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Ukraine said it was ready to accept an American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia.

Following talks in Saudi Arabia to end the war, America also said it would

immediately resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine. An interim pause in fighting

will begin if Russia agrees, a decision which is now in their court, said Marco Rubio,

America's Secretary of State.

The White House said that 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium from Canada and all other trading partners

would go into effect on Wednesday. Mr. Trump promised earlier on Tuesday to double the leves on Canada to 50%, responding to a threat, later reversed, from Ontario's Premier, Doug Ford, to implement a 25% surcharge on American-bound electricity.

Russian strikes killed six people, including two children in Donyetsk, a region

in eastern Ukraine. Earlier Ukraine launched an attack on Moscow, aiming at least 91 drones at the

Russian capital, with hundreds fired at other regions. Authorities said the strikes killed three people.

Russia claimed to have downed 337 of the drones.

Armed militants in Pakistan's Balochistan province,

close to the border with Iran, took more than 450 train passengers hostage, according to

local officials. The Baloch Liberation Army, a separatist militant group, claimed the attack

and warned of severe consequences for any rescue attempts. Local police said that at least

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