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UKRAINE WAR
Quote:A European proposal meant to rival President Trump’s 28-point peace plan calls for Ukraine to keep its military forces and leaves the door open for the country to join NATO, according to leaked details.
The proposal, which was discussed on Sunday during a meeting between European and Ukrainian leaders, appeared to counter the one put forward by the Trump administration demanding major concessions from Kyiv while asking Moscow to give up very little.
In contrast to the US plan which calls on Ukraine to shrink its forces from about 900,000 soldiers to only 600,000, the European version states “no restriction” must be placed on Kyiv’s army, the Telegraph reported.
And unlike the US proposal, the European plan does not ban Ukraine from joining NATO, a key demand from Russia, which claims it invaded Ukraine as response to the western defense block’s alleged aggression.
Not only would Ukraine be eligible for NATO membership, but it would also be free to invite “friendly forces” to operate in its nation as a security measure, according to the leak.
The European plan also shifts back to Trump’s previous proposal to freeze the front lines — as opposed to his latest pitch to have Ukraine cede the entire Donbas region, which Russia has failed to conquer for more than a decade.
Kyiv maintains that the region has managed to fend off Russia’s assault for years, with the Donetsk fortress belt repeatedly keeping Moscow’s invasion force at bay.
Ukraine has argued that losing Donbas would only leave the nation exposed to a third Russian invasion — which would face little resistance without any proper security guarantees in the peace deal.
The current US plan only states that Kyiv will “receive reliable security guarantees” but falls far short of NATO’s Article 5, which treats any attack on a member state as an attack on the entire bloc. Russia has previously rejected such terms.
The European plan appears to suggest a stronger guarantee like an Article 5 trigger, insisting that there will be “robust, legally-binding security guarantees, including from the US, to prevent future aggression” by Russia, according to the Telegraph.
Like the US plan, the European deal gives a pathway for Russia to rejoin the global economy and see its heavy sanctions lifted, but the proposal holds a “snap back” mechanism which would re-isolate Moscow if the cease-fire is breached.
Both Europe and the US would be tasked with monitoring the cease-fire line, the plan adds.
The European proposal also states that Russia’s seized foreign assets, which amount to some $250 billion, would be used for Ukraine’s reconstruction.
Quote:Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said the current US peace proposal that heavily favors Moscow could “form the basis for a final peace settlement” in Ukraine.
Putin spoke in favor of President Trump’s 28-point peace plan, which calls for Ukraine to give up the entire Donbas region, shrink its army by a third and abandon its NATO ambitions — all while asking very little of Russia in return.
Putin noted that the terms of the deal were in line with what he and Trump discussed in their summit in Alaska earlier this year, with Russia eager to discuss more at the negotiating table.
“Russia’s interest in a political and diplomatic resolution of the Ukrainian crisis was reaffirmed,” the Kremlin said in a statement on the peace plan
Russia’s positive take on the controversial plan stands in clear contrast with that of Ukraine and its allies, including US lawmakers who described it as a “wish list” for Moscow.
Critics and experts have warned that the current deal on the table effectively sets Ukraine up for a third Russian invasion, all while offering vague security guarantees that pose no real consequences to Moscow.
The US plan, which was leaked last week and caused chaos in the West, was the main topic as Ukraine’s negotiation team met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Geneva on Sunday.
Rubio, who defended the controversial 28-point peace plan, described the talks as “probably the most productive and meaningful meeting so far in this entire [peace] process.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has stressed that any deal cannot reward Russia for invading his country, said he will be receiving a “full report” on what his team discussed with the US.
“Based on these reports, we will determine the next steps and the timing,” Zelensky wrote on X.
Quote:WASHINGTON — A new version of a peace plan worked out between senior Washington and Kyiv delegations is proving more palatable to Ukrainians — and would remove several provisions that were previously described by US officials as “maximalist demands” by Moscow.
The new plan, said to include about 19 points, would nix one of the most controversial provisions of the 28-point plan reported last week — that Ukraine would have to give up territory in the Donbas that Russia has been unable to conquer in more than 11 years of war there, The Post can reveal.
Instead, the issue of territorial claims will be left to President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to hammer out at a later date, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
It would also get rid of another sticking point under which Ukraine would have had to promise never to join NATO — a goal Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has sought since before invading the country in 2022.
Still, Zelensky in a Monday afternoon post to X said the new plan is not yet finalized.
“Now the list of necessary steps to end the war can become doable,” he wrote. “As of now, after Geneva, there are fewer points — no longer 28 — and many of the right elements have been taken into account in this framework.
“There is still work for all of us to do together to finalize the document, and we must do everything with dignity.”
He further predicted that Russia would try to “derail this opportunity for an agreement and to prolong the war.”
“We can see which interests are intertwined, and who is trying to weaken our position — Ukraine’s position — spreading disinformation, intimidating our people,” he said. “We are countering every such attempt to derail the end of the war.”
The White House had previously pushed for signing a peace deal by Thanksgiving — though Trump on Saturday said it was not a “final offer” kind of agreement.
As of Monday afternoon, there was no plan for Zelensky to come to the White House before the holiday, though White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration feels “optimistic” about the updated version of the plan.
Asked Monday to confirm the details of the 19-point draft of the deal, the White House referred The Post to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments on Sunday that the agreement was “a living, breathing document” that has “evolved.”
“None of it is insurmountable,” Rubio added at the time. “The items that remain open are not insurmountable, we just need more time.”
Quote:The original 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine was drafted by US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner after “secret meetings” with a Kremlin insider in Miami – and Secretary of State Marco Rubio only learned the “full scope” of the proposal once it was leaked, according to a report.
The plan, which has since been revised to 19 points, initially demanded Ukraine make heavy concessions – including giving up territory in the east, capping the size of its military and agreeing to never join NATO – while asking Russia to barely give up anything.
