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The World in Brief from The Economist

America to suspend Ukraine aid; Trump says tariffs will take effect , and more

The World in Brief from The Economist

The Economist

Global News, Daily News, News, News & Politics

4.11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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America has suspended all military aid to Ukraine, according to multiple reports.

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America has suspended all military aid to Ukraine, according to multiple reports.

0:51.7

The White House has not publicly commented, but Reuters quoted an official as

0:56.7

saying that the embargo would stay in place until America's partners show they are committed to peace.

1:03.8

The move comes after a spectacular and public falling out between Donald Trump and Volodymy

1:09.5

Zelensky during a press conference last week.

1:14.6

Stocksville after Mr. Trump said that 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico would go into effect on Tuesday.

1:23.5

The president said there was no room left for either country to negotiate a deal, to delay the levies,

1:29.3

as they managed to do last month.

1:32.3

The NASDAQ, one of America's main stock indexes, dropped by 2.6%, the Dell fell by 1.8%, or nearly 800 points.

1:42.3

Britain's Prime Minister, Sir Kea Stama, told Parliament he would accept or nearly 800 points.

1:49.8

Britain's Prime Minister, Sir Kea Stama, told Parliament he would accelerate talks with allies over a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine as Europe scrambles to deploy a strategy to end the conflict.

1:57.6

Earlier, France's president, Emmanuel Macron, proposed pursuing an initial one-month truce in the air,

2:04.1

at sea and on energy infrastructure, though British officials said no such plan had been agreed.

2:12.1

Police arrested a 40-year-old man who drove a car into a crowd of people in Mannheim, a city in southwest Germany.

2:20.7

The incident killed at least two people and injured several others.

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