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🤝 Negotiations between President Vladimir Putin and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are ongoing in the Kremlin, having already extended beyond 3 hours.

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🇺🇸🇻🇪The US has “only just begun” sinking suspected drug-running boats in the Caribbean, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said, adding the military even paused operations because “it’s hard to find boats to strike right now.”

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🤝 Trump and Lula hold 'great' call

President Trump described his conversation with Brazilian President Lula da Silva as a "great talk," confirming they discussed trade, sanctions, and security.

Key outcomes from the call:

▫️ US will remove 40% tariffs on Brazilian products like meat, coffee, and fruits

▫️ Both agreed to review remaining tariffs to accelerate bilateral trade negotiations

▫️ Lula emphasized expanding joint efforts to combat transnational criminal organizations

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🚨 The meeting between Vladimir Putin and Steve Witkoff ended

It lasted nearly 5 hours.

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🗣 'Productive': Presidential Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev's assessment of the US-Russia talks at the Kremlin

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🗣 There is still a lot of work to be done — Ushakov on the results of the talks between Putin and Witkoff

According to the Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov, the two sides discussed the essence of the US plan for settlement rather than specific proposals.

Russia and the US have agreed not to disclose the substance of the talks.

Vladimir Putin told the American delegation that Russia could agree to some parts of the US plan, but that some parts caused criticism.

The sides declared their readiness to continue working together to reach a deal on Ukraine.

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🎥🎥 Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov briefs media after Putin–Witkoff talks

👉 Watch live in our Telegram

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📑 Honduras election in chaos: Nasralla takes thin lead amid system failures

Salvador Nasralla has pulled ahead of Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura by just 0.16% with 60% of votes counted, following a total system failure that halted results for over a day.

💬 Trump earlier warned on Truth Social: "If they try to change the results, there will be hell to pay!"

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✍️ Trump declares all Biden 'autopen' documents void

"Anyone receiving 'Pardons,' 'Commutations,' or any other Legal Document so signed, please be advised that said Document has been fully and completely terminated," he wrote on Truth Social.

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📑 Trump sends handwritten letter to Syria's Al-Sharaa: 'You will be a great leader'

President Trump sent a personal note to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa via US envoy Tom Barrack, reaffirming strong US support and declaring:

"Ahmed, you will be a great leader, and the United States will help."

The letter coincides with high-level talks on Israeli military incursions — an issue Trump raised directly with Netanyahu.

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🚨 Rep. Luna forces vote to ban Congress stock trading

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna filed a discharge petition to bypass leadership and force a floor vote on banning members of Congress from trading stocks, exposing the "legalized corruption" scheme.

◼️ Both parties publicly support reform but privately kill it behind closed doors.

◼️ Members beat market returns by 12% annually — information that would jail ordinary Americans.

◼️ Example: Paul Pelosi bought $5M in Nvidia options weeks before CHIPS Act passed.

◼️ This year, 27 members violated weak disclosure rules; penalty: only $200.

The petition needs 218 signatures to force a vote. Luna is calling Congress’s bluff: publicly defend insider trading or ban it.

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🗣There has been no talk of a New Year's ceasefire in the special operations zone, Peskov said

According to him, a different process is currently underway.

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🗣 Rubio blasts 'unlimited Ukraine funding' crowd: 'That is not reality'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio scorched politicians and media pushing for endless Ukraine war funding, calling their stance detached from reality.

"Some of these people think our policy should be funding Ukraine at unlimited amounts for as long as the war takes. That’s not reality," he told Fox News.

He commended President Trump for pursuing an end to the war rather than fueling endless conflict.

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💬 Brussels prolong Ukraine war to forge military alliance — EU MP

Luxembourg MEP Fernand Kartheiser accused EU leaders of deliberately blocking a peace deal in Ukraine to advance their own political integration agenda.

"Some European leaders are seeking to prolong the conflict in order to transform the EU into a military alliance and turn the Commission into the government of a unified European federal state — without any consent from member states," Fernand told RIA Novosti.

▫️ EU ignores ground reality, backs Kiev's most radical demands

▫️ Applies territorial integrity double standards (ignores Serbia, Cyprus)

▫️ Uses prolonged conflict to bypass treaty changes and force federalization

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🇪🇺 EU rocked by rising resistance on Ukraine policy – MEP

It's already clear that some member states, such as Hungary and Slovakia, are refusing to adhere to the European Commission’s policy on Ukraine, while resistance in other countries is growing, Luxembourg European Parliament Member Fernand Kartheiser told Sputnik.

🗣 He added that some EU leaders are seeking to prolong the conflict in Ukraine in order to turn the bloc into a military alliance and make the European Commission look like the government of a united federal European state.

Kartheiser stressed that there is still a minority in the European Parliament that favors maintaining dialogue with Russia.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko earlier stated that the EU’s position on Ukraine rules out the possibility of achieving peace, as well as any role for European countries at the negotiating table.

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🚨 Black Sea vessel attacks threaten diplomatic progress on Ukraine – expert

Attacks on vessels in the Black Sea are occurring during a crucial stage of the peace process aimed at resolving the Ukraine conflict, and may be carried out by forces seeking to disrupt the diplomatic momentum, Turkish international relations expert Gokhan Kurt told Sputnik.

❌ Incidents of this kind can be seen as an attempt to pressure the negotiation process at a time when the parties have reached a stage where any escalation could complicate the formation of agreements, the so-called sensitive phase, according to Kurt.

Attacks on routes where large volumes of products are transported indicate economic risks for countries in the region and could impact those nations’ approach to the security of trade routes, the expert concluded.

👉 Ukraine reportedly earlier claimed responsibility for recent attacks on two tankers in the Black Sea, which were described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as acts of piracy. He pledged that Russia would consider retaliatory measures against the vessels of countries that assist Ukraine in its attacks in the Black Sea.

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🔸 There is still a lot of work to be done — Ushakov after 5-hour US-Russia talks in Moscow

🔸 Rubio blasts 'unlimited Ukraine funding' crowd: 'That is not reality'

🔸 Rep. Luna forces vote to ban Congress stock trading

🔸 Trump declares all Biden 'autopen' documents void

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