Witkoff and Kushner started working on the document in October, after Trump tasked administration officials with hatching a plan to end the bloodiest fighting in Europe since World War II in the wake of brokering a peace deal in Gaza, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
The pair held “secret meetings” and dinners in Miami with Kirill Dmitriev, a financier and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, while working out the details of the peace plan, according to the outlet.
“They brought him to Miami the weekend before Halloween for what would be three days of intensive discussions over dinner and extended conversation at Witkoff’s home,” US officials and people familiar with the matter told the Journal.
Dmitriev demanded the controversial points on NATO membership and Ukrainian territorial concessions be included.
He also pushed for the Ukrainian troop cap and economic agreements between Washington and Moscow.
The Wall Street Journal noted that Witkoff, Kushner and Dmitriev had “similar views” on what the plan should look like.
The special envoy determined that the plan should be weighted more toward Moscow’s goals after concluding that Ukraine was in a weaker position than Russia, through discussions with US and foreign officials and reading intelligence reports.
The plan, with terms favorable for Moscow, shocked supporters of the Ukrainian war effort, including congressional lawmakers, when it leaked last week.
US officials, however, argued that it reflected “a good-faith attempt by Witkoff and Kushner to gain the support” of Putin without completely abandoning Ukraine.
Witkoff and Kushner held at least two phone calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as they drafted the document, officials said.
Ukraine’s national security adviser, Rustem Umerov, was also invited to Miami and “bluntly” told Witkoff and Kushner that the plan was better for Moscow than Kyiv.
The majority of the provision had been crafted prior to the meetings with the Ukrainian and Russian envoys, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Quote:Three people were killed and at least 16 injured in a major Ukrainian drone attack on southern Russia with residential buildings damaged in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar, Russian officials said.
The Russian Defence Ministry said that 249 Ukrainian drones were downed over Russian regions overnight, including 116 over the Black Sea, 92 over the southern regions of Krasnodar and Rostov.
Rostov Governor Yuri Slyusar said that a paint shop, a warehouse, four apartment buildings and 12 houses were damaged in the attack, which left at least three dead.
Unverified video footage on Telegram showed what sounded like a drone flying directly into a large residential apartment block in Novorossiysk – home to a major oil port – and exploding in a ball of flame.
“Overnight the Krasnodar region was subjected to one of the longest major attacks by the Kyiv regime,” Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said, adding that an apartment building at Tuapse, a town beside an oil export terminal, had been damaged.
He said that seven apartment buildings had been hit in Novorossiysk.
Russian forces attacked Kyiv early on Tuesday, triggering fires in at least two residential buildings and killing one person, a senior Ukrainian official said.
Quote:Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early Tuesday, striking a residential building and killing at least four people, an official said, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump struck a cautiously optimistic tone on hopes for peace.
Newsweek contacted the Kremlin for comment.
Why It Matters
The latest Russian attack on Ukraine comes amid intense diplomatic efforts, led by the Trump administration, to work out a peace deal to end the war, nearly four years after Russian forces invaded Ukraine.
The White House has been ramping up pressure on Ukraine to accept a deal with Russia, with warnings that key military and intelligence support could be reduced if Kyiv fails to get on board.
In response, Ukraine and its European allies have drafted counterproposals after they objected to provisions in an initial 28-point draft that called for Ukraine to cede territory, reduce its military and rule out NATO membership.
What To Know
Russia launched a wave of attacks on Kyiv, bombing residential buildings and energy infrastructure, AP reported, citing video footage and authorities in the Ukrainian capital.
A residential building in the central Pechersk district and another in the eastern district of Dniprovskyi were badly damaged, Mayor Vitalii Kitschko was reported saying.
Video footage posted on social media showed a large fire spread through multiple floors of the nine-story building in Dniprovskyi. At least four people were killed, according to Tymor Tkachenko, head of Kyiv city administration, as reported by Reuters.
"The Russians are deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure and housing. Cynical terror," Tkachenko said on the Telegram social media app.
Ukraine’s energy ministry said that energy infrastructure had also been struck, without providing details on what type or the extent of the damage.
U.S. and Ukrainian representatives met in Geneva on Sunday and later said that “meaningful progress” was made and an “updated and refined peace framework” was drafted.
In a post to his Truth Social page on Monday, Trump said “big progress” may be underway in the peace talks. Though cautioning not to “believe it until you see it,” the president said "something good just may be happening."
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of more Russian strikes, and said his forces were prepared to respond.
“We must be aware that Russia will not reduce its pressure on Ukraine, and in these days and weeks, we should treat air raid alerts and all similar threats of strikes with great caution,” Zelensky said in a post to X.
“We fully understand who we are dealing with, and all orders are in place in the Air Force and in all other components of Ukraine's Defense and Security Forces. We will respond.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the U.S. peace proposal for Ukraine could “in principle” serve as the foundation for a final settlement, according to a Kremlin summary of his call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Quote:Payments for Russian troops fighting in Ukraine were suspended due to a lack of budget funds, it has been reported.
The finance minister from Yakutia said that troops from the republic in Russia’s far-eastern republic could not receive bonuses and one-time payments due to the shortfall.
Newsweek has contacted the Russian defense ministry for comment.
Why It Matters
Vladimir Putin has pledged record military spending to attract troops to fight in the war, but also as part of a long-term policy to beef up the Russian armed forces.
Reports that troops have faced problems getting payments could be a warning sign of liquidity problems inside Russia’s war machine.
What To Know
Russia has offered huge financial incentives to attract recruits, which include large signing-on bonuses, salaries several times that of the national average and compensation packages for families in the event of injuries or death.
