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Trump’s emissary will visit Russia this week for consultations on the arrangement in Ukraine
The enmissary of the United States, Steve Witkoff, will visit Russia this week with whose authorities he will consult on the White House’s plan for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.
“We are waiting for you,” Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin’s international advisor, told local agencies.
The announcement came after US President Donald Trump assured that he will reveal details of his peace plan “in the next three days.”
Some sources have suggested that, in the event of an agreement, Europeans could deploy peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, something that Moscow has always categorically opposed.
In this regard, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said today that the Kremlin does not yet know the content of Trump’s peace plan, which has not been published anywhere.
Witkoff held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 11 in St. Petersburg, the third in the last three months.
Then, he offered an interview in which he assured that one of the keys to the arrangement is the territorial issue, to which the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, replied that Kiev will never recognize the Russian occupation of its territory.
Trump and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, warned last week that if there was no progress in the coming weeks, the United States would consider abandoning the negotiations.
In response, Putin declared on Saturday a 30-hour Easter truce that Zelenski seconded, after which both sides resumed fighting.
Zelenski proposed to extend the cessation of attacks against civilian infrastructure for 30 days, an offer that Putin promised to study, even at the bilateral level, which triggered speculation about possible direct negotiations between Moscow and Kiev.
In this regard, the Kremlin spokesman assured today that for these talks to take place, Zelenski must annul his decree to prohibit trading with the current Russian president.
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NFL Investigating Emails Linking Giants Executive to Jeffrey Epstein
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Monday that the league will “examine all the facts” regarding contacts between New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and Jeffrey Epstein, revealed in documents recently released about the late convicted sex offender.
The batch of files, made public on Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice, includes emails suggesting that Epstein introduced several women to Tisch.
Tisch, a film producer who has never been charged in connection with Epstein, issued a statement last week denying any wrongdoing.
“I had a brief relationship in which we exchanged emails about adult women, and we also discussed film, philanthropy, and investments,” Tisch said of his correspondence with Epstein, which dates back to 2013.
“I did not accept any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all now know, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret having associated with,” he added.
Speaking at a press conference in San Jose, California, on Monday, Goodell said the NFL would carefully review the details of the ties between Tisch and Epstein.
“We’re going to examine all the facts,” the commissioner said. “We’re going to look at the context of those exchanges, try to understand them, and see how that fits within the league’s policies.”
Tisch, 76, could face disciplinary action under the NFL’s strict personal conduct policy, even if he is not found guilty of a crime.
“We’re going to take this step by step. First, let’s gather all the facts,” Goodell said at the press conference, which was part of the events leading up to Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.
International
Spain Seeks to Ban Social Media Access for Children Under 16
The Spanish government wants to ban access to social media for children under the age of 16 to shield them from a world of “pornography” and “violence,” Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday in Dubai.
“Spain will ban access to social media for minors under 16,” Sánchez said during a speech at the World Governments Summit, being held in the United Arab Emirates city.
The Spanish leader said social media platforms will be required to implement effective age-verification systems, going beyond simple checkboxes to establish “real barriers that actually work.”
“Today, our children are exposed to a space they were never meant to navigate alone,” Sánchez said, describing an environment of “addiction, abuse, pornography, manipulation and violence.”
“We will no longer accept this,” he added.
The left-wing prime minister also announced plans to change the law so that “platform executives are legally responsible for many of the violations that occur on their websites.”
“This means that the CEOs of these technology platforms will face criminal liability for failing to remove illegal content or material that incites hatred,” Sánchez said.
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Mexico to Send Humanitarian Aid to Cuba Amid U.S. Threats Over Oil Shipments
Mexico will send “humanitarian aid” to Cuba this week, including food and “essential supplies,” President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Sunday, after the United States threatened to impose tariffs on countries that supply oil to the island.
“We are planning humanitarian aid for Cuba (…) including food and other products, while we resolve diplomatically everything related to the shipment of oil for humanitarian reasons,” Sheinbaum said during a public event.
Mexico has become a key oil supplier to Cuba, which is facing a deep energy crisis worsened by the suspension of crude oil shipments from Venezuela following U.S. military intervention in that country and the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
Sheinbaum has previously warned that Mexico would continue to act in “solidarity” with Cuba, although she instructed her foreign minister to establish contact with Washington to “clearly understand the scope” of President Donald Trump’s decree sanctioning hydrocarbon shipments to the island.
While her government seeks a diplomatic solution with the U.S. administration, the leftist president decided to proceed with the delivery of other humanitarian goods.
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