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The United Kingdom has pledged a £2.26 billion ($2.84 billion) loan to Ukraine in a move designed to strengthen Kyiv's defence industry. Announced on Saturday, the agreement will be repaid using profits from frozen Russian sovereign assets, a decision Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as "true justice. The one who started the war must be the one to pay."

A decision by regulators to extend the life of two of the oldest reactors in the US decades beyond their original permits has elevated the risk of a nuclear disaster in heavily populated south Florida, environmental groups are warning.

The Miami Waterkeeper says the ageing Turkey Point facility in south Miami-Dade county, which was built in 1967 and generates power for a metropolitan area covering about 3 million people, is especially vulnerable to flooding and excessive heat from the climate emergency, in part because of its low-lying position and coastal exposure to a major hurricane.

A Washington DC art gallery has abruptly cancelled two exhibitions featuring Black and LGBTQ+ artists, prompting accusations that it has caved in to Donald Trump’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes.

The Art Museum of the Americas, run by the Organization of American States (OAS), was due to present the shows Nature’s Wild with Andil Gosine and Before the Americas in March.

The decision to pull the exhibits coincided with an executive order issued by the Trump administration directing a review of relationships with international organisations that receive US funding. To Gosine, it is an alarming example of pre-emptive capitulation – obeying in advance.

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A FedEx cargo airplane caught on fire after striking a bird shortly after the plane’s departure from Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday morning, according to officials.

There were no injuries reported onboard, and the plane made an emergency return to Newark Liberty international airport.

The Boeing 767 in question hit the bird during takeoff, damaging an engine.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that the aircraft, which was headed to Indianapolis, returned to the airport at about 8am eastern time.

Former Fox News host Geraldo Rivera slammed the president on Friday for his “shameful” face-off with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The veteran newscaster and longtime Republican was once a close friend of President Donald Trump but turned against him after bearing witness to his “irrational behavior” and “narcissism.”

Rivera called the so-called Ukraine-U.S. peace talks “scripted” and said Trump unfairly “ambushed” Zelensky during the volatile showdown.

“I just could not believe what I was seeing,” he told NewsNation’s Connell McShane. “It was President Trump at his worst, President Trump as an ill-mannered bully insulting a war hero.”

According to February Gallup polling, 42 percent of Americans are giving a thumbs up to Trump’s economic stewardship while 54 percent are giving him a thumbs down.

Approval of Trump’s handling of the economy also fell to 39 percent from 43 percent in polling released last week by Reuters/Ipsos.

This is notably a lower mark compared to the start of Trump’s first term in 2017, when his economic approval stood at 53 percent. While this could reflect less enthusiasm about the economy more generally, it is also a notable thing to watch for the president’s team.

On the economy, some polls still indicate Americans are worried about the direction.

Polling released this week by Reuters/Ipsos shows that 44 percent of Americans think the employment and jobs situation is heading in the wrong direction, compared to 33 percent who think it’s heading in the right direction.

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