These payments vary from region to region, but according to Yakutsk Online, the republic had previously allocated up to 2.6 million rubles (approximately $29,000) per contract soldier.
This is divided among federal (400,000 rubles—$4,500), regional (1.8 million rubles—$20,000), and municipal budgets (400,000 rubles—$4,500), according to United24 Media.
However, Russian media reported that Yakutia had suspended payments to troops due to a regional budget shortfall and an inability to forecast demand.
The republic’s finance minister, Ivan Alekseev, announced the pause in payments during a local television broadcast in which he explained how it was impossible to calculate in advance how many people would need payments.
He did not specify what kind of payments had been suspended, but did say that the problems would be fixed and that the amounts would be made soon.
As Russia reels from sanctions because of Putin’s aggression, the financial burden of incentivizing recruitment has forced regions to slash or suspend payments.
Since the beginning of October, four federal subjects—Tatarstan, Chuvashia, Mari El, and Samara—cut bonuses to recruits from more than two million rubles ($20,000) to 400,000 rubles ($4,000) with similar cuts in Belgorod oblast and the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, according to Russian media sources cited by the Jamestown Foundation.
Yakutia was among Russian regions that had found it difficult to recruit contract soldiers due to heavy losses, low payments and the reluctance of local authorities to support mobilization efforts, Ukrainian military intelligence (DIU) said in October on Telegram.
It added that recruitment centers in Yakutia were failing to meet 40 percent of Moscow's established quotas and that similar recruitment problems were found in the country’s far-east, according to the DIU.
Quote:NATO member Romania scrambled fighter jets as two Russian drones crossed into the country's airspace from Ukraine, Bucharest's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, after Moscow launched extensive missile and drone strikes on its neighbor.
Moldova, a non-NATO country bordering both Ukraine and Romania, separately said it had detected six drones in its airspace, including one uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) that then traveled toward Romania.
Why It Matters
Russian drones have frequently crossed into NATO territory since the Kremlin began its full-scale war in Ukraine in early 2022. Romania has found Russian drone fragments several times and often scrambles fighter jets when Moscow carries out intensive attacks on western regions of Ukraine.
Romania's Tulcea region sits directly across the border from the Ukrainian port of Izmail, which Russia has repeatedly targeted. The Danube River marks the border between the two countries, just north of Tulcea.
What To Know
Bucharest detected a target heading for its airspace close to Tulcea and scrambled two German Typhoon fighter jets from a base in the southeast of the country shortly before 6:30 a.m. local time, the ministry said. Germany has fighter jets stationed in Romania as part of NATO air policing.
The drone crossed into Romania close to the Ukrainian settlement of Vylkove, and an alert was sent to local residents in Tulcea just before 7 a.m., the government said.
Two Romanian F-16 jets were also scrambled from another air base, minutes before authorities said Romanian radars picked up a second drone breaching the country's airspace. Alerts were sent to residents of the Galați area, next door to Tulcea.
Galați sits close to Moldovan territory. Moldova's government said the first drone violating its airspace was picked up close to Vulcănești, a town bordering Ukraine, before heading to Colibași, north of Galați.
Five more drones were detected across the country, and one of the UAVs fell on the roof of a residential home in northern Moldova, Chișinău said.
At least six people were killed and another 14 injured in overnight strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, according to Ukrainian authorities. Moscow also struck the central Dnipro and Cherkasy regions of Ukraine, the northern Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions, and Odesa, which borders Romania.
Russia struck ports and infrastructure in the Odesa region, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Six people, including two children, were injured in Odesa during a "massive attack by enemy drones" that damaged energy and port facilities, Odesa's regional governor, Oleh Kiper, said early on Tuesday.
Moscow launched more than 460 drones, many of which were Iranian-designed Shahed attack drones, and 22 missiles of different types overnight, Ukraine's air force said. Among the mix were four of Russia's hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, the military said.
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Quote:Russia is set to reject the new 19-point cease-fire deal drafted by the US and Ukraine but may use disinformation tactics to keep President Trump engaged in continued talks — suggesting the war will last at least through Christmas, sources told The Post on Tuesday.
The White House has said it is working to secure a deal after Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff developed a previous controversial 28-point version of the plan that heavily favored Moscow. That plan included input from Kyiv, the Trump administration has insisted.
The proposal, roundly criticized by both sides of the US political aisle and international community because it was so one-sided, was then narrowed down to a 19-point plan acceptable to Ukraine after talks between top Washington and Kyiv officials happened Sunday.
But sources told The Post that Russia won’t agree to the 19-point version, as they already weren’t completely satisfied with the broader previous plan.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov publicly went on the offensive Tuesday, reiterating that Moscow will not outright support any plan that deviates from Trump’s original 28-point proposal.
Lavrov sought to contrast the latest plan with discussions between Trump and Putin at the August summit in Anchorage — implying that the Kremlin came away from the meeting with the idea that Trump had agreed to side with Moscow.
“After Anchorage, when we thought these understandings had already been formalized, there was a long pause. And now the pause has been broken by the introduction of this document. . . A whole series of issues there, of course, require clarification,” Lavrov said.
The Kremlin had praised the original plan as a real pathway to peace, with Lavrov adding that any proposal that deviates from that will not have Moscow’s backing.
“If the spirit and letter of Anchorage are erased from the key understandings we have documented, then, of course, the situation will be fundamentally different,” Lavrov warned, according to the Financial Times.
Still, Moscow may want to appear as if it is not out-right rejecting all US efforts to bring peace to Ukraine for fear of further provoking Trump’s suspicion that the Kremlin is unwilling to play ball, sources said.
Russia may also being planning to use other disinformation tactics, such as issuing vague statements or even signing documents indicating support — without actually committing to end its war, they said.
