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It's Tuesday, the 25th of March.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First, the Trump administration is in hot water over an explosive report from the Atlantic, which revealed the publications editor-in-chief was accidentally added to an encrypted

group chat on the private messaging app Signal, where more than a dozen top Trump officials

discussed sensitive military plans. Later in the show, after meetings with officials

from the Trump administration in Saudi Arabia, Russia and Ukraine have tentatively agreed to a

limited maritime ceasefire to ensure the safety of shipping in the Black Sea. But first, today's

afternoon spotlight. President Trump is downplaying the

alleged leak of sensitive military plans by senior administration officials on an encrypted

group chat that included a journalist. The conversations took place during the run-up to the Pentagon

strikes against Yemen's Houthi militants, but Trump said the disclosures are being blown out

of proportion and didn't put any military operations at risk. Now, to bring you up to speed,

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