🟠 Trump says his proposed plan NOT THE FINAL offer to Ukraine

🟠 US and EU to hold talks in Geneva on Ukraine peace plan proposed by Trump – report

🟠 Ukraine corruption spiraling: Medical Command probed for stealing US AIDS prevention funds

🟠 Orban: Embrace Trump’s Ukraine peace plan or risk wider war

🟠 Israeli airstrikes hit central Gaza

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🇮🇷 BRICS & SCO create significant economic opportunities for Iran - Pezeshkian

Iran’s presence in BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as well as in the Eurasian Economic Union has led to constructive relations with neighboring countries being strengthened, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said.

Membership in these organizations has created vast economic opportunities for Iran, including expanded regional markets for traders and investors, he added.

🌍 BRICS comprises of eleven countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Iran.

It serves as a political and diplomatic forum for countries from the Global South and for coordination in the most diverse areas.

🤝 The SCO, for its part, is an intergovernmental organization established by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan with the aim of promoting cooperation and peace among its member states.

Iran joined the SCO in 2023.

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🚨 Hamas urges US mediators to halt Israeli ceasefire violations

Hamas has called on international mediators – particularly the US – to intervene, accusing Israel of daily breaches of the Yellow Line and advancing westward inside Gaza, leading to renewed mass displacement and dozens of casualties.

"Hundreds more Palestinians are killed as a result of strikes conducted under fabricated pretexts," the statement read.

At least 22 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks over the past few hours, Al Jazeera reports, citing sources.

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🇷🇺💥 Russian troops push Ukrainian militants from Zvanovka in Donetsk region

The success significantly complicates the situation for Ukrainian battlegroups in the city of Seversk, a key point to establish full control over the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics' shared border.

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📑 Trump admin bypasses legal concerns on Venezuela, weighs capturing Maduro — Reports

The White House repeatedly sidestepped skeptical national security lawyers to pursue lethal strikes against drug boats, justifying them as part of a "non-international" armed conflict.

According to the Washington Post, the administration also considered plans to seize Venezuelan oil fields and capture President Nicolas Maduro.

Officials say Trump and aides "steamrolled" legal doubts to aggressively target narcotraffickers, with the CIA rapidly expanding its anti-drug unit under authorities akin to the post-9/11 war on terror.

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📹 Bolsonaro burns his electronic bracelet

Brazilian authorities released a video in which former President Jair Bolsonaro admits to burning his court-ordered electronic monitor with a soldering iron. He claims he did so "out of curiosity."

The device was damaged around midnight, triggering sensors and prompting a visit from security. An hour later, the bracelet was replaced, according to the G1.

Police had previously arrested the former president, citing flight risks.

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🚨 US plans to launch new Venezuela operations — Reports

The Trump administration is preparing to launch a new phase of Venezuela operations, including possible covert actions and regime change efforts against Maduro, Reuter reports, citing sources.

The US Federal Aviation Administration on Friday warned major airlines of a "potentially hazardous situation" when flying over Venezuela and urged them to exercise caution.

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🗣🇻🇪 Venezuela to US: 'Enough of power imposition'

Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López condemned US military deployment in the Caribbean, accusing Washington of seeking to enslave the hemisphere to preserve hegemony.

"Returning to slavery is impossible for us... These actions are solely intended to preserve regional and local hegemonies," he said.

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🇻🇪✈️ Airlines cancel Venezuela flights amid US military buildup

Iberia, TAP, LATAM, Avianca, GOL & Caribbean suspend operations after FAA warns of "heightened military activity" in Venezuelan airspace.

Reports suggest imminent new phase of the US operations soon.

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📑 Trump peace plan is a 'strong framework' for future talks — Rubio

The US Secretary of State confirmed that the peace proposal was authored by the US and based on input from the Russian and Ukrainian sides.

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📉 Trump's net worth drops $1.1B

President Trump’s fortune fell sharply as Trump Media (DJT) stock hit all-time lows near $10.18 and his crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, lost value.

The decline reverses a $3B gain from earlier this year, driven largely by digital token and bitcoin holdings.

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🔊 We are 2 meters away from peace deal — Kellogg

The US special envoy said that Trump is determined to end the conflict in Ukraine.

He added that the 28-point peace plan is a framework to be discussed throughout next week.

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🗣 Ukraine is posturing, has hard decisions ahead — Kellogg

US Envoy Keith Kellogg called Ukraine's stance on territory and military size "posturing," urging Kiev to make hard choices to end the war.

