President Zelensky said it was now up to the US to convince Russia to agree to the truce. 

​President Zelensky said it was now up to the US to convince Russia to agree to the truce.  

It’s time for Russia’s intentions towards Ukraine to be tested in public, writes the BBC’s Paul Adams. 

​It’s time for Russia’s intentions towards Ukraine to be tested in public, writes the BBC’s Paul Adams.  

US President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum from 25 percent to 50 percent, while threatening to “shut down” the country’s auto industry. The “only thing that makes sense” is for Canada to join the United States as a 51st state, he said. “This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear.” n18oc_world n18oc_crux