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The President's Daily Brief

February 18th, 2025: U.K. Peacekeepers in Ukraine? & Hamas Agrees To Step Aside In Gaza

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

Politics, News

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: As Russian and U.S. officials engage in peace talks in Saudi Arabia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has offered to send U.K. troops as peacekeepers in a potential deal. But European leaders remain divided on putting boots on the ground in Ukraine. Reports claim Hamas has agreed to hand control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority—but Prime Minister Netanyahu is rejecting that idea outright. Newly revealed accounts from Hamas hostage survivors expose the brutal conditions they endured in captivity. And in today’s Back of the Brief—Congo’s government says Rwanda-backed rebels have seized control of a second major city in the country’s mineral-rich east, escalating tensions in the region. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Stash Financial: Visit https://Get.Stash.com/PDB to see how you can get $25 towards your first stock purchase & to view important disclosures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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So. It's Tuesday, 18 February. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker,

0:53.7

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. Today we'll kick things off with the latest on the war in Ukraine.

0:56.4

As Russia and U.S. officials engage in peace talks in Saudi Arabia, British Prime Minister Kyr Starmor has offered to send U.K. troops as peacekeepers in any potential deal.

1:07.9

But European leaders, well, they're divided, with some pushing back on the idea of putting

1:13.0

boots on the ground in Ukraine. Later in the show, reports claim that Hamas has agreed to hand

1:19.5

control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority, but Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel

1:25.3

is shutting that idea down fast.

1:28.3

Plus, horrifying details are emerging from Hamas hostage survivors,

1:33.3

revealing the brutal conditions that they endured during captivity.

1:37.9

And in today's back of the brief, Congo's government says Rwanda-backed rebels

1:42.5

have seized control of a second major city in the

1:46.2

country's mineral-rich east, escalating tensions in the region. But first, today's PDB spotlight.

1:54.1

With members of the Trump administration set to begin peace talks with Russia, without for now

1:59.3

anyway the participation of Ukrainian and NATO officials,

2:02.8

European leaders are now scrambling to coordinate their own plan to help ensure Ukraine's

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