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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven US update. The
latest use.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
This hour in just four minutes. Russian President Vladimir Putin
and President Trump may get together for a meeting as
soon as next week. That's what the Kremlin said yesterday,
which noted a summit was an American suggestion. Trump has
been pushing Russia for a ceasefire in Ukraine, where war
has been raging since the Russian invasion three and a
half years ago. Israeli Prime Minister of Benjamin Netanyah, who

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says his country intends to take full control of the
Gaza strip and not retain it. He sat down with
Fox News Today two months ahead of the two year
anniversary of the start of the war with Hamas.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
We don't want to govern it, We don't want to
be there as a governing body. We want to hand
it over to.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Our forces that.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Will govern it properly without threatening us and giving Ghazan's
a good life.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Netnyah, who said the only way for a different future
for Gaza is with the removal of Hamas, which he
called the neo Nazi army. He also claimed Hamas is
behind the starvation in guy in Israel's trying to change
that the US has pledged to help open more aid
centers in Gaza. President Trump's sweeping tariffs slate are now
in effect. Import taxes will reach levels not seen in

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the country in almost one hundred years, with over sixty
countries and the European Union facing rates of fifteen percent
or more. A wide variety of products will be hit,
ranging from appliances, cars, food, and furniture. In a post
on truth Social just after things went into effect, Trump
said billions of dollars are now flowing into the US.
The Gifford Fire on California's central coast is still raging.

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It's scorched over ninety six thousand acres and is fifteen
percent contained. The blaze has prompted evacuation orders for hundreds
of homes in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
The fire, the largest in California this year, started Friday
afternoon near Santa Maria. Since then, three civilians and four
firefighters have been injured. A new COVID variant is making
its way around the US this summer, known as variant

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XFG or stratus. The variant first popped up in Southeast
Asia back in January. It's now responsible for about fourteen
percent of US cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
I'm Chris Krajio. Uber is talking with banks and private
equity firms to get the cash it wants to expand
its robo taxi business. The company has been making partnerships

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with automakers to build its footprint in the self driving
taxi industry. In the meantime, the company says it'll use
some of its annual seven billion dollars in cash flow
to deploy robotaxis. It currently offers rides in Austin and Atlanta.
Former White Stripes frontman Jack White is celebrating the finish
of his latest tour, and it's got nothing to do
with music.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
He posted on.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Instagram that he and two friends completed their longtime mission
of seeing a baseball game at every Major League Baseball stadium.
The Instagram post shows him at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia,
his final stop. Shohei Otani has now one thousand hits
in his Major League baseball career. Daniel Martindale reports he.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
Did it with a two run home run in the
third inning of Wednesday's game against the Saint Louis Cardinals.
He was also the starting pitcher, allowing one run on
two hits and striking out a season high eight batters.
The visiting Cardinals rallied late to beat the Dodgers five
to three. Otani is now the third Japanese born MLB
player with one thousand hits, joining Hedeki Matsui and Hall

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of Famer Ichiro Suzuki. I'm Daniel Martindale.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
Mel Gibson's long awaited sequel to his two thousand and
four film The Passion of the Christ is on the way.
Lionsgate confirmed this week that The Resurrection of the Christ
will be released in twenty twenty seven and two parts,
with part one coming out on Good Friday and part
two coming out forty days later on Ascension Day. Passion
star Jim Kvizel is expected to return as Jesus. Other

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details about the films are being kept under wraps. Kelly
Clarkson is postponing the rest of her Studio Sessions concerts
in Las Vegas this month due to an illness her
ex husband is suffering from. Clarkson took to Instagram yesterday
to say that she was postponing the shows so she
could support her children. Saying their father has been ill
this past year. She went on to apologize to those
who have bought tickets. Clarkson, her ex husband, Brand and Blackstock,

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have been divorced since twenty twenty two. They share two children.
I'm Chris Caracio