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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ hearing, back-to-school shopping, new dictionary words & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Ukraine’s president and European leaders are heading to the White House today to discuss a potential peace plan with Russia. A federal judge is hearing arguments today on another lawsuit against the makeshift immigration detention center in Florida. We’ll break down the chilling words from a leaked recording of Israel’s former military intelligence chief. Back-to-school shopping is happening in a surprising place. Plus, the TikTok trends that inspired new dictionary words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey there from CNN. I'm Krista Bow with the five things you need to know for Monday, August 18th.

0:37.9

President Donald Trump called today a quote, big day at the White House ahead of his meetings

0:42.3

with Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky, and several European leaders.

0:46.7

Yesterday, Trump said Zelensky must agree to some of Russia's conditions, including

0:50.9

that Ukraine-seed Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, and agreed to never

0:57.2

join NATO for the war to end.

0:59.6

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff told CNN Sunday that at last week's summit with Trump,

1:04.8

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow security guarantees for Ukraine, and some

1:09.6

concessions on his land requirements as part

1:11.9

of a potential peace deal.

1:13.7

What we're trying to accomplish on Monday is get some consensus from President Zelensky

1:19.7

and his team.

1:20.7

And so I'm hopeful that we have a productive meeting on Monday.

1:24.6

We get to real consensus.

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