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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to questions from reporters as he meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House on April 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, Meloni is in Washington to discuss a range of bilateral issues, negotiate the 20 percent “reciprocal” tariff Trump imposed on European imports to the U.S. and to discuss pharmaceutical imports. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured attending an Orthodox Easter service at the Christ The Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, announced a brief Easter ceasefire on Saturday.
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Video ‘They never even pretended’: Ukrainian MP accuses Russia of breaking ‘Easter truce’ 1:03
Pope Francis stands on the main balcony of St. Peter's basilica for the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the city and the world as part of Easter celebrations, at St Peter's square in the Vatican on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Video Pope Francis gives Easter blessing on St. Peter’s Basilica balcony 4:08
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Video CNN’s Matthew Chance breaks down Putin’s ‘Easter truce’ declaration 1:16
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Video Hear Putin declare brief Easter ceasefire in war with Ukraine 0:18
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Video Trump suggests walking away from Russia-Ukraine talks 0:29
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Video ‘A stark warning’: What Rubio’s remarks today signal for Ukraine-Russia 1:16
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Video Strategic turns in the Middle East: Trade realignments, US energy diplomacy, and Egypt’s Gulf-backing 1:54

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A couple walks by flags and portraits of fallen servicemen at a makeshift memorial for the fallen Ukrainian and foreign fighters, at the Independence Square in Kyiv on April 19, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced an Easter truce in the conflict in Ukraine starting this evening and lasting till midnight on April 20, 2025.
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