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President Trump announced a deal with a North Atlantic Treaty Organization today that would send weapons and air defenses to Ukraine.

The shipment of weapons going to Ukraine in the coming days includes Patriot Missile Defense Systems from some European countries.

The president said the

U.S. will then replenish supplies for the countries who donate. Trump continued to express

frustration with Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, and said the U.S. will impose very severe

tariffs if there's no deal in 50 days. Beckton Dickinson has reached a deal to divest its

biosciences and diagnostic solutions business to Waters Corporation for around $17.5 billion.

Bechtin, a medical device maker, plans to focus on medical technology.

The transaction is expected to close around the end of the first quarter of 2026.

And at least nine people were killed after a fire

tore through an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts last night. A spokesman

for the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services said numerous residents and five firefighters were

transported to area hospitals, with at least one in a critical condition. We'll have more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast.

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