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Putin Takes Victory Lap Following Trump's Ceasefire Summit Flop
Russian state media and Kremlin officials are gloating about the warm reception Vladimir Putin received after landing on U.S. soil for the first time in a decade to meet with President Donald Trump on Friday. Trump's red-carpet rollout, excited clapping, friendly handshakes, and joint ride in 'The Beast' limousine are being cited as proof by Putin allies that the Russian president is no longer the pariah the West has been painting him to be since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. 'Western media are in a state of derangement verging on complete insanity: For three years they told about Russia's isolation, and today they saw a red carpet rolled out for the Russian President in the U.S.,' Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram in response to Putin's Alaska summit with Trump. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Putin who now serves as deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, suggested that the meeting was a tacit acceptance of one of Putin's key demands: the continuation of Russian attacks on Ukraine while diplomatic talks occur. Trump has long maintained that a ceasefire is a precondition for diplomacy, yet he has reportedly backed away from that demand following Friday's summit. 'Important: the meeting proved that negotiations are possible without preconditions and simultaneously with the continuation of the Special Military Operation,' Medvedev wrote on Telegram. According to Medvedev, both Putin and Trump now appear to agree that Ukraine and Europe, not Russia, bear responsibility for ending the war—another key Russian diktat. 'The main point: Both sides directly placed responsibility for achieving future results in negotiations on ending hostilities on Kyiv and Europe,' Medvedev wrote. In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity following the meeting on Friday, Trump did shift responsibility for peace to Ukraine, saying that 'now it's really up to President Zelensky to get it done.' 'I would also say the European nations… have to get involved a little bit. But it's up to President Zelensky,' Trump continued. While the meeting was originally expected to last approximately seven hours, it was cut to just under three, with no official explanation given by the White House. A planned three-course lunch was also nixed at the last minute. Upon his return to Russia, Putin briefed his executive officials on the outcome of the talks, which he described as 'timely and quite useful.' 'We discussed our interactions in virtually all their aspects with a focus, of course, on achieving a fair resolution of the Ukraine crisis,' Putin said in a statement released by the Kremlin. 'We certainly had an opportunity to discuss the origins and causes of this crisis, which we did. It is the removal of these root causes that must underlie the settlement. 'We did not have direct talks at this level for a long time,' Putin continued. 'Let me reiterate: We had a chance to convey our position in a calm and detailed manner. We definitely respect the U.S. administration's position, which wants the hostilities to stop as soon as possible. So do we, and we would like to move forward with settling all issues by peaceful means.' The Daily Beast reached out to the White House for comment on Putin's statements about the summit. Putin's mention of 'root causes' is typically viewed as shorthand for the Russian leader's hardline demands, which have repeatedly been rejected: that Ukraine be disarmed, hand over a large chunk of its land to Russia, and abandon the idea of joining NATO. In his Hannity interview, Trump appeared to back down on his previously made threat of severe economic consequences if no peace deal was agreed to on Friday. 'Because of what happened today, I think I don't have to think about that,' Trump said. 'Now, I may have to think about it in two weeks or three weeks or something. But we don't have to think about that today.' Yuri Podolyaka, an extremely influential Ukrainian-born, pro-Russian military blogger, told his 3 million followers on Telegram that the meeting was a 'master class in how to wrest a total victory from a difficult starting position.' 'We will now watch the results that should follow. They will come, but not the ones expected in Kyiv, London, or Brussels. They certainly won't like the outcome,' Podolyaka wrote. Podolyaka further celebrated the notion that sanctions appear to be completely off the table as Russian influence over the outcome of the war grows. Ivor Bennett, Sky News' Moscow correspondent, echoed Podolyaka's sentiment by reporting that the reaction in Russia to Putin's meeting with Trump is 'nothing short of triumphant.' 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Trump's Foreign Aid Cuts Are Ruining Ethiopia's Progress on Maternal Mortality
And enabling the country's anti-abortion movement. Since January, Donald Trump has–surprise!–inflicted an innumerable amount of devastation on reproductive rights and maternal health. If you're a regular Jezebel reader, you know this is nothing new. But a new report by the Independent reveals the wickedness isn't just barbaric–it's global. The article focuses on Ethiopia, how it once 'won the battle against its maternal deaths crisis,' and well, how Trump's foreign aid cuts might just ruin the progress. In 2005, the country repealed its draconian abortion ban, which only permitted the procedure to save the mother's life or her health (sound familiar?). In the two decades since, abortion has been legal in cases of rape, incest, fetal abnormalities, among other exceptions. The progress thereafter was significant. A paper published in May 2024 revealed that during the first 20 years of the 21st century, the country had slashed its maternal death rate by 72% and neonatal death rate by 44%—an impressive feat compared to other governments in sub-Saharan Africa. Most Popular George Clooney Sounds Like a Lovely House Husband Ohio Woman Faces 'Abuse of a Corpse' Charge for Miscarriage in Another Post-Roe