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September 5: Moscow Peace Talks and Nepal Flood Rescues
Russia-Ukraine talks
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow to try to restart stalled Russia-Ukraine negotiations. The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin authorized a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv during the visit, while both sides continue to escalate aerial attacks elsewhere.
Nepal flood rescue
Rescuers have pulled more survivors from Nepal’s flood wreckage 10 days after the disaster, including workers trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a woman found in her home. The death toll has passed 1,331, with people still missing.
In the West Bank
Israeli settler expansion is reaching Palestinian farmland in Area A of the occupied West Bank, where land has reportedly been razed in a region considered a key food-producing area. The expansion is accompanied by violence, further tightening pressure on Palestinian communities and agriculture.
U.S. citizenship and trade policy
The Trump administration has issued a rule denying citizenship to some U.S.-born children of foreign government employees. An immigration expert says the policy conflicts directly with Supreme Court precedent, setting up a likely legal fight over the reach of birthright citizenship.
President Trump also says a 90-day tariff pause will bring cheaper beef from Argentina and Brazil as the White House tries to lower grocery prices. Whether imported beef reaches consumers at noticeably lower prices remains the part shoppers will be checking.
Measles death in Pennsylvania
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has acknowledged that measles caused the death of a six-week-old infant in Pennsylvania. The confirmation followed the Lancaster County coroner’s findings and came after Kennedy had questioned the state’s reports of measles-related deaths during the growing outbreak.
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