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CNN 5 Things

Netanyahu warns Hamas, USAID cuts blocked, new measles cases & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Ukraine's president says Russia isn't ready to end the war after high-stakes talks between Trump and Putin. Israel's prime minister addressed his country's renewed military actions in Gaza. Elon Musk's DOGE has been dealt a huge blow after a federal judge's ruling on USAID. A deadly plane crash in Honduras killed several people, including a popular music artist. Plus, we'll tell you where a measles outbreak in the US stands.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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From CNN, I'm AfomaDK, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, March 18th.

0:38.4

Good and productive.

0:40.1

That's how President Donald Trump described his phone call with Russian President Vladimir

0:44.3

Putin earlier today to end the war in Ukraine.

0:47.8

He said the two leaders would work, quote, quickly toward a quote, complete ceasefire.

0:52.7

Here's CNN's Jeff Zellini.

0:54.7

We know that it was a two-hour phone call in the Oval Office, and that in itself, of course,

0:59.3

is significant, but it did stop short of the broader ceasefire agreement that the president

1:06.1

was hoping to reach and that Ukraine has already signed onto to, but Vladimir Putin agreed to a ceasefire

1:13.6

of the energy infrastructure. And now, you know, it's not insignificant at all. This is the first

1:19.0

tangible sort of concession, if you will, that Putin has given on this. But look, a short time

1:25.3

ago in Ukraine, President Zelensky said he's not convinced

1:28.6

at all that Russia is interested in a longer-term ceasefire. So what this is basically is a couple

1:35.2

steps forward. It's not necessarily the 10-yard line that the White House press secretary yesterday

1:40.2

said this was all on. Zelensky says he hopes to speak to Trump about his call with Putin and noted that he supports

1:47.0

the temporary halt of attacks on energy infrastructure targets.

1:53.0

This is just the beginning.

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