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Putin and Trump agreed on the end of the war through peace, according to the Kremlin
The Kremlin assured today that the Russian presidents, Vladimir Putin, and the American presidents, Donald Trump, agreed on Wednesday during their telephone conversation that the end of the war in Ukraine is possible through peaceful means.
“There is agreement that the settlement is possible through peace negotiations,” said Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, in his daily telephone press conference.
Peskov stressed that “there is political will, which was confirmed during yesterday’s conversation by both parties, to engage in dialogue in search of settlement.”
“From now on we have to wait for the first results of the joint work,” he said.
According to the spokesman, Moscow has already begun to form the working group that will participate in the negotiations and stressed that the conversation between both presidents was “very important”, since there had been no contacts at the highest level between Moscow and Washington for a long time.
Putin and Trump agreed that they will “immediately” order their advisors to organize a bilateral meeting, like the one that both dignitaries held in 2018 in Helsinki, he said.
“The previous US Administration supported the point of view that everything possible must be done for the war to continue. The current Administration, from what we see, is attached to the position that everything possible must be done to stop the war and for peace to prevail,” he said.
He added: “We like the position of this Administration much more. We are open to dialogue.”
On the other hand, Peskov denied that both leaders had addressed issues such as a possible ceasefire, the lifting of sanctions and the recognition of the Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia, including the Crimean peninsula.
As for the possible European participation, he replied that Moscow cannot forget what happened with the Minsk Peace Agreements, which were ten years old the day before and that Russia accuses Kiev and its European allies of non-compliance.
“You have to arm yourself with patience,” he recommended to the press about the details of the future negotiations and the meeting between Putin and Trump.
Trump said on Wednesday that he had reached an agreement with his Russian counterpart for both countries to begin “negotiations immediately” with the aim of ending the war in Ukraine.
As Trump explained on his social network Truth Social, the agreement with Putin was reached after a “long and very productive phone call,” in which both leaders expressed their willingness to “stop the millions of deaths that are taking place in the war between Russia and Ukraine.”
Meanwhile, the Kremlin reported that Putin reminded his colleague that to achieve a lasting peace it is necessary to “eliminate” the original causes of the conflict, in reference to the expansion of NATO.
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Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
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Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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