Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the United Arab Emirates, Anwar Gargash has reportedly delivered U.S. President Trump’s letter for Iran’s Supreme-Leader Ali Khamenei, to the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump stated earlier while meeting with the Prime Minister of Ireland Micheál Martin at the White House, that Palestinians will not be expelled or forced to leave the Gaza Strip.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed in a press release that former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has been turned over to the custody of the ICC today by authorities of the Philippines. The former president was arrested 2 days ago by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police, who were serving an ICC warrant for his arrest.

Both Canada and the European Union announced major retaliatory tariffs today against the United States, in response to U.S. President Trump’s 25% tariff on all aluminum and steel imports, which went into effect last night at 12:01am.

Canada, which acts as the United States’ largest supplier of steel, announced a 25% reciprocal tariff of U.S. steel, as well as increased taxes on hundreds of items imported from the U.S. into Canada, including tools, computers and servers, display monitors, sports equipment and cast-iron products, for a total of roughly $20 billion in tariffs.

The European Union has announced a two-phase response to the recent tariffs, stating that on April 1st they will reimplement tariffs placed on the United States during U.S. President Trump’s first term between 2018 and 2020, but suspended under the Biden Administration, which at the time included major taxes in American liquor, motorcycles and boats. Then on April 13th they will impose additional taxes and duties on roughly $20 billion in U.S. imports into the E.U.

The widely anticipated launch of the SpaceX/NASA Crew-10 mission from the Kennedy Space Center has been scrubbed in the last minutes before launch due to a hydraulics issue with the ground equipment. The mission was set to finally allow the return of two astronauts, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams. The two astronauts have been in space at the International Space Station (ISS) for more than nine months after Boeing’s Starliner was deemed too unsafe to bring them home due to issues with the thrusters and was returned to Earth uncrewed. The next launch window will likely be tomorrow, with the astronauts returning home Friday hopefully.

Electricity, water and other services are currently down at Texas Tech in Lubbock, following tonight’s explosion at a power substation which caused fires to erupt across campus. Authorities have stated that service restoration could take 6-8 hours.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Kursk Oblast of Western Russia earlier today, meeting with Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov and other senior military leaders, in what appears to be an attempt at a “victory tour” following the controlled-withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from most of their positions across region over the last few days. During the visit, Putin was seen wearing a Russian military uniform for the first time publicly since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, likely to signal his vicinity to the “frontline” of the war to the southwest.

Rheinmetall AG, the German arms manufacturer which has seen massive revenue growth over the last few years, has expressed interest in purchasing the Volkswagen Osnabrück GmbH automobile factory, stating that it would be “very suitable” for conversion to military production; with tank factories required heavy-duty cranes and corresponding load-bearing capacities, all of which is held by the plant in Osnabrück.

Armin Papperger, the CEO of Rheinmetall, has stated that the company is planning to repurpose several of its own automotive plants for military production, while also looking at buying sites from other carmakers including Volkswagen; with this taking place as Germany as well as most of Europe has declared a major rearmament effort, due to fears of abandonment from the United States in addition to continued aggression from Russia.

The French National Assembly adopted a resolution today directing the strengthening of political, economic, and military support to Ukraine by France, the European Union, NATO, and other allies across Europe. The resolution also called for the seizure of over $400 billion in frozen Russian assets throughout Europe, in order to fund additional support for Ukraine.

Reuters reports that Russia has presented the United States with its list of demands for a deal to end the ongoing war in Ukraine and reset diplomatic relations with Washington, with officials stating that the list is “broad” and similar to previous demands made to Ukraine, the U.S, and NATO. The terms are said to include no membership in NATO for Ukraine, an agreement not to deploy foreign troops or a peacekeeping force to Ukraine after the war, and international recognition of Russia’s claim to Crimea as well as the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia in Southeastern Ukraine.