US to ‘have contact’ with Russia today, says Rubio, as Zelenskyy says 30-day ceasefire could be basis for broader peace deal – Europe live

US secretary of state says he ‘strong urges Russia to end all hostilities’
French European Affairs minister, Benjamin Haddad, said the European Union could go further in its response to US tariffs, though a trade war was in no-one’s interest, Reuters reported.
“We have the means to go further, if we want,” Haddad told TF1 TV.
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