“Rule of law in Russia is non-existent. Putin historically amends the constitution of Russia whenever it suits him,” said Institute for the Study of War Russia program leader George Barros to The Post. “So any sort of Russian agreement, be it verbal or even legal, must be treated with utmost skepticism.
“It means that whatever the US and Ukraine agree to here has to be absolutely bulletproof and not depend on Russian agreement, but the backing of our own resolve and concrete commitments.
Trump has been wide-eyed about Russia’s efforts to drag out the war, previously accusing Putin of “tapping him along.”
Myroslava Gogadze, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, added on a call with reporters Tuesday, “From Ukrainian perspective, they don’t see this 19-point plan as something that Russia would accept.
“However, the point of this exercise was not exactly to make an agreement but to throw out that 28 point plan and put some Ukrainian interest in that possible negotiation and show that Ukraine is really willing and want to discuss and negotiate at peace in terms of situation on the ground, you have to look at what is going on.”
Quote:PARIS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan needs improvement to make it acceptable for Ukraine and Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron told RTL radio on Tuesday.
A 28-point U.S. peace proposal made last week caught many in the U.S. government, Kyiv and Europe off-guard and prompted fresh concerns that the Trump administration might be willing to push Ukraine to sign a deal heavily tilted towards Moscow.
"It's an initiative that goes in the right direction: towards peace. However, there are aspects of that plan that deserve to be discussed, negotiated, improved," Macron said. "We want peace, but we don't want peace that is effectively a capitulation."
He added that only the Ukrainians could decide what territorial concessions they are ready to make.
"What was put on the table gives us an idea of what would be acceptable to the Russians. Does that mean that it is what must be accepted by the Ukrainians and the Europeans? The answer is no," Macron added.
Ukraine's first line of defence in case of peace with Russia would be regenerating its own army, and there can be no limit on it, Macron said. He also said frozen Russian assets are in Europe, and Europe alone can decide what to do with them.
The U.S. plan would impose a limit on the size of Ukraine's army and give Washington some control of frozen Russian assets.
A few hours before a video call of the so-called "coalition of the willing" countries offering to assist post-war Ukraine, Macron also gave details on what a reassurance force might look like "far away from the front line" once fighting stops.
"There are British, French, Turkish soldiers who, the day peace is signed, so not in a context of war, are there to conduct training and security operations, as we do in certain countries on NATO's eastern flank," he said.
"We have about 20 countries that have already said what they are prepared to do actively, either in the air, on land, or at sea."
Quote:President Trump has announced that special envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Russia and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to travel to Ukraine as part of the final push toward a peace deal ending Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor.
“The original 28-Point Peace Plan, which was drafted by the United States, has been fine-tuned, with additional input from both sides, and there are only a few remaining points of disagreement,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “In the hopes of finalizing this Peace Plan, I have directed my Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with President Putin in Moscow and, at the same time, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll will be meeting with the Ukrainians.
“I will be briefed on all progress made, along with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
“I look forward to hopefully meeting with President Zelenskyy and President Putin soon, but ONLY when the deal to end this War is FINAL or, in its final stages. Thank you for your attention to this very important matter, and let’s all hope that PEACE can be accomplished AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!”
VENEZUELA OR RUSSIA?
Quote:Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have voiced support for Venezuelan ally President Nicolás Maduro amid escalating tensions with the United States.
Why It Matters
The backing of diplomatic heavyweights China and Russia comes as tensions continue to spiral, with the administration of Donald Trump appearing to weigh military action against the South American country.
Trump has accused Maduro’s government of supporting "narco-terrorism." Maduro has dismissed these claims, saying they are a pretext for regime change in the oil-rich nation, which has long been a vocal opponent of Washington's moves in the region.
Newsweek reached out to the White House and the Venezuelan Embassy in China via emailed requests for comment.
What To Know
During an episode of Maduro’s weekly television program, Con Maduro, interviewer Miguel Pérez Pirela presented the president with letters of solidarity on the occasion of his birthday Sunday.
According to Pirela, who presented the letters, Putin expressed "unwavering solidarity with the friendly people of Venezuela." Putin wrote, "I am certain that under his leadership, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will overcome all trials with dignity and defend its legitimate interests in these turbulent times."
Xi’s letter was reportedly even more strongly worded. "China reiterates its categorical rejection of external forces interfering in Venezuela’s internal affairs under any pretext and will continue to firmly support, as always, Venezuela in safeguarding its sovereignty, national security, national dignity, and stability."
It is unclear whether Venezuela came up during a phone call between Trump and Xi Sunday. According to a readout from China’s Foreign Ministry, the two leaders praised recent improvements in bilateral ties after meeting in South Korea earlier this month.
Russia and China have maintained close ties with Maduro, whom opposition parties and international observers say stole the 2018 election. The United States and a number of other governments have recognized Maduro’s opponent as Venezuela’s legitimate leader.
President Donald Trump in recent months surged U.S. military power into the Caribbean, including nuclear-powered supercarrier the USS Gerald Ford. The administration has also drawn criticism for carrying out strikes against 21 separate boats in international waters, claiming—without providing evidence—their crews were engaging in drug trafficking.
Quote:A sanctioned Russian oil tanker has reportedly reached Venezuela following several route changes and attempts to evade U.S. naval interception in the Caribbean Sea. The ship anchored at Puerto La Cruz, a port city on the South American country's northeastern coast, according to global shipping news outlets.
Why It Matters
The tanker arrived despite a large U.S. naval presence in the Caribbean, part of ongoing counter-drug operations and increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Since 2019, the U.S. has targeted the regime with sanctions on its state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, and by monitoring foreign companies and shadow fleets transporting oil to the country.
What To Know
The Seahorse, a tanker built in 2004 and sanctioned by the UK and the European Union, arrived in Venezuela on Sunday, the Maritime Executive reported. Earlier this month, the ship made a U‑turn off the coast of Venezuela after the USS Stockdale destroyer intersected its course.
