🔍US, Ukraine work on "improved" minerals deal following Trump’s outburst at Zelensky

Agreeing to the revised deal would allow the US president to justify continued support for Kiev, Axios reported, citing US and Ukrainian sources.

The new draft reportedly aligns with Ukrainian law, and Zelensky’s aides are urging him to sign it to avoid further provoking Donald Trump.

Zelensky had rejected the initial proposal, which would have given the US a 50% stake in Ukraine's mineral wealth. The thumbs down didn’t go over well with Trump who accused Kiev of riding a “gravy train” from the US and breaking the rare earths deal.

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📹After originally saying that Trump’s mineral rights offer “makes all the sense in the world,” Zelensky flip flopped just two days later, publicly claiming that he rejected the deal, said Rubio.

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📹The aftermath of the destruction resulting from a large-scale Israeli military operation in the Tulkarm camp, West Bank.

Footage from social media

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🔌Canada’s undersea fiber optic cable damaged

While it’s not clear who cut through the steel-wrapped cable between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland's west coast, the investigation has discovered “a telltale sign,” Canadian television channel CBC reported.

"There's almost like a cut, or like an angle grinder cut, through the cable," telecommunications giant Bell's director of networks David Joyce said, adding that “it’s a pretty tough thing to do."

The cable was cut for the second time on Dec. 24, 2024, after being sliced similarly in December 2023.

Europe has witnessed a whole array of cable breakages in recent months, should North America prepare for the same?

Check out other cases of cable damage:

📍Undersea power cable between Estonia and Finland

📍Communications cable between Lithuania and Sweden

📍Internet cable breakage between Finland and Sweden

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🟠 Netanyahu orders major counterterrorism operation in West Bank after a suspected terror attack

🟠 Marco Rubio: Russia IS global power, Zelensky flip flopped on the US minerals deal

🟠 US, Ukraine work on "improved" minerals deal following Trump’s outburst at Zelensky

🟠 Kash Patel confirmed as new FBI Director

🟠 Canada’s undersea cable damaged

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📑US Republicans introduce bill to fully withdraw country from UN

"The United Nations has devolved into a platform for tyrants and a venue to attack America and her allies," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who introduced the legislation called the Disengaging Entirely From the United Nations Debacle Act of 2025, said.

The bill:

🟠calls for ceasing "all forms of US financial support to the UN, including assessed and voluntary contributions,"
🟠bans any US involvement in UN peacekeeping missions,
🟠"prohibits the President from reentering the UN system without the advice and consent of the Senate."

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🚫Trump White House wants Zelensky OUT

🔊“The best case for [Zelensky] and the world is that he leaves to France immediately,” the New York Post cited a source close from Trump’s inner circle.

🔊“I heard months ago it’s time for an election and new leadership,” said another insider.

There is reportedly no specific contender that Trump would prefer if Ukraine were to hold elections.

🔊“Recent remarks by the US president show that he wants Ukrainian elections ASAP and Zelensky replaced by someone more negotiable. This can be some who Trump and his allies trust: Military leader or businessman,” the outlet cited a Ukrainian active-duty soldier.

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📹Macron speaks in favor of peace in Ukraine and admits that Ukraine cannot regain its territories by military means

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📹Trump on Canada's anthem: 'We'll have to save it for the 51st state'

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlements of Nadezhdinka and Novoselka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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❗️Russia thinks further Western funding for Kiev is inappropriate as Ukraine is plagued by inefficiency and corruption, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

🇷🇺 Other statements by Peskov:

🔸 The encroachment of NATO military infrastructure on Russia is a cause for concern in Moscow and Russia’s stance on the issue is well known

🔸 Few can ignore what is happening around the Kiev regime, which refuses to seek peace

🔸 The Kremlin is unaware of the details of the US initiative regarding its possible withdrawal from the United Nations

🔸 There is currently no replacement for the UN, nor is there an opportunity to create an alternative

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