Author: Euronews
Published on: 18/04/2025 | 00:00:00
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Republican Senators Pete Ricketts, Ted Budd and Chris Coons are in Taiwan. The delegation marks the first official visit to Taiwan under the Trump administration. Trump slapped a surprise 32% tariff on Taiwanese imports earlier this month. Rising trade tensions and military posturing have renewed fears in the region of a potential Chinese escalation. Senator Coons says there is the possibility that Xi Jinping would decide this is the right time for the Chinese Communist Party to take aggressive action. ADVERTISEMENT US Vice President JD Vance meets with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “I’ve been missing you,” he tells Vance as he enters the courtyard of Chigi Palace. The White House suggests a broader US-Europe summit is under consideration when President Donald Trump visits. Israeli strikes on the enclave overnight into Thursday killed at least 23 people, including a family of 10, according to local health officials. Israeli military says it tries to avoid harming civilians and blames their deaths on Hamas because it operates in residential areas. The UN has warned that much of the population are at serious risk of starvation and malnourishment. ADVERTISEMENT Israel’s offensive has so far killed 51,065 and injured another 116,505 Palestinians. The UN says around two-thirds of deaths they’ve been able to verify were women and children. Israel says it has killed around 20,000 Hamas militants, but has not provided evidence.
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