It has reportedly been in the Caribbean since October, but turned away several times due to U.S. interception, though there were no reports of a confrontation. Its presence has been located in the vicinity of Cuba and areas near Puerto Rico. The Seahorse followed a second sanctioned tanker that also reached Venezuela over the weekend, the Russian-flagged tanker Vasily Lanovoy, according to the Maritime Executive.
Russia, China, and Iran have relied on shadow fleets of tankers and cargo vessels to circumvent Western sanctions, operating through hidden networks and complex routing to maintain trade.
Washington's “maximum pressure” campaign against Venezuela drove Western firms out, benefiting adversaries: the country sold discounted crude to China, relied on Iran for substances added to oil to aid transportation, and leaned on Russian investors, the Atlantic Council noted in a January analysis.
Tensions with Venezuela escalated after the government rejected the U.S. designation of the alleged criminal network “Cartel de los Soles” as a terrorist organization, which took effect Monday.
Quote:Republican U.S. Representative Maria Salazar told Fox Business on Monday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro understands “that we’re about to go in.”
Salazar, who represents Florida's 27th District, said that U.S. involvement in Venezuelan regime change would be “very good news for the American economy,” given the South American nation holds the world's largest known oil reserves.
Newsweek contacted the Department of Defense for comment on the congresswoman's remarks.
Why It Matters
The U.S. has recently deployed the world's largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean Sea, after sinking multiple boats in its nearly three-month campaign targeting what the administration of President Donald Trump says are drug-smuggling vessels. The intensive military buildup is seen as a means to pressure Maduro, whom the U.S. has accused of heading a drug cartel, which he denies.
According to Salazar, the White House designation of Maduro’s regime as a foreign terrorist organization “puts him right in the crosshairs. We can take him out, we can extradite him, or we can go in and try and finish his regime.”
“This is very good news for the American economy,” she said. “This is a number one goal for this administration from an economic standpoint.”
What To Know
Observers see the looming military presence coupled with economic pressures on Caracas as a U.S. attempt to oust Maduro. The U.S. doesn't recognize the authoritarian socialist leader as the winner of the country's 2024 elections.
When asked by Fox Business host David Asman on many Americans' reluctance to see the U.S. involved in regime change in Venezuela, Salazar said: “Maduro is not Fidel Castro. Maduro is not a brave boy. He understands that we are about to go in.”
Citing three economic, security and political reasons for U.S. involvement, the congresswomen said that “Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day because it will be more than a trillion dollars in economic activity.”
“American companies can go in and fix the oil rigs and everything that has to do with the Venezuelan petroleum companies, with oil and the derivatives.”
“The Venezuelans have the largest reserves of oil in the world, more than Saudi Arabia. This is going to be a windfall for us when it comes to fossil fuels.”
She then said Venezuela has been “the launching pad, the hub for our enemies, the Iranians, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Cubans, the Nicaraguans, people that hate the United States and want to do harm to us.”
Finally, she argued that “he [Maduro] is the head of the Suns Cartel [Cartel de los Soles], which is one of the transitional criminal organizations. He has been indicted by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking.”
The U.S. State Department has officially designated Venezuela-based Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization, claiming the cartel is "responsible for terrorist violence throughout our hemisphere as well as for trafficking drugs into the United States and Europe."
Probed by host Asman on her use of the phrase “we're about to go in,” Salazar said: “Eighty percent of Venezuelans, including the military, voted against the Maduro regime."
“This is going to be very similar to Panama,” she added, referring to the 1989 U.S. invasion to arrest former U.S. ally Manuel Noriega, who was wanted on racketeering and drug-trafficking charges.
“I was there, I was a news reporter and I remember when the Marines were walking in and the Panamanian girls were asking them to marry them. So, I think it’s very similar.”
AFRICA
Quote:Satellite imagery showed construction progress at Egypt’s first nuclear power plant, El-Dabaa, a Russian-built facility set to host four reactors.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi celebrated the installation of the first reactor pressure vessel at the plant, in a video-conference on Wednesday.
"This marks a pivotal step that further advances the completion of El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant project," el-Sisi stated during the ceremony, highlighting strategic ties with Russia, "irrespective of regional or international challenges."
Why It Matters
Egypt says having a nuclear power plant is a long-awaited dream that dates back to the Nasser era and has since faced political setbacks and delays. The new power plant supports its Vision 2030 for sustainable energy sources and security.
Egypt and Russia signed the agreement for the country's first-ever nuclear energy project's construction in 2015. The El Dabaa deal marked the beginning of a broader Russian push into Africa’s civilian nuclear sector.
Similar nuclear energy ambitions are emerging across the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia recently inking a deal with the United States that paves the way for a civilian nuclear partnership.
What To Know
The plant is located on Egypt’s northern Mediterranean coast spanning roughly 12,000 feddans (approximately 12,400 acres). Egypt installed the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) for El Dabaa’s first nuclear unit Wednesday. The plant is set to have four Russian-designed VVER-1200 Generation III+ pressurized water reactors.
The two sides also signed a nuclear fuel procurement order, in line with the 2015 agreement, under which Russia will supply the plant’s nuclear fuel. Rosatom is building the four reactors of the plant that will supply electricity to Egypt and will also construct a storage facility with casks for spent nuclear fuel.
Construction of the nuclear power plant began in 2022 and was estimated to be completed within 12 years at the cost of nearly $20 billion, with Russia providing a loan that would cover a large part of construction expenses, according to the Egyptian State Information Service.
In recent years, Egypt, which has a population of about 110 million people, has faced recurring power cuts amid surging electricity demand, declining natural gas production, and broader economic challenges.
