Can Europe Broker a Peace Plan for Ukraine?
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How are European leaders supporting Ukraine amid US tension?
Ukraine's allies rally around President Zelensky in London. But how much can they do for Kiev without American support? Plus, consulting bosses scramble to defend billions of dollars in U.S. government contracts. And state legislatures resume their push to protect kids online, putting App Store operators on the defensive.
We've seen bills in at least nine states introduced in the last couple of months. And they think that using the app stores is a bit cleaner because there are only a couple of big app stores in Apple and Google. And so in theory it should be easier for them to verify the ages of users before they can download apps.
It's Monday, March 3rd. I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal. And here is the AM edition of What's News. The top headlines and business stories moving your world today. After publicly clashing with President Trump on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with nearly 20 allies in London yesterday. A last-minute diplomatic gathering that attracted the leaders of Germany, Italy, France, Canada and Turkey in a show of support for Kyiv. But beyond optics, I asked the Journal's Deputy Brussels Bureau Chief Lawrence Norman what concrete progress came of the gathering.
How are state legislatures aiming to protect children online?
So the UK and France are working on plans that would put a force of thousands of Europeans into Ukraine under a peace deal. It wouldn't sit on the border, it would be placed elsewhere in Ukraine. Sie hatten zwei andere Aufgaben in London. Eine war, den Rauch zwischen Trump und Zelenskyj zu patchen. and to get the Ukrainians and the Americans to agree on a deal for minerals in Ukraine. It's not clear that that move forward. And secondly, is that even the Brits, who are very clear that they are willing to put troops in Ukraine under a peace deal, say they need Washington to provide some kind of protection for those European forces if they come under attack from Russia. And Donald Trump has been anything but clear about whether he's willing to commit.
Meanwhile, Israel says it is stopping the entry of goods into Gaza after a ceasefire officially expired over the weekend without any agreement with Hamas on what comes next.
What are the latest updates on the Israel-Gaza ceasefire?
Hours before the ceasefire expired, Israel said it had agreed to a US proposal to extend the agreement, which would see the release of more hostages and delay until April talks to permanently end fighting, but that Hamas had refused the offer. Hamas sagte, dass Israel seine Kontrolle über Hilfe nach Gaza verwendet hat, um es in einen neuen Vertrag zu fordern, anstatt es zu erlauben, etwas zu sagen. Beide Seiten vorbereiten sich für eine Rückkehr zum Kampf. Und der US-Sekretär des Staates, Marco Rubio, sagte am Wochenende, dass er die Geheimdienste verwendet hat, um die Ermittlung von etwa 4 Billionen Dollar in Militärhilfe nach Israel zu steigern. We are exclusively reporting that executives at some of the biggest U.S.
consulting firms are meeting with Trump officials to defend their contracts amid the administration's push to slash federal spending. That's as the General Services Administration, or GSA, has given procurement officials at federal agencies until Friday to list and justify consulting contracts they intend to keep from 10 companies, including Booz Allen, Accenture and GuideHouse.
How are consulting firms defending US government contracts?
According to the GSA, the 10 highest paid consulting firms are set to receive more than $65 billion in total fees across 2025 and future years, money that has yet to be spent. In meetings with Trump officials, executives were told that the government still sees value in consulting, particularly in rolling out advanced technology and modernizing agencies. Chinese buyers are getting around US export controls to order NVIDIA's latest artificial intelligence chips. According to our reporting, traders in China are selling computer systems with NVIDIA's Blackwell chips installed by routing them through third parties in nearby regions like Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan, with some sellers promising delivery within six weeks.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How are European leaders supporting Ukraine amid US tension?
0:30–1:46
2
What are the challenges of placing European troops in Ukraine?
1:46
3
How are state legislatures aiming to protect children online?
0:52–3:11
4
What are the latest updates on the Israel-Gaza ceasefire?
3:11–4:21
5
How are consulting firms defending US government contracts?
4:21–5:47
6
How is China's Belt and Road Initiative affecting global dynamics?
5:47–6:23
7
What impact could US-China trade tensions have on American agriculture?
6:23–8:10
8
What strategic changes is Shell considering in its operations?
8:10–13:54
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