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India Today
22-04-2025
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Putin signals end to Ukraine war during talks with Trump envoy: Report
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to halt the war in Ukraine as part of his peace talks with the Trump administration, the Financial Times told Steve Witkoff, Trump's special envoy, during a meeting in St Petersburg earlier this month that Moscow could relinquish its claims to areas of four partly occupied Ukrainian regions that remain under Kyiv's control, the report said citing three people familiar with the marks the first formal indication since the early months of the war that President Putin may be willing to scale back Russia's maximalist demands to end the invasion. The talks are part of a broader diplomatic push led by President Donald Trump, whose administration has intensified backchannel efforts to halt the war. According to the report, the US has floated a settlement under which Washington would recognise Russia's annexation of Crimea and acknowledge its de facto control over parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson — areas Russia partially occupies. Meanwhile, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday said that Steve Witkoff will travel to Russia for talks later this week with said "We're hopefully moving in the right direction" on Ukraine while noting US President Donald Trump has expressed frustrations with both Russia and Ukraine in his drive to seal a halt to the has previously held three long meetings with Putin on prospects for an end to the war in Ukraine. Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yury Ushakov said earlier on Tuesday Witkoff would visit Moscow this week, according to Interfax. The meeting comes as talks prepare to get under way in London on Wednesday regarding the war in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would be happy to meet with Trump later this week when they both attend the funeral for Pope speaking to reporters in Kyiv, said Ukraine would be ready to hold talks with Russia in any format once a ceasefire is in place and the fighting between Kyiv and Moscow's forces has stopped.(With inputs from Reuters)Also Read: Indian-Fijian woman caught on video using racial slurs in California hate incidentTune InMust Watch
India Today
22-04-2025
- India Today
Indian-Fijian woman caught on video using racial slurs in California hate incident
A disturbing video from Pinole, California, has gone viral, showing a woman of Indian-Fijian descent repeatedly using racist slurs toward a Black woman. The incident occurred on April 13 in the parking lot outside Pear Street Bistro and BMO Bank. In just 12 seconds, the woman—identified as 34-year-old Natasha Chand — was heard using the N-word nine Garcia and her sister were leaving the restaurant when they noticed Chand, a senior banker at BMO, allegedly giving them a strange look. According to the Daily Mail, Garcia and her sister confronted Chand and began recording. That's when Chand started mocking Garcia's appearance and shouting racial slurs. Police confirmed that the viral 15-second clip was just a small part of a longer Police are now treating the confrontation as a hate incident. Sergeant Justin Rogers told the Daily Mail that the case will be referred to the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office for possible charges, which could include disturbing the peace and provoking a fight in public—potentially for both Chand and Garcia. This is not Chand's first run-in with the law. She was arrested two months ago for allegedly shoplifting from an Ulta Beauty store in nearby Concord on four separate occasions. She currently faces charges including felony grand theft, second-degree burglary, and multiple counts of shoplifting. Notably, she reportedly appeared in court for that case just hours before the racist incident has triggered widespread outrage on social media, with many demanding stronger action against hate speech. Some confusion initially followed the video as incorrect reports misidentified Chand, but police have since confirmed her Read: Florida, Tennessee target immigrant driver's licenses with new laws
