Proposals on how to end Russia's war in Ukraine that were given to the U.S. side on Wednesday by Ukrainian and European officials at talks in London.
Ceasefire:
* Commit to a full and unconditional ceasefire in the sky,on land and at sea. * Both sides immediately enter into negotiations ontechnical implementation with the participation of the US andEuropean countries. This is in parallel to preparation of theagenda and modalities for a full peace deal.
Security guarantees for Ukraine:
* Ukraine receives robust security guarantees includingfrom the US (Article 5-like agreement), while there is noconsensus among Allies on NATO membership. * No restrictions on the Ukrainian Defense Forces. * The guarantor states will be an ad hoc group of Europeancountries and willing non-European countries.
Territory:
* Territorial issues will be discussed and resolved aftera full and unconditional ceasefire. * Territorial negotiations start from the basis of theline of control. *

President Donald Trump on Thursday said Russia’s failure to forcibly seize and occupy the entirety of Ukraine’s territory amounts to a “pretty big concession” to Kyiv as he continues to push for Russia and Ukraine to come to a settlement to end the war Moscow started three years ago.

Speaking in the Oval Office during a bilateral meeting with Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Trump insisted to reporters that he is putting pressure on Russian president Vladimir Putin behind the scenes as reporters asked him what he would ask the Russian leader to give up to match the massive territorial concessions he has asked Ukraine to make as a way to find an end to Europe’s bloodiest conflict since the end of the Second World War.

Trump replied: “Stopping the war, stopping [from] taking the whole country.”

China and the U.S. are not having any tariff negotiations, and the U.S. should stop creating confusion, China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Apr. 25.
President Donald Trump had claimed in an interview with TIME magazine the same day that China’s President Xi Jinping had called him, and both administrations are engaged in active talks to strike a deal.

It would be a “total victory” if the U.S. still has tariffs as high as 50% on foreign imports a year from now, he added.

Meanwhile, China is reportedly mulling suspending the 125% tariffs on key imports from the U.S., Bloomberg reported on Apr. 25.
The publication cited sources familiar with the development to report that China is rethinking the tariff hikes because of the adverse impact of the trade war on critical Chinese industries.
Medical equipment, industrial chemicals, aircraft leasing payments, and select semiconductor products are among the U.S. imports China is considering slashing tariffs on.

China has exempted some U.S. imports from its 125% tariffs and is asking firms to identify critical goods they need levy-free, according to businesses that have been notified, in the clearest sign yet of Beijing's concerns about the trade war's fallout.

The dispensation, which follows de-escalatory statements from Washington, signals that the world's two largest economies were prepared to rein in their conflict, which had frozen much of the trade between them and raised fears of a global recession.

Beijing's exemptions, which business groups hope would extend to dozens of industries, pushed the U.S. dollar up slightly and lifted equity markets in Hong Kong and Japan.
"As a quid-pro-quo move, it could provide a potential way to de-escalate tensions," said Alfredo Montufar-Helu.

But, he cautioned: "It's clear that neither the U.S. nor China want to be the first in reaching out for a deal."

China has not yet communicated publicly on any exemptions.

Only Love Can Drive Out Hate-
Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Only Love Can Drive Out Hate-
That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb
[There is a form of the "Golden Rule" in virtually every religious and cultural tradition.]

Only Love Can Drive Out Hate-
You never hate that which you do not first fear.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Only Love Can Drive Out Hate-
When we hate our enemies, we are
giving them power over us:
power over our sleep, our appetites,
our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.
Our enemies would dance with joy if only
they knew how they were worrying us,
lacerating us, and getting even with us!
Our hate is not hurting them at all,
but our hate is turning our own days
and nights into a hellish turmoil.
- Dale Carnegie

Only Love Can Drive Out Hate-
An "enemy" is a mirage -
an image of self reflected on the sands of Hell.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Only Love Can Drive Out Hate-
Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite [religious leader], when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan [Samaritans and Jews generally disliked and were suspicious of each other] came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds ... and ... took him to an inn and took care of him. ...
Jesus [said] "Go and do likewise."
- Luke 10:25-37 (The Parable of the Good Samaritan)

Only Love Can Drive Out Hate-
Hate returns upon itself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

God is My Refuge
Declaration: Today, I declare that God is my safe place and my strength. No matter what troubles arise, I run to Him and find protection, peace, and power for every challenge I face.

