Good morning. We’re covering growing frustrations about the police response to a Texas school shooting, questions about the end of Russia’s war in Ukraine, and a change in policy. of the United States to China.
Where are the police in Uvalde?
Parents and witnesses to a massacre at an elementary school in southwestern Texas are asking: Why didn’t armed personnel stop the shooter??
Gunner enter the school unimpededa state police official said Thursday, and is at the school for more than an hour before the officers killed him. Officials said they believe most, if not all, of the 21 victims were shot within the first few minutes of his arrival.
The police account has changed, but today officials say the officers responded “in a few minutes“And that two police officers were shot as they tried to enter a classroom where the gunman opened fire.
But some witnesses said they urge anger The police stormed the school earlier. Others see the officers handcuffs parents who tried to get inside. Javier Cazares, whose 9-year-old daughter was killed, was outside during the attack. “They say they rush in and all that,” he say, talk about law enforcement. “We don’t see that.” This is live updates.
How will the war in Ukraine end?
The global conversation about Russia’s war in Ukraine has increasingly focused on how the fighting can end and How to determine victory?.
Several Western voices, prominent among them the leaders of France and Italy – and Henry Kissinger98-year-old former US secretary of state – proposes a territorial compromise.
Ukraine vehemently opposes that opinion. On Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelensky Compare this proposal to Western Europe’s appeasement of Nazi Germany in 1938. Other officials pledged to fight until the liberation of the entire country – including the Crimean peninsula.
Central and Eastern European leaders support complete liberation and reject the idea of a negotiated end to war as dangerous. And no one knows whether President Vladimir Putin will accept anything other than the complete surrender of Ukrainian forces.
Fight: Russia shelled the center of Kharkiv, leaving many dead and wounded. At least four civilians were also killed in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said.
Economy: As sanctions take chargeCentral Bank of Russia interest rate cut and Putin moved in Raise the minimum wage and sweeten military interests.
America aims to contain China
The Biden administration has concluded that it cannot change Beijing’s aggressive behavior. In a glimpse of his classified strategy, the secretary of state said on Thursday that the United States instead try to limit China.
“We cannot rely on Beijing to change our trajectory,” said Antony Blinken. “We will therefore shape the strategic environment around Beijing to advance our vision of an open and inclusive international system.”
The United States will form alliances with other countries Blinken said to limit the influence of the Chinese Communist Party. He stressed that the US is not looking for a new Cold War and will not try to isolate China, and pointed to opportunities for cooperation among the world’s largest economies.
Story: American officials have concluded that decades of direct economic and diplomatic engagement have largely failed to force Beijing to obey the US-led dictates. President Xi Jinping army and diplomatic donate of Russia during its invasion of Ukraine was deepen their beliefs.
Details: Blinken noted China’s human rights abuses, suppression of ethnic minorities, and suppression of free speech. He also reiterated the longstanding US policy towards Taiwan, despite President Biden’s remarks on Monday that the US had “pledge“To join the military if China attacks.
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That’s it for today’s briefing. See you again in the next time. – Amelia
PS The Times win a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for its work revealed that intelligence failures and civilian deaths is a hidden legacy of American-led air warfare across the Middle East.
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