| Ukrainian firefighters after a Russian drone attack in Odesa last week. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times |
Trump announced arms for Ukraine and a deadline for Putin
President Trump said yesterday that the U.S. would help Europe send more weapons to Ukraine and warned Russia that it would be hit by “very severe tariffs” if there was no peace deal in 50 days.
The threat of tariffs is unlikely to have much of an impact — Russia sells little to the U.S. — but Trump also threatened to impose secondary sanctions, which are penalties imposed on other countries or parties that trade with nations under sanctions.
Trump made his remarks during a meeting with NATO’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, who has been coordinating efforts to send more weapons to Ukraine. Under the arrangement, NATO would buy U.S. weapons, including more advanced Patriot missile defense batteries, and pass them to Kyiv. The news was greeted with only cautious optimism by military analysts and officers in Kyiv, for whom the fickleness of the Trump administration remains a concern.
Quotable: Trump said he was “disappointed” in President Vladimir Putin. “My conversations with him are very pleasant, and then the missiles go off at night,” he said.
Analysis: Trump seems to be adopting an approach toward Russia that looks much like that of his predecessor: arming the Ukrainians. But there is reason to doubt that he will stick with it, my colleagues David Sanger and Maggie Haberman write.
In Kyiv: President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he would seek to replace Ukraine’s prime minister, a major shake-up that comes amid battlefield setbacks and a souring mood in the country.
| Source: New York Times analysis of satellite imagery from Planet Labs (newly built roads) • By Samuel Granados |
A plan to move Palestinians risks derailing cease-fire talks
An Israeli proposal to force much of Gaza’s population into an encampment near the territory’s border with Egypt is threatening to derail the latest truce efforts. Legal experts have warned that the plan would violate international law, and a senior member of Hamas said that the proposal was “utterly unacceptable.”
“This would be an isolated city that resembles a ghetto,” Husam Badran, a senior member of Hamas, said yesterday, adding that “no Palestinian would agree to this.”
Israel has yet to formally announce the plan. Legal experts say that barring Palestinians from returning to their homes would be a form of ethnic cleansing. Israeli critics compared the encampment to a modern-day “concentration camp.”
| A member of Syria’s security forces in Sweida Province yesterday. Bakr Alkasem/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
Fighting in southern Syria left at least 50 dead
More than 50 people were killed in Sweida Province in Syria yesterday during a second day of clashes between Bedouin groups and militias from the Druse religious minority, according to a local official and a monitoring group.
The Syrian government called for restraint and vowed to “quickly and decisively” resolve the conflict by sending military forces, but 18 soldiers sent in were killed, according to a defense official. The violence underscores the government’s difficulty in asserting nationwide control since the regime of Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December. Separately, the Israeli military said that it had hit tanks advancing toward Sweida to prevent the buildup of armed forces in southern Syria.
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| Europe: Climate change is turning some of the continent’s most desired getaways into places to get away from. New York: Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has decided to run for mayor as an independent after losing the Democratic primary to Zohran Mamdani. U.S.: The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can proceed with dismantling the Education Department by firing thousands of workers. China: A government trade-in program aimed at stimulating consumer spending has proved so successful that some want to slow it down. Education: A Chinese university said that it would expel a student because she had “improper contact with a foreigner.” Ireland: Excavators began a search for the bodies of hundreds of children who died at a home that was managed by Catholic nuns from 1925 to 1961. |
| Prison: Footage of an inmate suicide obtained by The Times shows the dysfunction at New York City’s troubled Rikers Island jail system. Tesla: A lawsuit in the U.S. stemming from the 2019 crash of a Tesla sedan driven with the Autopilot engaged is the first such case against the automaker to go to a jury trial. |
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| Soccer: Here’s Trump being booed while celebrating Chelsea’s victory, and everything else you missed during the Club World Cup final. Tennis: This year’s Wimbledon is over, and The Athletic is on hand with the key takeaways. Cycling: The Tour de France has notoriously steep climbs, so why are many riders getting heavier by putting on muscle? |
| MORNING READ |
Scotland’s Outer Hebrides island chain offers outstanding wildlife, walking and fishing, with turquoise seas lapping at white sandy beaches. But good luck getting there and back.
Frequent disruptions to the ferry service are spoiling island life. As resilient islanders battle for improved ferry service, they’ve come up with a weapon: a protest song. Listen to it here.
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| Catherine 3.0: The Princess of Wales has returned to the public eye after her cancer treatment with a new style. Sichuan in Illinois: An influx of students from China created a rare food hub in America’s Midwest. Visa clampdowns could bring it to an end. Slumber in style: The Waldorf Astoria, one of New York’s grandest hotels, is reopening after a yearslong renovation. Take a look inside. Woody Guthrie: The singer-songwriter’s estate will release a new album of songs from a trove of home recordings. |
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Five ways Hitchcock gets inside your head
Look up “suspense” in the dictionary and there should be a little sketch of Alfred Hitchcock’s silhouette next to it. He never won an Oscar (the academy finally gave him an honorary one in 1968), but the British director is inarguably one of cinema’s most influential auteurs.
Hitchcock’s work is marked by carefully framed images and a fondness for playing with our emotions, but his greatest talent was making us freak out, my colleague Alissa Wilkinson writes. Check out her guide to the Master of Suspense.
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