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Thank you. It's Thursday, 20 February. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right. Let's get briefed. First, relations between the U.S. and Ukraine are taking an ugly turn.

Well, that's putting it diplomatically, as President Trump and Zelensky engage in an escalating war of words,

with the U.S. president slamming the Ukrainian leader as a, quote, dictator.

Later in the show, we'll have an update on the ceasefire in Gaza, as Hamas signals that they are willing to release all the remaining hostages at once, provided

that the truce moves into the second phase, once again proving that Hamas is very adept at controlling

a narrative. Plus, Sudan's civil war takes another

bloody turn as Sudanese paramilitaries announced plans to form a breakaway government. And in

today's back of the brief, we'll look at reports out of Israel that Iran, in partnership with

Turkey, is covertly working to smuggle money to

Chazbalah in an attempt to help the Lebanese militants rebuild their military operations.

Now, that could be construed as unfortunate behavior by a U.S. ally and NATO member.

But first, today's PDB spotlight.

Just one day after an American delegation met with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia to begin peace negotiations, President Trump lashed out

at Ukrainian President Zelensky, calling the leader a, quote, dictator in a fiery rant that

risks significantly complicating efforts to end the war.

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