remain in force until Trump established that Ukraine had demonstrated a good compensation for peace talks with Russia.
The order was to get into force immediately, with more than $ 1 billion in weapons and ammunition in the pipeline and in order.
Earlier in the day, President VolodyMyr Zensky returned back to Ukraine after a whirlwind diplomatic mission that included humiliation, by Trump, by Trump in a confronting Oval Office meeting and a warm embrace of European leaders. Zensky promised to use all diplomatic ways to end the war to an end, but he said there was “still a long way to go”.
Russia has not given any indications that the only conditions will accept, except the Ukrainian capitulation and permanent conquest of a large strip of Ukraine – and Trump appears on standing with Moscow. Ukrainians say they will not record their arms unless they receive safety guarantees, supported by the US, which would prevent another Russian attack.
Support: Great -Britain and France have promised that a ‘coalition of willingness’ will protect a truce. But how many countries will occur, and that even matters, given the rejection of Russia of such a coalition as part of a scheme? (Read about what the costs of defending Ukraine can mean for investors in Europe.)
Warfare: Drones now do most of the murder in the war, which causes about 70 percent of the dead and injuries, commanders say.
Trump will impose radical rates
President Trump’s threats to impose stiff rates for goods imported from Canada, Mexico and China is expected to become a reality today. Trump said yesterday that there was no chance for a last-minute deal to prevent them, and managers and foreign officials clambed to prepare.
The rates will add a 25 percent reimbursement for all Mexican and Canadian exports that encounter those limits and another 10 percent for Chinese goods. Canada was ready to take revenge, possibly to cover a trade war, and the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said, “Whatever the decision is, we will also make our decisions.”
Trump has described the rates as an attempt to put pressure on those countries to stop the streams of migrants and deadly drugs. But yesterday, he seemed to change the conditions, saying that Canada and Mexico had to move automatic factories and other production to the American Canada and Mexico, are both deeply dependent on the export to the US
Effects: The announcement sent stock markets that tumbled, with the S&P 500 dropped 1.8 percent, the worst one -day decrease so far this year.
Cars: The rates will probably increase prices for new cars and trucks. Nissan and Stellantis can be hit the most difficult.
Division: What is behind Trump’s hate-hate relationship with Canada, one of the largest trading partners in the US?
Israel and Hamas plan for a possible return to war
While the discussions of the ceasefire continue between Israel and Hamas, the two parties are preparing for those efforts to fail and that the conflict resumes.
Hamas does not collect -depleted bombs to make improvised explosive devices, recruit new members and replace commanders, according to a member of the military wing of Hamas. Israel has extensively prepared for a new, more intense campaign in Gaza, said Israeli officials.
In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians feel the consequences of Israel’s cessation of the entry of all goods and humanitarian aid, while the prices of food and other essential goods climb.
Barry Joule served for more than ten years as a friend, drinking partner and helper to the artist Francis Bacon. Ten days before Bacon died, Joule says, he gave him a series of papers and artworks.
Some in the art world believe that these works are real. Others, including Bacon’s own estate, are not that certain. Is Joule a keeper of Bacon’s secrets? Or is he at best misled – or, in the worst case, a fantasist and a cheater?
Lives lived: Khalil Fong, a singer-songwriter of Hong Kong who penetrated a soul and R&B sensitivity in Chinese pop songs, died at 41.
Don’t leave the films
The writer-director Sean Baker was the biggest victor during the Academy Awards on Sunday evening.
For my colleague Manohla Dargis, the main film critic at the New York Times, his success was gratifying: his film “Anora”, she writes in this assessment, “is the kind of scrappy, low-budget, independent film that makes the Oscars more interesting for, well, decesnia.”
When accepting his best director’s prize, Baker made a plea that seemed to focus on a culture where great films are watched on phones. “This is my battle cry,” he said. “Filmmakers, keep making movies for the big screen.”
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