President Trump, Russian President Putin to meet Friday in Alaska
The White House says it is also open to the Ukrainian president being included in the talks. Willie James Inman reports.
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The White House says it is also open to the Ukrainian president being included in the talks. Willie James Inman reports.
It comes after President Trump reviewed terms for a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
President Trump's deadline for Russia to reach a ceasefire deal with Ukraine or face economic consequences also arrived on Friday, but the White House has yet to announce any new financial penalties.
Ukraine has been pushing to be included in any conversations about bringing the war to an end.
Most tsunami alerts, from Alaska to Japan to Chile, have been lifted. Parts of Hawaii recorded the highest waves, but even those were not ultimately very high, topping out at less than 6 feet.
A tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, an 8.8 magnitude in Russia's Far East, was canceled after small waves peaked.
A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting Japan's meteorological agency to issue a tsunami alert and the National Weather Service to issue a tsunami warning for Hawaii and parts of Alaska on Wednesday.
A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
Alerts have also been issued for Alaska and the entire West Coast of the U.S.
A plane crashed into a dense forest in Russia's Far East region of Amur, killing all 48 people on board, after twice attempting to land, Russian officials say.
Local emergency services said earlier that there were five children among the 49 people on the plane, which crashed about 4,350 miles east of Moscow.
The president has threatened to impose 100% tariffs on countries that buy oil and gas from Russia, including China and Brazil, if a peace deal to end the war with Ukraine is not reached within the next seven weeks.
President Trump said Monday that the U.S. will impose 100% tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if there is no peace deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days.
"We are very unhappy, I am, with Russia," President Trump said while in a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
During a meeting Monday morning with the NATO secretary-general, the president gave Russian President Vladimir Putin 50 days to cut a peace deal.
President Trump said Ukraine will get defensive weapons from the U.S., days after pausing some shipments.
In an about-face from statements made last week, President Trump said the Untied States will send more weapons to Ukraine to help them fend off Russian airstrikes.
The Ukrainian president made the statement on Saturday. Friday's call came after Trump's call with the Russian president.
Their loss could allow the U.S. to turn its full attention to China, according to an official briefed on the talks.
The Ukrainian military said at least 539 drones from Russia entered the country's airspace in the attack that lasted for hours.
The Kremlin announced Thursday that it has accepted an ambassador sent by the hardline Islamist group.
President Donald Trump is expected to mark this Fourth of July by signing the massive spending bill Congress passed. But first, he plans to speak with the president of Ukraine to try to end the Russian war.
Ukraine says Russia launched the biggest aerial attack since the start of the war.
At least 10 people are dead after Ukrainian officials say Russia launched a massive strike overnight.
Tuesday is a national day of mourning in Kyiv, Ukraine after the latest missile strikes by Russia killed 15 people and injured 131 more.