USA
Quote:Twenty states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to block changes to a federal housing program that they say would illegally upend support for tens of thousands of Americans experiencing homelessness.
The lawsuit accuses the Department of Housing and Urban Development of altering its Continuum of Care grant program in violation of congressional intent by cutting funds for permanent housing and imposing new conditions on who can access the money. One of those conditions requires local authorities to recognize only two genders.
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said the administration is “punching down by targeting the most vulnerable Americans,” warning the changes would worsen already dire conditions in his state. A HUD spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Quote:More than 300,000 Ohio residents could earn up to $3,000 after the state Supreme Court makes a decision on the state’s COVID-19 unemployment benefits.
Governor Mike DeWine previously ended the unemployment program early, causing Ohioans to not receive an additional $900 million in federal payments.
Why It Matters
The federal government approved eligible workers' unemployment benefits to be sent out by each state respectively.
While lower courts have ruled that DeWine broke state law by stopping the benefits early, a state Supreme Court reinforcement of these decisions could see thousands of dollars back in residents’ hands.
What To Know
An extra $900 million in federal COVID-19 unemployment benefits will be sent to qualifying Ohio residents if the state agrees with the lower court decisions.
DeWine stopped the payments early, but a Franklin County judge ordered the funds sent out in February, and another Tenth District Court of Appeals upheld that decision in June.
“Ohioans are seeking restitution after the state’s expanded unemployment benefits program was cut short by Governor DeWine,” Kevin Thompson, the CEO of 9i Capital Group and the host of the 9innings podcast, told Newsweek. “The case reached the state’s Supreme Court after lower courts ruled that the governor may have violated state law by refusing to distribute federal funds designated for those benefits.”
The governor initially ended the program 10 weeks before it was slated to stop due to concerns that the extra benefits were contributing to labor shortages. More than 300,000 state residents were originally scheduled to get benefits through September 2021.
According to plaintiffs, the law mandates that the governor had to distribute the federal benefits when available, no matter any other possible labor considerations.
“This isn't really about whether the money helped or hurt the economy back then,” Michael Ryan, a finance expert and the founder of MichaelRyanMoney.com, told Newsweek. “It's about whether a promise made is a promise kept. Governor DeWine argued the extra $300 weekly discouraged work and tightened labor markets. That's a policy call. But Ohio law from the 1930s doesn't give governors wiggle room on that. It mandates accepting federal unemployment dollars.”
Quote:Sen. Ron Johnson rejected President Trump’s proposal to shell out $2,000 “tariff dividend” checks to Americans before the 2026 midterm elections, arguing that money should be used to reduce the federal deficit.
Johnson (R-Wis.) praised the idea during an interview with Fox Business Network’s “Mornings With Maria” Monday, but insisted getting the country’s fiscal house back in order was more important.
“We’re $38 trillion in debt,” he said. “We’ve averaged $1.89 trillion deficits over the last five years. In the next 10 years, the projection’s about $26 trillion from accumulated deficits.”
“We have to address the deficit problem. We are on borrowed time here. So many people are whistling by the graveyard. If we’re bringing in revenue through the tariffs, that oughta be applied to reduce the deficit.”
Trump has repeatedly floated doling out duty refunds to the public. Earlier this month, he proposed a $2,000 check to Americans below a certain income threshold, which Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested would be $100,000 per year for families.
The payments would require approval from the Republican-controlled Congress, with Johnson and other GOPers indicating the proposal is dead on arrival.
“We can’t afford it,” Johnson reiterated Monday. “I wish we were in a position to return the American public their money, but we’re not. Again, we’ll have at least a $2 trillion deficit this year.
“That compares to prior to the pandemic, President Trump had deficits of $800 billion. [Barack] Obama, his last four years, $550 billion a year. Now, we’re $2 trillion? Completely unacceptable. We have to start focusing on that and doing something about it.”
The president’s tariff dividend suggestion came days after Democrats swept off-year election races in New Jersey and Virginia running on a message of affordability.
It also came on the heels of oral arguments before the Supreme Court over Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping “reciprocal” and “trafficking” duties on dozens of nations.
IEEPA tariffs are the cornerstone of Trump’s protectionist agenda, having taken in roughly $90 billion between their implementation and Sept. 23, according to data from US Customs and Border Protection.
Between Sept. 30, 2024, and Aug. 31, the US has taken in $195.9 billion in levy revenue.
Trump’s $2,000 dividend payments would cost $300 billion if they were limited to individuals earning under $100,000, according to an estimate from Erica York, the Tax Foundation’s vice president of federal tax policy.
Quote:A group of Democratic lawmakers who made a video encouraging service members to disobey orders they deem illegal will be interviewed with the assistance of the Capitol Police at the direction of the FBI and the Department of Justice, according to a Fox News report.
The group includes Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Representatives Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan, New Hampshire Representative Maggie Goodlander, and Colorado Representative Jason Crow.
The Democrats released a video last week saying in part, "Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders."
President Donald Trump responded to the video by calling for the lawmakers' arrests and labeling their conduct "seditious."
"THE TRAITORS THAT TOLD THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY MY ORDERS SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW, NOT ROAMING THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT WHAT THEY SAID WAS OK," Trump said in a post on Truth Social Saturday.
The U.S. Capitol Police deferred to the FBI, which declined to comment when Newsweek reached out on Tuesday morning. The DOJ has not yet commented.
Why It Matters
The investigations would spark an escalation in the Trump administration's retaliation against the group, after the president and top officials said their video was seditious in nature. The Democrats in question, all with military and intelligence backgrounds, have argued they were stating that those still serving in these fields were bound by the Constitution and U.S. law.
What To Know
According to Fox News, the FBI and DOJ contacted the U.S. Capitol Police to assist with scheduling interviews with the six lawmakers.