"It's not going to be up to Russia to accept it. I think we can drive Ukraine to it, and I think we can drive the Russians to it later on as well," Kellogg said on Fox News.

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🚨 Ukraine will attempt election meddling in Hungary — Russian Ambassador

Russia's envoy to Budapest warns Ukraine will likely interfere in Hungary's 2026 elections to overthrow Orban's government, citing ties between Ukrainian intelligence and Hungarian opposition.

Evidence includes:

▫️ Ukrainian experts developing flawed software for TISA party

▫️ Personal data leaks of Hungarian users

▫️ Expelled Ukrainian diplomats for espionage

"The likelihood of attempts by representatives of the Kiev regime to interfere in Hungary's internal affairs in the run-up to the parliamentary elections scheduled for mid-April 2026 is assessed as quite high," Evgeny Stanislavov said.

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🇺🇸👀🇻🇪US Caribbean build-up ‘too small for broader offensive’ - Venezuelan MP

The US has deployed more assets to the Caribbean than are needed for drummed-up counter-narcotics operations, yet still nowhere near enough for an attack on Venezuela, Venezuelan lawmaker Juan Romero, a member of parliament from the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), told Sputnik.

From a strictly military standpoint, the operation is “far too small for a broader offensive,” he said.

👉 Romero argued that Venezuela—unlike Grenada or Panama, which the US invaded in 1989—is a vast country with an extensive coastline, making any attempt to establish control extremely difficult.

He added that pinpoint strikes on targets inside Venezuela, similar to US and Israeli actions against Iran, would do nothing to solve the problem of holding the territory afterward.

In response to the US military buildup in the Caribbean, he said the Venezuelan government has activated a comprehensive territorial-defense system, claiming eight million combat-ready fighters in addition to 250,000 regular army troops.

💬 “To invade Venezuela, the US would have to pull in soldiers from its African, European, and North American commands—not just Southern Command,” Romero said.

He also noted that the current operation—mixed in its results and involving the blowing up of several boats allegedly used to transport drugs—is extremely expensive, costing Washington some $50 million a day.

The US has justified its military presence in the Caribbean as part of the fight against drug trafficking, without providing any proof.

Trump continues to keep open the possibility of military action against Venezuela, saying he would "probably talk to" Maduro but emphasizing that he was "not ruling out anything."

Airlines like Iberia, TAP, LATAM, Avianca, GOL, and Caribbean have suspended operations after the Federal Aviation Administration warned of "heightened military activity" in Venezuelan airspace.

Reports have suggested an imminent new phase of the US operations soon.

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🔸 We are 2 meters away from peace deal — Kellogg

🔸 US Caribbean build-up ‘too small for broader offensive’ - Venezuelan MP

🔸 Hamas urges US mediators to halt Israeli ceasefire violations

🔸 Bolsonaro burns his electronic bracelet

🔸 US plans to launch new Venezuela operations

🔸 Trump's net worth drops $1.1B

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🇧🇬 NATO base plans in Bulgaria humiliating—Bulgarian MP

The public in Bulgaria doesn’t support deeper military integration with NATO, Ivan Petkov, a Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) MP, said.

💬 "Our authorities are demonstrating complete spinelessness and a lack of leadership qualities. The creation of yet another NATO base in Bulgaria is another humiliation," he stated.

The Bulgarian government doesn’t hold a referendum on the matter, as its result would be "too obvious," the MP noted, adding the establishment of deeper ties with NATO would lead to full-scale militarization.

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💵❌ Ukraine admits recovery aid could lead to more corruption—US analysis

The massive influx of international aid intended for the country's recovery is expected to increase corrupt activities by creating more opportunities for illicit enrichment, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports.

📍 It adds that the corruption risks make it difficult for the US Department of State to accurately measure progress or estimate the costs of its assistance strategy in Ukraine.

The report, which evaluated US assistance planning from 2022 through 2024, details a landscape of systemic failures and legal loopholes that leave Ukraine’s public finance and anti-corruption systems highly vulnerable to abuse.

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🔥Russia's 'birds of prey': Drone swarms dominate the frontlines

Russian UAV units are conducting coordinated drone attacks across the entire special military operation zone:

00:00 Stop Ukrainian attempts to deliver troops and ammunition in the Kharkov region

00:05 Neutralize enemy equipment and manpower

00:12 Eliminate Ukrainian troops' personnel in the Zaporozhye region

00:19 Destroy enemy strongholds and fortified positions in the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) region

00:33 Strike automotive equipment, communication systems, EW assets, temporary bases, and even ram enemy fixed-wing UAVs.

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