Kate's just off to work after sleeping in the best bed in the business.

And my word, doesn't she look ready for anything?

Something about her smile is just brighter.

Her eyes seem glintier, and she just feels so much more...

Kate-ier?

Of course it's no surprise really, because last night she slept at Premier Inn,

and she got up to

15% off with business booker. You better sleep for your money. Premier in, rest easy. T's and

C is apply. It's Thursday, the first of May. Well, look at that. It's a brand new month. We survived April.

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. We'll start things off in Kiev, where officials are now confirming that Ukraine

was behind the bombing that killed a top Russian general in Moscow. It's just the latest strike in

Ukraine's deadly assassination program, and today we'll look

at what's behind Kyiv's increasingly aggressive playbook.

Later in the show, the growing tensions between India and Pakistan, with the Pakistani government

claiming it has intelligence that says India will launch military strikes within the next 36 hours.

Plus, the United Kingdom has joined the U.S. offensive against the Houthis in Yemen,

launching air strikes for the first time in the campaign against the terrorist group.

And in today's back of the brief, just days after Moscow finally admitted that North Korean troops are fighting alongside

Russian forces. That was not a well-kept secret. New intelligence reveals the staggering number

of casualties that they've suffered on the front lines in Ukraine. But first, today's PDB spotlight.

As Vladimir Putin continues to drag out his war against Ukraine,

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