Investigations into lawmakers are not uncommon, but they are often prompted by allegations of corruption, such as misuse of campaign funds, rather than by something lawmakers have said publicly. Interviews are common, as part of wider inquiries, but there are rules and approval processes officials are supposed to follow.
The news followed an announcement by the Department of Defense on Monday that it was opening an investigation into Kelly, as he was the only one under the Pentagon's jurisdiction. The DOD said it was looking into whether Kelly had broken military law by urging military personnel not to follow certain orders.
Kelly, a former Navy fighter pilot who later became a NASA astronaut, retired as a captain. It is highly unusual for the Pentagon, long known for publicly avoiding partisan disputes before the second Trump administration, to signal possible legal action toward a sitting member of Congress.
In its statement, the DOD suggested Kelly’s remarks could have affected the “loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces,” citing a federal law that prohibits efforts to undermine those standards.
The other five lawmakers served the U.S. in some capacity before their time in Congress and have used this background to reach those still working under the Trump administration's DOD and DOJ. In doing so, they sparked anger from Trump and senior officials, who said the group was encouraging chaos among those who are meant to serve the commander-in-chief—i.e., Trump.
Five out of the six received bomb threats at the end of last week, but the group said they remained firm in what they had said.
Quote:Asked about the possibility of Turning Point USA supporting JD Vance in a potential presidential bid in an interview on The Megyn Kelly Show released on Monday, Charlie Kirk’s widow said: “It’s in the works. This was a thing my husband was very direct about. One of the last few conversations we had was how intentional he was for supporting JD in 2028.”
The conservative student advocacy group is credited with bolstering President Donald Trump's base and galvanizing younger voters ahead of the 2024 election. Group cofounder and CEO Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a “Prove Me Wrong” campus event in Utah in September.
Why It Matters
Erika Kirk spoke with Kelly about Turning Point USA’s plans during a live show recorded in Glendale, Arizona, over the weekend.
The current CEO of Turning Point, she acknowledged the support of the Vances after her husband’s death. The vice president and his wife Usha escorted Charlie Kirk's body aboard Air Force Two, with JD Vance helping carry Kirk’s casket on the tarmac in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Erika Kirk has said the vice president's support “has been a blessing" and that he and his wife have shown her "genuine love."
What To Know
Turning Point USA and the Kirks maintained very close public ties to Trump and his family, which helped solidify their position as a major force within the MAGA ecosystem.
Asked by Kelly about the president’s relationship with her husband, Kirk said that “Charlie and President Trump had a really special relationship. At times, it was like father and son. At other times, it was about building. What Charlie really appreciated about President Trump is that he was so mission-focused.”
Kelly also asked about the Kirks’ relationship with JD Vance. The vice president has spoken often about Charlie Kirk’s key role advocating for his selection as Trump's running mate. In the day’s after Kirk’s death, Vance hosted an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, featuring members of the Trump administration sharing their memories of the late activist.
According to Vance, Kirk advocated "in public and private" to Trump for him to be the vice presidential nominee.
The Charlie Kirk Show regularly hosted Vance, giving him a large, friendly platform to reach the highly engaged, grassroots young conservative base. This gave Vance essential airtime to showcase his policy positions, loyalty to the "America First" agenda and cultural warrior persona.
Erica Kirk's relationship with JD Vance’s drew public attention after an emotional onstage embrace at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi last month.
Quote:A federal judge dismissed the Virginia criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, finding that interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed to her position and “had no lawful authority” to secure indictments of either of President Trump’s longtime adversaries.
The humiliating defeat for the administration came 11 days after attorneys for both Comey and James had argued that Halligan had to be confirmed by the Senate after Attorney General Pam Bondi used up her allotted 120-day interim appointment on Erik Siebert, who resigned Sept. 19 after Trump publicly criticized him for not bringing charges against the former head of the FBI.
After Siebert’s departure, Comey’s attorneys argued, the judges of the federal court district should have had exclusive say over who got to fill the vacancy. Instead, Trump nominated Halligan while publicly imploring Bondi in a social media post to take action against Comey, James and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), saying in a Sept. 20 Truth Social post that “JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!”
Both indictments were dismissed without prejudice, which typically means that the cases can be brought again. Both defendants had asked that the cases be thrown out with prejudice, preventing them from being reopened.
However, the ruling by senior US District Judge Cameron Currie comes after the expiration of the five-year statute of limitations against Comey, likely meaning the case against him cannot be reopened.
Bondi vowed to appeal and praised Halligan as “an excellent US attorney.”
“We’ll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct,” Bondi said Monday at a press conference in Memphis.
The feds can try to argue on appeal that they qualify for a 6-month grace period to refile the indictment after dismissal. Though Currie addressed this in her decision, saying in a footnote that Comey’s case wouldn’t qualify for such a grace period, former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told The Post.
Halligan’s office can seek a new indictment against James since the statute of limitations hasn’t run out in her case — rendering Monday’s ruling a “temporary procedural win” for the Empire State’s top lawyer, Rahmani said..
“I am heartened by today’s victory and grateful for the prayers and support I have received from around the country,” said James, who faced up to 60 years in prison on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.
“I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”’
Comey’s lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald said the ex-FBI boss was “gratified” by the bombshell ruling.
“The decision recognizes that the case was brought by someone who had no authority whatsoever to be the United States Attorney,” Fitzgerald said. “The decision further indicates that because the indictment is void, the statute of limitations has run and there can be no further indictment.
Quote:One of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team picks to advise on community safety is an author who once penned a book titled “The End of Policing.”
Alex Vitale, a Brooklyn College sociology professor, was among those tapped on Monday to help staff Mamdani’s committee on community safety amid the mayoral turnover.
