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00:00U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the White House may be ready to move on from efforts to reach a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if progress is not made in the coming days.
00:11Speaking in Paris after a marathon day of landmark talks among U.S., Ukrainian and European officials, Rubio said the discussions have been constructive.
00:22What we're talking about here is avoiding thousands and thousands of people from dying over the next year. We're trying to avoid that.
00:28We saw what happened last weekend with a missile strike in Sumi, where people died on Palm Sunday.
00:33We're just going to see more like that on both sides. We're going to see more of that. We're trying to prevent it.
00:37But we're not going to continue to fly all over the world and do meeting after meeting after meeting if no progress is being made.
00:43So if they're serious about peace, either side or both, we want to help.
00:47If it's not going to happen, then we're just going to move on.
00:49We're going to move on to other topics that are equally if not more important in some ways to the United States.
00:54The high-level talks in Paris on Thursday were the first time since Donald Trump's inauguration that top American, Ukrainian and European officials were known to have met to discuss an end to the war.
01:06French officials have said a new meeting in the same format is expected in London in the coming days.
01:11A Russian attack on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv on Friday morning killed one person and injured at least 60 people, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, which also released these images following the attack.
01:34Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekov said that 20 apartment buildings and 30 private houses were damaged as a result of the strike.
01:41Kharkiv mayor Terekov added that strikes were carried out by ballistic missiles equipped with cluster munitions.
01:51Rescuers, psychologists, dog teams, the national police, medics, volunteers and the city's municipal services have been mobilized to help with the aftermath, local media reported.
02:01Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni visited Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.
02:11The meeting was described by both leaders as constructive and positive with many points of agreement and a common understanding.
02:18Tariffs, defense and the ongoing war in Ukraine were among the discussed topics and the pair agrees that the war must come to an end.
02:24But the Italian premier says the primary purpose of her trip is to push for continued Western unity.
02:31Trump called Meloni a great person and noted that if she continues in her capacity, Rome and Washington will be the best of allies.
02:38Meloni says she discussed trade with the U.S. President after he recently imposed global tariffs on more than 160 countries.
02:44Tariffs have since been paused for 90 days after the market crashed,
02:48but Trump says he's confident about striking deals to mitigate the crisis, including one with Italy.
02:54Speaking of migration, Trump praised Meloni for her government stance,
02:57adding that the EU must, quote, get smart and manage the crisis more effectively.
03:02They voted for Trump.
03:07At least 23 Palestinians were killed in overnight strikes across Gaza
03:13as Israel continues its bombardment of the enclave.
03:16An attack on the southern city of Khan Yunus killed 10 people from the same family,
03:21including five children, four women and a man.
03:24Unlasser hospital officials who received the body say the victims all suffered from severe burns.
03:30At least 13 others were killed in strikes on the north of the strip,
03:34including nine children, according to medical professionals at the Indonesian hospital.
03:39The Israeli army says that its troops are also continuing their military operations in the south
03:44along the newly established Morag Corridor, separating Khan Yunus from Rafah.
03:49The death toll in Gaza has now surpassed 51,000,
03:53according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.
03:56The UN is also warning of an imminent famine,
03:58as it repeatedly sounds the alarm over Israel's six-week-old blockade on Gaza.
04:03Taiwanese lawmakers promised to enhance ties with America
04:10as a bipartisan delegation of U.S. politicians touched down in Taipei.
04:15It is the first official delegation by the new American administration.
04:19President Trump had previously accused Taiwan of undermining America's semiconductor industry.
04:24The United States can continue, something that began under the previous administration
04:30and is extending under this administration,
04:33and has strong bipartisan support, which is connecting Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, Australia, Korea,
04:40weaving together regional partners and allies.
04:43Taiwan has pledged to boost defense spending to 3% of GDP
04:46amid growing geopolitical tensions with China.
04:49Taiwan has pledged to boost defense spending to 3% of GDP,