Nightmare Abortion Access Will, Once Again, Be Decided by the Supreme Court But between canceling 83% of USAID programs in March and slashing away billions of aid through the One Big Beautiful (I-am-so-sick-and-tired-of-this) Bill, legislators have essentially deserted aid organizations around the world and left thousands to cope without life-saving treatments. For Ethiopia, one of the largest beneficiaries of U.S. aid dollars, it has also meant shutting down healthcare providers. Funding cuts have 'significantly affected accessibility of services including family planning, maternal health services, even newborn, child health, adolescent, and youth health services,' Dr. Hailemariam Segni, the president of the Ethiopian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, explained to the outlet. Still, he predicts that 'the number of pregnancies will increase'—and with it, so will the complications. The Independent writes: With the dust settling after Trump ordered all foreign aid work to stop in January of this year, Ethiopia has come out as one of the biggest losers in the cuts. By March, the country had seen the second biggest cut by dollar amount, tied with the Democratic Republic of Congo and exceeded only by funding cuts to Ukraine, according to the Center for Global Development. Dr Shibru says 85 per cent of NGOs, crucial in the delivery of many of the country's health services, had stopped work or were shuttered. A quick refresher that foreign aid cuts aren't just sadistic and cruel, they're unnecessary. It's not about 'fiscal conservatism': the federal government spends just a paltry 1% of its budget on foreign aid—a literal drip in the bucket. It's not 'America First': it's a huge erosion of U.S. influence and a huge shake-up to the very institutions it set up in the first place (not that any said institutions are perfect–but that's a fight for another time). And any reproductive health or family planning organization abroad that so much as whispers the word 'abortion' gets its funding slashed by Trump's global gag rule. So much for the party of 'family values. Unfortunately, funding cuts are just the tip of the iceberg. Conceringly, there's a growing 'resurgent anti-rights movement' that wants to roll back the country's 2005 law–and with it, access to safe abortion. Because of this, fewer Ethiopians are accessing abortions through public facilities, according to data collected by the country's Ministry of Health, That's right, anti-abortionists in America are enabling a global ripple effect. And because aid cuts are creating a vacuum, another doctor explains, anti-abortion groups are getting new energy—and the opportunity—to step in. Even if Ethiopia manages to stave off its anti-abortionists, none of the cuts bode well for a country whose maternal mortality rate was steadily decreasing up until now. So well done, America. You've not just managed to up your own maternal death crisis–but you've sabotaged others', too. Yay. Like what you just read? You've got great taste. Subscribe to Jezebel, and for $5 a month or $50 a year, you'll get access to a bunch of subscriber benefits, including getting to read the next article (and all the ones after that) ad-free. Plus, you'll be supporting independent journalism—which, can you even imagine not supporting independent journalism in times like these? Yikes.
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Sudan army torturing people to death, claims rights group
A prominent Sudanese human rights group has accused the country's army and security forces of torturing people to death and operating "execution chambers". The Emergency Lawyers group said it had documented hundreds of arrests in the capital Khartoum. It said that in the "worst cases", some captives had later been found dead with evidence of torture. The Sudanese army recaptured the city from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in March, against which it is fighting a bitter civil war that has killed tens of thousands in two years. The army did not respond to the BBC's request for comment on Sunday. Throughout the war, the Emergency Lawyers group has documented atrocities by both the army and the RSF. Sudan war: A simple guide to what is happening 'Tortured and terrified' - BBC witnesses the battle for Khartoum In a statement on social media platform X, Emergency Lawyers said it had observed a "dangerous escalation in violations". Some detainees were arrested at random and taken to large detention centres, the group alleged. "Their fates range from continued detention in inhumane conditions, trials conducted by security agencies that lack the most basic standards of justice, or release in poor health," the statement said. "In the worst cases, some are found dead after being killed or declared dead as a result of torture." The use of torture was common during the oppressive rule of president Omar al-Bashir. Throughout the current war, the RSF have also been found to have abused and executed prisoners. The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan said in March that both sides were responsible for "a widespread pattern of arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of detainees". It said both both the RSF and the army had used "rape and other forms of sexual violence, arbitrary arrest and detention, as well as torture and ill-treatment". The fighting has sparked one of the world's worst humanitarian crises - 12 million people have been forced from their homes and famine has been declared in parts of the country. Last week, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said the war has fuelled the worst cholera outbreak the country has seen in years. There have been nearly 100,000 cases of the disease and 2,470 deaths over the past year. More BBC stories on the war in Sudan: 'Our children are dying': Rare footage shows plight of civilians in besieged Sudan city Oil-rich Sudanese region becomes new focus of war between army and rival forces The two generals at the heart of the conflict Go to for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica BBC Africa podcasts Africa Daily Focus on Africa
