Nyberg: Author shares secret life of silent film star
Ann Nyberg spoke with author Hanna Diamond about Baker's unknown resistance during WWII in her new book 'Josephine Baker's Secret War.'
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- UPI
Tell me how this ends, Ukraine
President Donald Trump meets in the Oval Office with with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte after his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. Photo by Daniel Torok/White House/UPI | License Photo Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The theatrics of Monday's White House confab are over. As badly as the Disasta in Alaska went last Friday, President Donald Trump did a first-rate job of presiding over this conclave of key leaders from six major European states, as well as the European Commission and NATO. Expressions of solidarity were clear and apparent. And the Oval Office meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a complete reversal of last February's debacle when the Big Z was escorted out of the White House in semi-disgrace. But the looming question is the one Gen. David Petraeus posed about the second Iraq War to journalists: "Tell me how this ends?" And, indeed, how will the 3 1/2-year war in Ukraine end any time soon -- or will it? To Donald Rumsfeld's useful list of "knowns and unknowns," history should be added in considering how this may end. The combination does not project optimism, although hope can never be abandoned. The crucial issues are security guarantees and land swaps. Whether the West can achieve a NATO-like pact with Ukraine or not, the Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a firm "nyet" to any outside forces being stationed in Ukraine as peacekeepers from NATO or from NATO members -- a seeming reversal of what Trump believed President Vladimir Putin had accepted in Alaska. Nor has the size, composition and states of origin been even roughly defined. Rules of engagement and other sticking points will arise. Of course, Russia's repeated and predictable failure to abide by agreements, especially the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 and the two Minsk Agreements of 2014/15, is too well-known to be ignored. And if this guarantee could not be maintained, would that automatically lead to war with Russia? About land swaps, Putin has made the case "what is mine is mine and what is yours is mine," referring to three major Ukrainian cities in the Donbas that are crucial in Kyiv's defense network and are not occupied by Russian forces. Zelensky is bound by his constitution and public opinion that at least 80% of Ukrainians are opposed to territorial concessions. His certain response, unless a deal is offered, that he cannot refuse is also "nyet," but on steroids. About the unknowns, Putin is on top of that list. From what Trump and his envoy, Steve Witkoff, said right after Alaska and what Trump has said since is that Putin wants to end the war as much as others do. But on what terms? Putin had been unswerving in his intentions to return Ukraine to the Russian motherland whether through occupation or perhaps a puppet government subservient to Moscow. Students of Putin will say there is no unknown here. Putin's response will be unchanged. Yet, because Trump and Witkoff believe differently, there is at least some plausible doubt about how Putin will react. Interestingly, the comment was made that Putin will have to gain support from his cabinet, or what passes for it. But, does anyone believe that Trump will ask advice or concurrence from his advisers? Of course not. Both leaders are in charge. Most depressing is history. In Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq 2, the answer to Petraeus' question was crystal clear. We lost. In the case of Vietnam, the North's will to win won. When Congress cut off aid by 1975, Saigon would become Ho Chi Minh City. As Trump should realize, after he and the Taliban made the Doha Accords in 2020 without the presence of the Kabul government, it was do svidaniya, Afghanistan. And with the dissolution of the Iraqi army and dismissal of competent bureaucrats who were part of the Baathist Party, the fate was sealed. Assuming if they meet, and that is by no means a done deal, suppose Putin and Zelensky cannot agree on the land swaps. Or suppose sufficient security guarantees cannot be put in place. From Trump's position, he has done all he can to end the killings and the war. He, too, is likely to say that he tried and now it is up to the warring parties to make a deal. Trump would also argue that as Europe has agreed to shoulder the burden to rearm and supply Ukraine -- that while the United States is happy to sell weapons to Europe, we have done our duty. And make no mistake. Given Russia's overwhelming advantages in size and numbers, we know how this will end. Harlan Ullman is UPI's Arnaud de Borchgrave Distinguished Columnist, senior adviser at Washington's Atlantic Council, chairman of a private company and principal author of the doctrine of shock and awe. His next book, co-written with Field Marshal The Lord David Richards, former U.K. chief of defense and due out next year, is Who Thinks Best Wins: Preventing Strategic Catastrophe. The writer can be reached on X @harlankullman.
The Hill
44 minutes ago
- The Hill
Almost 6 in 10 say UN members should recognize Palestinian state: Survey
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans said that the United Nations (U.N.) countries should recognize the Palestinian state, according to a new survey that was published on Wednesday morning. The new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 58 percent of U.S. adults think that every country in the U.N. should recognize Palestine as a nation. About a third of respondents, 33 percent, disagreed, while another 9 percent didn't answer when asked. The survey comes as the United Kingdom, France and Canada — all close U.S. allies — have recently expressed their intentions to recognize the Palestinian state. In late July, when asked about UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's intention, President Trump said he had 'no view on that.' The president said French President Emmanuel Macron's decision was not 'going to change anything.' The decisions from all three nations come as Israel is facing international pressure over the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, with starvation spreading and some aid organizations warning that Palestinians are on the brink of famine. Israel has denied the accusation of facilitating the growing hunger in the war-torn enclave, stating that the Palestinian militant group Hamas is stealing humanitarian aid. Hamas, designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S., has denied the accusation by Israel. The majority of Americans in the survey, 65 percent, said that the Trump administration should spring into action to aid Palestinians when it comes to food delivery. About 28 percent disagreed, including 41 percent of Trump-aligned GOP voters. Nearly 6 in 10 Americans, 59 percent, argued that the Israeli military's actions in Gaza, which kicked off following Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, have been excessive. About a third, 33 percent, disagreed, according to the poll. In February last year, 53 percent of Americans said Israeli military response in the enclave was excessive, while 42 percent said otherwise. The survey was conducted from Aug. 13-18 among 4,446 U.S. adults. The margin of error was around 2 percentage points.
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U.S.-led coalition captures a senior Islamic State member in Syria
BEIRUT -- A U.S.-led coalition captured a senior member of the Islamic State group in northwest Syria on Wednesday, state media and a war monitor reported. It was not immediately clear if the man is the IS supreme leader. The U.S. military did not respond to a request for comment by The Associated Press. The operation that included landing troops from helicopters occurred before dawn in Atmeh town near the Turkish border, and an IS commander known as Abu Hafs al-Qurayshi, an Iraqi citizen, was taken away while another Iraqi citizen was killed, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Observatory said the man captured had a French-speaking woman with him, and it was not immediately clear if she was taken by the U.S. force or by Syrian security forces who later cordoned the area. Two years ago, IS announced that a man called Abu Hafs al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi was named as its new leader after Turkish authorities killed his predecessor. Syrian state TV on Wednesday quoted an unnamed security official as saying the Iraqi man targeted in the operation is known as Ali, adding that his real name is Salah Noman. It said Noman was living in an apartment with his wife, son and mother. It said he was killed in the raid. There was no immediate clarification for the difference in names reported by state media and the war monitor. IS broke away from al-Qaida more than a decade ago and attracted supporters from around the world after it declared a so-called caliphate in 2014 in large parts of Syria and Iraq. Despite its defeat in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later, IS militants still carry out deadly attacks in both countries and elsewhere. Al-Qurayshi is not the real name of IS leaders but comes from Quraish, the name of the tribe to which Islam's Prophet Muhammad belonged. IS claims its leaders hail from the tribe, and 'al-Qurayshi' is part of their nom de guerre.