Today, I choose to hide my heart in You. I will not be moved by fear or chaos, but I will be anchored by Your love and faithfulness. Thank You for being my strong tower, my refuge in every storm. In Jesus’ name, Amen

Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe

Psalm 91:2 I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust

Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him

Psalm 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

This Saturday, may you find deep peace in knowing that no matter the trouble, you have a strong and mighty refuge in God. Run to Him, and let Him cover you with His perfect peace and power

God is My Refuge-
Declaration: Today, I declare that God is my safe place and my strength. No matter what troubles arise, I run to Him and find protection, peace, and power for every challenge I face.

Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Heavenly Father, thank You for being my refuge, my hiding place, and my strength. When life feels overwhelming, I know I can run to You and find safety under Your wings. You are not distant or delayed—you are my very present help, always near and always faithful.
Lord, when fear tries to grip my heart and anxiety threatens my peace, help me to remember that You are bigger than anything I face. Strengthen me today to stand firm, knowing that I am never alone. Teach me to rest in Your presence, to trust in Your power, and to lean on Your unshakable promises.

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China's national space agency announced on Thursday it would let scientists from the U.S. and allied countries analyse rocks it retrieved from the moon, Beijing's latest move to increase the international influence of its lunar exploration programme.

The announcement highlights how U.S.-China cooperation in some areas like space has not completely ended, despite tensions between the two countries over geopolitics and tariffs.

Two U.S. universities that receive NASA funding, Brown University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, are among the seven institutions that have been allowed to borrow lunar samples China retrieved from the moon in 2020.
The remaining authorised institutions are from Japan, France, Germany, Britain, and Pakistan.

With its uncrewed Chang'e-5 mission in 2020 China became only the third country to collect rocks from the lunar surface, joining the Soviet Union and the United States, which last went to the moon and retrieved samples in 1972.

Two Chinese officials said that there are no ongoing talks with the US.
Their comments come after President Donald Trump said the two countries were "actively" talking.

The White House has signaled hope for a deal in recent days.
Bejing is throwing cold water on President Donald Trump's hopes for lessening tensions between the world's two largest economies, whose trade war has roiled global markets.

On Wednesday, Trump told reporters that the two sides were "actively" talking. On Thursday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said conversations had yet to begin.

"None of that is true," Spokesperson Guo Jiakun told reporters during the Foreign Ministry's daily news conference. "For all I know, China and the U.S. are not having any consultation or negotiation on tariffs, still less reaching a deal."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday he was ready to travel to Europe for talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, with France indicating European powers were also ready for dialogue if Tehran showed it was seriously engaged.

Iran is looking to build on the momentum of nuclear negotiations with the United States that resume in Oman on Saturday and after talks with Russia and China earlier this week. Its reach out to the European powers that are party to a 2015 nuclear deal suggests Tehran is keeping its options open.

Since September, Tehran and the three European powers, known as the E3, have already held several rounds of discussions over their ties and the nuclear issue.
European diplomats had said they were seeking a new meeting with Iran, although that appeared on ice when Tehran began indirect talks on its nuclear programme with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration earlier this month.

The United States has piled pressure on Ukraine and Russia to find a peace agreement, with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance threatening to walk away if a deal is not made.

So what does Washington want? Some official demands have already been made public-
- Ukraine gives up territory -
- Russia gets Crimea -
- Ukraine can't join NATO -
- Ukarine gets security guarantee -
- End Russia sanctions, reconstruct Ukraine -
- US gets Ukraine minerals -
US plan presented to Ukrainian officials last week, said that Washington could offer "de facto" recognition of Russia's occupation in Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
The US plan refers to a Trump-backed proposal that would give the United States royalty payments on profits from Ukrainian mining of resources and rare minerals.

Trump has framed the minerals deal as compensation for military and financial aid given to Kyiv by his predecessor, Joe Biden.

President Xi Jinping is seeking to repair ties with the European Union, painting China as the more reliable partner as Donald Trump alienates the bloc over issues from tariffs to defense.
Faced with an effective trade embargo from the US, Chinese policymakers and business leaders are searching for new markets in Europe and beyond. To help smooth those ties, Xi is preparing to lift sanctions on several EU lawmakers, according to one European official—a largely symbolic gesture of good will as the measures had little impact

“As the world’s major economies, China and Europe will jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement Thursday, adding that it would welcome more European members of parliament to visit China, without addressing reports on sanctions being lifted.
While leaders in Europe remain fiercely opposed to Beijing’s support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, they’ve indicated a willingness to move forward on some iss

Poland's foreign minister on Wednesday used an annual address to parliament to send a sharp message to Russian leaders as war continues in neighboring Ukraine, asking: “Don’t you have enough land?”
Foreign Minster Radek Sikorski described the difficult situation Poland faces with the war across the border and the threat of its expansion, and voiced concerns about the “disintegration" of Western unity.