“I’m excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC,” Vitale posted on X touting the news.
The liberal professor is behind the 2017 anti-cop book — that decries “broken windows” and other proactive policies.
“The problem is not police training, police diversity, or police methods. The problem is the dramatic and unprecedented expansion and intensity of policing in the last 40 years, a fundamental shift in the role of police in society,” a description of the book reads.
“The problem is policing itself.”
Vitale has long argued against broken-windows policing — claiming the NYPD has disproportionately and unjustifiably targeted minority communities in the past.
In the wake of his appointment to Mamdani’s transition team, scores of critics suggested his anti-cop rhetoric would spell “disaster” for the Big Apple.
“RIP NYC,” one person posted on X.
“This is a guaranteed disaster,” one X user chimed in.
Another added, “Reading your bio, the last thing in the world I’d entrust you with is community safety.”
Quote:WASHINGTON — President Trump hosted the annual turkey pardon at the White House on Tuesday — joking that he was also re-pardoning last year’s birds that only got an “autopen” reprieve and saying he considered naming this year’s gobblers “Chuck and Nancy.”
Former President Joe Biden “used an autopen for last year’s turkey pardons,” the president joked, calling them “totally invalid,” a contention he’s made of the Democrat’s late-term grants so often that an autopen portrait took the place of Biden’s picture in the White House photo gallery.
“The turkeys known as Peach and Blossom last year have been located and they were on their way to be processed … but I have stopped that journey and I am officially pardoning them, and they will not be served as Thanksgiving dinner,” he joked.
Turkeys named Gobble and Waddle, said to be the plumpest birds presented at the annual event, received this year’s pardons.
“When I first saw their pictures … I was going to call them [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck [Schumer] and [former House Speaker] Nancy [Pelosi], but then I realized I wouldn’t be pardoning them. I would never pardon those two people,” Trump joked, noting, “I wouldn’t care what Melania told me.”
Gobble and Waddle, as well as Biden’s last two turkeys, would add four more feathers to Trump’s clemency cap. Trump had notched about 1,747 pardons since Jan. 20, according to a Post review of the orders, with about 1,600 for Jan. 6 defendants and others going to some high-profile figures, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Botox-loving former Rep. George Santos.
“My more enthusiastic staffers were already drafting the paperwork to ship Gobble and Waddle straight through the terrorist confinement center in El Salvador, and even those birds don’t want to be there,” Trump went on, referring to his own deportation of migrants.
Trump said his team drafted a joke about Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker but he was too angry to read it after reading about a woman burned on a Chicago train, as Pritzker refuses Trump’s request for partnership on a federal-led crime crackdown.
“The mayor is incompetent and the governor is a big fat slob,” Trump said instead.
Quote:HOUSTON — More than 100 homes have been damaged after a tornado touched down in a residential area outside Houston, authorities in Texas said Monday.
No injuries were reported.
Photos and drone video posted on Facebook by the Harris County Precinct 4 constable showed roofs with shingles ripped off.
Some debris blocked roads.
The damage affected the Memorial Northwest neighborhood, according to the office of Mark Herman, the constable.
The Houston Fire Department dispatched five members of its saw team to cut up and remove toppled trees, spokesperson Rustin Rawlings said.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for southeastern Texas, including Houston, until 1 a.m. Tuesday.
It also issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of southeastern Texas.
Quote:President Donald Trump has stepped into an escalating dispute between China and Japan over self-ruled Taiwan, speaking to the leaders of Asia’s two biggest economies and telling China that he understands its position on Taiwan, Chinese state media reported.
Newsweek contacted the White House for comment via email outside business hours.
Why It Matters
The dispute between China and Japan, which has included economic disruption and threats of military conflict between the East Asian neighbors, could have global economic, diplomatic and security implications if it escalates.
Japan is the most important U.S. ally in Asia—it hosts about 54,000 U.S. troops and provides a base for the U.S. to project its military power across the region—while Trump has also been keen to establish good ties with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and to seek his help in areas including the smuggling of drugs to the U.S., trade and the war in Ukraine.
What To Know
Trump said on Monday in a post on Truth Social that he had a "very good telephone call with President Xi," which included discussion on Ukraine and Russia, the problem with fentanyl precursor chemicals smuggled to the U.S., and Chinese imports of U.S. soybeans and other farm produce.
Trump did not mention Taiwan, nor China’s dispute with Japan over the island in his post. The president has not publicly commented on the dispute between Japan and China. This erupted on November 7 when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told legislators that a Chinese use of force against Taiwan would constitute an existential crisis for Japan, which could justify a response by its military, the Self-Defense Forces.
Beijing fiercely objects to what it sees as any outside interference in its dealings with and plans for the island and it responded to Takaichi’s comments with its own threat of military action against Japan.
China has subsequently ramped up economic pressure on Tokyo, telling its citizens to avoid travel to Japan and effectively banning Japanese seafood imports. The dispute shows no sign of easing.
Chinese state media, in its report on Trump's call, said Xi outlined China's position on Taiwan, "underscoring that Taiwan's return to China is an integral part of the post-war international order."
Trump stressed to Xi "that the United States understands how important the Taiwan question is to China," the Xinhua News Agency reported.
China has long claimed Taiwan as its territory and has threatened to achieve unification by force if necessary.
Although the U.S. does not officially recognize Taiwan, it has for decades been the island’s main ally and supplier of arms. Taiwan says the island’s people should decide their future.
Japanese media reported that Trump telephoned Takaichi after his call with Xi.
She said Trump had briefed her on his conversation with Xi but she declined to say if Trump had discussed Japan’s dispute with China.
"As it relates to diplomatic exchanges, I would like to refrain from disclosing details," she told reporters.
"I believe that I was able to confirm the close cooperation between Japan and the United States," she said.
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