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Putin and Trump agreed on the end of the war through peace, according to the Kremlin

The Kremlin assured today that the Russian presidents, Vladimir Putin, and the American presidents, Donald Trump, agreed on Wednesday during their telephone conversation that the end of the war in Ukraine is possible through peaceful means.

“There is agreement that the settlement is possible through peace negotiations,” said Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, in his daily telephone press conference.

Peskov stressed that “there is political will, which was confirmed during yesterday’s conversation by both parties, to engage in dialogue in search of settlement.”

“From now on we have to wait for the first results of the joint work,” he said.

According to the spokesman, Moscow has already begun to form the working group that will participate in the negotiations and stressed that the conversation between both presidents was “very important”, since there had been no contacts at the highest level between Moscow and Washington for a long time.

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Putin and Trump agreed that they will “immediately” order their advisors to organize a bilateral meeting, like the one that both dignitaries held in 2018 in Helsinki, he said.

“The previous US Administration supported the point of view that everything possible must be done for the war to continue. The current Administration, from what we see, is attached to the position that everything possible must be done to stop the war and for peace to prevail,” he said.

He added: “We like the position of this Administration much more. We are open to dialogue.”

On the other hand, Peskov denied that both leaders had addressed issues such as a possible ceasefire, the lifting of sanctions and the recognition of the Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia, including the Crimean peninsula.

As for the possible European participation, he replied that Moscow cannot forget what happened with the Minsk Peace Agreements, which were ten years old the day before and that Russia accuses Kiev and its European allies of non-compliance.

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“You have to arm yourself with patience,” he recommended to the press about the details of the future negotiations and the meeting between Putin and Trump.

Trump said on Wednesday that he had reached an agreement with his Russian counterpart for both countries to begin “negotiations immediately” with the aim of ending the war in Ukraine.

As Trump explained on his social network Truth Social, the agreement with Putin was reached after a “long and very productive phone call,” in which both leaders expressed their willingness to “stop the millions of deaths that are taking place in the war between Russia and Ukraine.”

Meanwhile, the Kremlin reported that Putin reminded his colleague that to achieve a lasting peace it is necessary to “eliminate” the original causes of the conflict, in reference to the expansion of NATO.

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Maduro urges UN to intervene for venezuelan migrants detained in El Salvador

Nicolás Maduro, who was sworn in for a third term in January following his controversial re-election, urged United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk to intervene on behalf of Venezuelan migrants detained in El Salvador after being deported from the United States.

During a broadcast on the state-run Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), Maduro claimed these Venezuelans were “kidnapped”, forcibly disappeared, and held in “concentration camps.”

He also criticized U.S. President Donald Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele for failing to release the list of migrants deported on March 16, who were allegedly accused of belonging to the transnational gang Tren de Aragua, which originated in a Venezuelan prison.

“Reports say there are 238 Venezuelans kidnapped in prisons, in concentration camps, in El Salvador. A week after they were taken and thrown into these camps, neither the U.S. government nor Nayib Bukele have published the list of those they have kidnapped in El Salvador,” Maduro stated, calling it a “forced disappearance.”

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Canada updates U.S. travel advisory amid immigration policy changes

In a coordinated action with several European allies, Canada has updated its travel advisory for citizens visiting the United States, citing changes in immigration policies and law enforcement under President Donald Trump’s administration.

Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Finland have issued similar warnings, highlighting stricter border screenings, tighter visa restrictions, and new federal guidelines that particularly affect transgender and non-binary travelers.

These advisories reflect growing diplomatic concerns over how the recent U.S. policy shifts are impacting foreign visitors, especially tourists and long-term travelers. Additionally, this marks a rare instance in which multiple NATO allies publicly warn their citizens about travel to the United States.

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to meet with Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on friday

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum next Friday.

According to statements made to Fox News, the Trump administration official will travel this week to El Salvador, Colombia, and Mexico.

On Wednesday, Noem is scheduled to meet with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, with whom she will tour the mega-prison built to detain gang members in the country.

On Thursday, she will visit Colombia, where she will hold talks with President Gustavo Petro and top law enforcement officials.

On Friday, Noem will be in Mexico, where she is expected to meet with President Claudia Sheinbaum and Foreign Affairs Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente.