Trade deal teased, Putin’s ceasefire starts, chimney watch & more
CNN 5 Things
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🗓️ 8 May 2025
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| 0:31.3 | From CNN, I'm Charlie Drever with the five things you need to know for Thursday, May 8. |
| 0:43.3 | President Donald Trump is teasing a significant trade announcement today. And a source familiar with the administration's plans tell CNN the deal will be with the UK. |
| 0:49.3 | In a social media post yesterday, Trump posted that there will be a news conference at the Oval Office |
| 0:55.0 | this morning, quote, concerning a major trade deal with representatives of a big and highly |
| 1:01.0 | respected country, the first of many. |
| 1:04.0 | For weeks, Trump officials have said that they are talking to more than a dozen countries |
| 1:09.0 | and are nearing a deal, but none have been announced so far. |
| 1:12.6 | But Trump's announcement is the second significant sign this week that the administration |
| 1:17.3 | may be open to negotiations that would ultimately lower some tariffs. |
| 1:22.1 | Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson told members of Congress that trade negotiations with China will |
| 1:28.4 | begin on Saturday in Switzerland. But as CNN's Kevin Liptack explains, U.S. officials |
| 1:34.7 | don't have huge expectations. |
| 1:37.6 | And in fact, President Trump said that he doesn't plan to lift that 145 percent |
| 1:42.6 | tariff that currently rests on China. |
| 1:46.0 | Instead, what it seems to be is that these two sides will come to some sort of framework |
| 1:51.0 | about how the talks will proceed and about what exactly could be on the table. |
| 1:56.0 | Shelling and evacuations meant it was a tense night for residents in Indian-administered Kashmir. |
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