Poland, on NATO’s eastern flank, is one of Kyiv’s strongest supporters, and Sikorski used his speech to strongly criticize Russia.
He said, addressing Russian leaders: “Don’t you have enough land? Eleven time zones and still not enough? Take care of better governing what is within your borders according to international law.”
Sikorski described the deteriorating security situation with a war next to Poland's border: “Anxiety, and the question of what will happen, have settled in Polish homes. Are we also at risk of Russian aggression?

Boris Johnson has issued stern criticism of Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace proposals in one of his first apparent censures of the US president, saying under his terms the Ukrainians would “get nothing”.

The former British prime minister, a strong supporter of Ukraine who remains close to Ukraine’s president, Volodomyr Zelenskyy, has previously said there is “method in the madness” of Trump’s approach and that he believed the US president could bring peace.

But in a post on X, Johnson criticised the apparent terms of a deal that Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept.

Overnight, Trump accused Zelenskyy of jeopardising what he claimed was an imminent peace deal to end the war in Ukraine as he gave the clearest hint yet that the US would be willing to formally recognise Russia’s seizure of Crimea as part of any agreement.

President Donald Trump has lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying the Ukrainian leader is prolonging the “killing field” after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part a potential peace plan.

Mr Zelensky on Tuesday ruled out the idea of Ukraine ceding territory to Russia as part of any agreement before high-level talks set for Wednesday in London among US, European and Ukrainian officials.

“There is nothing to talk about — it is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people,” Mr Zelensky said.
During similar talks last week in Paris, US officials presented a proposal that included allowing Russia to keep control of occupied Ukrainian territory as part of a deal.
“This statement is very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia in that Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama, and is not even a point of discussion,” Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday.

Russia on Thursday accused Japan of treachery and complicity in theft after Tokyo last week signed an agreement to lend Ukraine over $3 billion for reconstruction, backed by the proceeds from frozen Russian assets.

Japan signed an agreement with Ukraine on April 18 for the loan of 471.9 billion yen ($3.3 billion). Under the terms of the arrangement, the loan will be repaid with proceeds from Russian assets worth tens of billions of dollars which have been frozen in the European Union because of the war in Ukraine.

The money is part of the G7's Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine (ERA) programme, which aims to provide Kyiv with $50 billion for reconstruction.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters at a briefing in Moscow on Thursday that the loan would damage already poor relations between Japan and Russia which are strained by Tokyo's support for Ukraine against what the Japanese Foreign Ministry calls Russian aggression.

Russia's illegal seizure of Crimea from Ukraine 11 years ago was quick and bloodless. But Kyiv — and most of the world — never recognized Moscow's annexation of the strategic peninsula, which is now a major focus of U.S.-led efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Ukraine’s president Wednesday, accusing Volodymyr Zelenskyy of prolonging the “killing field” after he insisted he would not give up any Ukrainian territory, including Crimea, to Russia as part of a potential peace plan.

“There is nothing to talk about. It is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people,” he said.
Trump called Zelenskyy’s pushback “very harmful” to talks.
“Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory but, if he wants Crimea, why didn’t they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?” he wrote on social media.

During Trump's first term, the U.S. said it would never recognize Crimea as Russ

Jim Cramer questioned whether China is miscalculating during the ongoing United States-China trade war, saying that if China decided to avoid talks, consequences could favor the hardliners in the White House.

"Chinese overplaying their hand? Do they really want to be the country that doesn't talk as we go into the most fraught moments? The hardliners in the White House will win if the Chinese do not play ball... Don't they see that?" said Cramer.
These comments come amid an escalating trade mess, with tariffs as high as 245% imposed by the United States on Chinese goods and a 125% tariff imposed by China on U.S. goods. However, on April 22, Trump wanted to ease the ongoing tension between China and U.S.

Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, has stated he is open to talks but, like Washington, has vowed to "fight to the end" if provoked.