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Trump freezes Ukraine aid, Mexico’s US gun lawsuit, ‘gladiator fights’ charges & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump is pausing US aid for Ukraine, we’ll hear what the impact could be. American consumers and business could pay a hefty price for Trump’s tariffs. Israel is considering cutting off electricity and water to Gaza. Mexico wants to be able to sue American gunmakers. Plus, officers have been charged for allegedly staging “gladiator fights” at a juvenile detention facility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello from CNN. I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, March 4th.

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All U.S. military aid shipments to Ukraine are being frozen. Last night, a White House official

0:44.8

said President Donald Trump is pausing aid for the country after last week's Oval Office spat

0:50.7

with its president, Vladimir Zelensky. And an official said shipments will only start

0:55.7

up again if Trump determines that Zelensky commits to seeking peace talks. We asked CNN's

1:01.9

Nick Payton Walsh what this could mean for Ukraine. This is really a seismic blow to Ukraine,

1:06.5

a potential complete change in its alliances and supports. Now, the US aid is about 20 to 40%

1:13.8

depending on who you're listening to of what Ukraine gets, but it's the kind of aid. It's the air

1:18.6

defence patriot missiles that are capable of stopping Russian ballistic attacks. It's the

1:23.3

intelligence sharing that we understand is still continuing. These things could potentially

1:28.1

cripple Ukraine's war effort. And it also too is a sign of the peril ahead for Zelensky,

1:33.4

who either has to accede to the Trump administration's demands that he apologise,

1:37.7

accept a rare earth minerals deal, and a piece too, which he hasn't really got sight of yet,

1:42.6

or essentially be frozen out by the White House.

1:46.3

American consumers and businesses stand to pay a hefty price for Trump's tariffs on the country's

1:53.2

top three trading partners. Everything the US imports from them are now subject to tariffs of at least

1:59.6

20% in the case of China, and 25%

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