{"id":246119,"date":"2025-02-25T06:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T06:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/tuesday-briefing-24\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T06:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T06:11:10","slug":"tuesday-briefing-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/tuesday-briefing-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/24\/multimedia\/25ambriefing-europe-nl-france\/24dc-prexy-mvpb-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tuesday Briefing\" title=\"Tuesday Briefing\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-13989aed\">Tensions on the anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump met with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/us\/politics\/trump-macron-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron<\/a>, at the White House yesterday, three years to the day after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The leaders diverged significantly over the war\u2019s causes, each side\u2019s role in the conflict and its possible resolution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trump told reporters that the fighting could be over \u201cwithin weeks\u201d and suggested he might visit Moscow as soon as this spring. He refused to call President Vladimir Putin of Russia a dictator, while Macron stated flatly that \u201cRussia is the aggressor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the U.N., <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/middleeast\/us-un-russia-ukraine-war.html\" title=\"\">the U.S. opposed a European effort<\/a> to condemn Russia and call for its immediate withdrawal from Ukraine. The Trump administration introduced its own resolution, which softened the language and called only for an end to the war, essentially siding with Moscow over longtime allies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">In Ukraine: <\/strong>Zelensky has mostly played weak hands wisely, our correspondent writes, but his approach to Trump has fallen flat. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/europe\/ukraine-zelensky-trump.html\" title=\"\">Is the strategy hurting Ukraine<\/a>? Meanwhile, the country\u2019s military is struggling to replenish its ranks. Some wounded soldiers have pushed through pain <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/card\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/ukraine-amputees-war\" title=\"\">to fight Russia again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Russia: <\/strong>Putin said <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/europe\/putin-interview-business-deals-in-russia.html\" title=\"\">U.S. companies could do lucrative deals<\/a> in Russia and even help mine rare earths in Russian-occupied Ukraine, amplifying the Kremlin\u2019s message that the U.S. would profit from a better relationship with Moscow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">First person: <\/strong>She is getting treatment for cancer, while her husband languishes in a Russian prison. It\u2019s the story of Ukraine writ large: an exhausted population <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/europe\/ukraine-prisoner-of-war.html\" title=\"\">still holding on<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-ad95483\">More on Trump and Ukraine<\/h2>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3628010b\">The challenges ahead for Merz<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Friedrich Merz, Germany\u2019s presumptive next chancellor, could be weak from the start. He didn\u2019t win all that much of the vote on Sunday, and many Germans seem unenthused about him personally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Yet Merz has a chance to be <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/europe\/friedrich-merz-europe-germany.html\" title=\"\">the most globally influential German chancellor<\/a> since the heyday of his longtime rival Angela Merkel, given President Trump\u2019s threats to abandon Europe militarily and circumvent it in peace negotiations with Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For Germans, one big question remains: whether Merz can deliver the sort of dramatic changes on the economy and immigration that voters say they crave. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/business\/economy\/germany-election-economy.html\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s what the election result means<\/a> for the economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Analysis: <\/strong>\u201cHe\u2019s taking over the country at a time of big crisis \u2014 at home, and abroad,\u201d said Jim Tankersley, our Berlin bureau chief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Related: <\/strong>TikTok and a backlash against conservative immigration policy <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/europe\/germany-election-die-linke.html\" title=\"\">helped the far-left Die Linke party surge<\/a> into Parliament. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/europe\/musk-afd-weidel-call.html\" title=\"\">And Elon Musk called the leaders<\/a> of the hard-right Alternative for Germany to congratulate them on their performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4865635d\">A Hamas official wavered on Oct. 7<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas\u2019s foreign relations office, told The New York Times <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/middleeast\/hamas-official-interview-attack-israel.html\" title=\"\">that he would not have supported the Oct. 7, 2023, attack<\/a> on Israel had he known of the devastation that would result in Gaza. Israel\u2019s offensive has reduced much of the enclave to rubble and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s unclear to what extent Abu Marzouk\u2019s views on Oct. 7 are shared by other Hamas leaders, who have tended to take a harder line, or whether he shared them in an attempt to influence negotiations with Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">West Bank: <\/strong>Israel appears to be laying the groundwork for a prolonged military presence in the area, and Palestinian officials are warning of a \u201cdangerous escalation.\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/middleeast\/israel-west-bank-what-why.html\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s what to know.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What\u2019s next:<\/strong> The cease-fire in Gaza is set to end on Sunday, and Hamas and Israel have yet to begin negotiating an extension. Steve Witkoff, President Trump\u2019s Mideast envoy, plans to return to the region tomorrow to push <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire.html\" title=\"\">for a new truce<\/a>. While a brief extension of the cease-fire is possible, the likelihood of a long-term deal seems remote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Across the West, voters are lurching to the right. Yet in Denmark, the governing Social Democrats have pursued bold progressive policies since 2019, cruising to re-election in 2022. One approach sets them apart from their center-left counterparts elsewhere: a far more restrictive stance <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/magazine\/denmark-immigration-policy-progressives.html\" title=\"\">on immigration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Lives lived:<\/strong> Roberta Flack, the singer and pianist whose blend of soul, jazz and folk made her one of the most popular artists of the 1970s, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/arts\/music\/roberta-flack-dead.html\" title=\"\">died at 88<\/a>. Get to know <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/arts\/music\/roberta-flack-songs.html\" title=\"\">her essential songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"css-1le37cb ez3869y0\">\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Back for the Final Chamber:<\/strong> Wu-Tang Clan, the pathbreaking rap group from New York, is hitting the road for the last (but biggest) time ever. We sat down <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/arts\/music\/rza-final-wu-tang-tour-interview.html\" title=\"\">with its chief architect, RZA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">The bot will see you now:<\/strong> Therapists in the U.S. are getting ready for a battle <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/health\/ai-therapists-chatbots.html\" title=\"\">with A.I. pretenders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">The indie queen:<\/strong> For years, Parker Posey has had trouble finding satisfying work in Hollywood\u2019s shifting landscape. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/magazine\/parker-posey-white-lotus.html\" title=\"\">Then came \u201cThe White Lotus.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-61b76e56\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">ARTS AND IDEAS<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6c8fc783\">Fabricating the perfect beach<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many resorts around the world are embracing landscapes in their more natural states, instead of social-media-perfect beaches of fine white sand and unobstructed ocean views. Most of those apparently magical vistas are very much manufactured anyway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Preserving native vegetation aids a healthy ecosystem, strengthens natural defenses against climate change and provides habitats to native species. Doing so also transforms ideas about what kind of tropical beach is worthy of a week\u2019s vacation. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/travel\/beach-resorts-design.html\" title=\"\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-705d9918\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">RECOMMENDATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Cook:<\/strong> Enjoy these <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/cooking.nytimes.com\/recipes\/1021280-mrouzia-lamb-shanks\" title=\"\">lamb shanks<\/a> with fluffy couscous or plenty of crusty bread.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Watch: <\/strong><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/arts\/television\/zero-day-netflix.html\" title=\"\">\u201cZero Day\u201d<\/a> on Netflix is a throwback thriller with modern sensibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/25\/briefing\/tuesday-briefing.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions on the anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion President Trump met with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, at the White House yesterday, three years to the day after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 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