Good morning. We're covering Biden's strong condemnation of Putin, the second day of a Middle Eastern summit and a nationwide strike roiling India. |
 | | A Ukrainian serviceman near the wreck of a Russian tank on the front lines around Kyiv.Gleb Garanich/Reuters |
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Biden stands by condemnation |
President Biden stood by his weekend comment that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," but said he was expressing "moral outrage," not a policy change. He said no one should have thought his comments were meant to be calling for Putin's ouster. |
Kyiv remains in play. The mayor of Irpin, one of the largest and most fiercely contested suburbs, said Ukrainian forces had pushed Russians out. But Moscow's forces continue to try to capture key towns east and northwest of the capital. |
Talks: The two sides prepared to meet in Turkey today for the first time in weeks. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said he was open to discussing a neutral geopolitical status for his country, but the Kremlin offered little hope for an agreement that would end the fighting. |
- Russia seems to be refocusing its territorial ambitions on cementing control of the east.
- Ukrainian officials also claimed that Russian forces had been pushed out of two towns near Sumy, a provincial capital, and that the Ukrainian military had taken control of two towns close to Kharkiv.
- A video shows soldiers who are probably Ukrainian beating and shooting prisoners from the Russian military, a possible violation of the Geneva Conventions.
- The U.N. said that more than 1,100 civilians had been killed in the war, including 99 children.
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- Novaya Gazeta, the Russian newspaper whose editor shared the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, suspended publication, leaving Russia without any major media outlets critical of the Kremlin.
- Some Afghan refugees in Britain, still in limbo, are worried about what could happen when Ukrainians arrive.
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 | | Israel's foreign minister, Yair Lapid, center, walked with his Bahraini counterpart, Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, after the summit.Pool photo by Jacquelyn Martin |
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The Middle East summit ends |
A two-day summit ended yesterday, after the top diplomats of Israel, the U.S. and four Arab countries — Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt — met in person in Israel for groundbreaking talks. |
Discussion centered on shared concerns, particularly over Iran and the militia it backs in Yemen that has attacked Gulf oil facilities. Middle Eastern leaders were united in their frustration with the U.S. for seeking a new nuclear deal with Iran and pushed back against aspects of the proposed agreement that they deemed too lenient. |
Tensions: Diplomats discussed an upcoming convergence of religious holidays, which could raise the temperature between Israelis and Palestinians. On Sunday night, Arab gunmen killed at least two people in an unusually brazen attack in northern Israel. |
Sovereignty: Palestinian representatives did not attend the summit, which they considered another betrayal by parts of the Arab world. |
Food: Diplomats addressed global food shortages brought on by the war in Ukraine, which has sent prices up right before Ramadan. |
 | | Protestors blocked a train in Kolkata yesterday.Dibyangshu Sarkar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
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A two-day strike disrupts India |
Hundreds of thousands of workers began a nationwide strike yesterday to protest new and proposed economic policies. Employees in the public and private sectors blocked roads and train tracks, disrupting public transit and throwing the country into confusion. |
Some of the protesters' 12 demands focus on labor: Union leaders denounced a new law giving employers more leeway to set wages and working hours. Protesters also demanded social security for informal workers, like ragpickers and rickshaw drivers, who make up about 80 percent of the workforce. |
Others focus on economic policy: The Modi administration has long wanted to privatize some state-owned assets it says are underperforming, such as public-sector banks. Strikers called for freezing all privatization plans. |
Quotable: "They are selling railways, airports, ports, oil industry and gas refineries and our power transmission sector; there is nothing left," a top union official said. "Whatever our forefathers have built in this country is being now sold to big corporate and private entrepreneurs." |
Response: The authorities told publicly run electricity companies to ensure that hospitals, defense installations and railways keep power. They also said banking services were likely to be affected, as bank unions had also joined the strike. |
 | | Soldiers patrolled checkpoints at the entrance to a neighborhood allegedly under gang control.Salvador Melendez/Associated Press |
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- Gangs in El Salvador killed at least 62 people on Saturday, the deadliest day on record since the country's civil war ended 30 years ago.
- Pope Francis met for the first time with groups seeking an apology over the church's role running Canada's abusive Indigenous schools.
- The average number of new coronavirus cases is going down in South Korea.
- Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras, lost his appeal to avoid extradition to the United States to face drug charges.
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 | | President Biden recently met with service members from the 82nd Airborne Division in Poland.Doug Mills/The New York Times |
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 | | Bridgerton returns, again painting a portrait of a multicultural British society.Netflix |
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The new season of "Bridgerton" centers on a British-Indian aristocratic family navigating cultural differences (and, of course, romance). Their story echoes historical fact: Colonialism bound the two countries together, making for multiethnic societies. |
 | | In his speech accepting the best actor award, Smith apologized to the Academy and to his fellow nominees — but not to Rock. Ruth Fremson/The New York Times |
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To start with the obvious: Will Smith hit Chris Rock on live television after the comedian made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia. |
Minutes later, Smith accepted the award for best actor, for his portrayal of Venus and Serena Williams's father in "King Richard." |
The unsettling moment divided Hollywood, sparking denunciations, defenses and debates. On Monday, the Academy Awards condemned Smith and said it was starting a formal review. |
Still, the show did go on. "CODA" became the first film from a streaming service to win best picture, and Troy Kotsur became the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar for his role in the film. "Dune" was the night's most-awarded movie, and "Drive My Car," a multilingual meditation on grief, art and human connection, won best international film — a triumph, though a complicated one, for Japan's resurging film industry. |
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Almond butter saves you time in this version of hara masala murgh, a classic South Asian chicken dish. |
As international travel resumes, here's a guide to navigating the confusing world of rising airfares and expanding routes. |
That's it for today's briefing. See you next time. — Amelia and Nancy |
The latest episode of "The Daily" is about Ukrainian refugees. |
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