Good morning. We’re covering a European plan to shore up a peace deal for Ukraine. Also:
- Afghan women were left trapped in the quake rubble.
- Giorgio Armani died at 91.
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Plus, do you have questions about tariffs?
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| Volodymyr Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron in Paris yesterday. Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters |
Europe worked on a security plan for postwar Ukraine
President Emmanuel Macron of France said yesterday that 26 countries had formally committed to securing any future peace deal in Ukraine, including by deploying troops to deter Russian aggression.
Macron spoke after a summit in Paris attended by more than 30 heads of state and government, many via video link, but few details emerged about exactly how the European nations would help or how the U.S. would be involved.
The meeting was the latest European diplomatic attempt to persuade President Trump to throw the full weight of the U.S. behind the plan. Steve Witkoff, Trump’s peace envoy, attended, and a White House official confirmed that Trump called in.
Macron said that without a peace deal, Russia would face international sanctions, including from the U.S. But Trump has threatened sanctions before without following through. During the meeting, Trump urged European nations not to buy Russian oil and pushed them to put more pressure on China for funding Russia’s war effort, the official said.
On the ground: To date, only France, Britain and Estonia have publicly indicated they could deploy troops in a postwar Ukraine. Most European countries question whether Washington would really have their back militarily if NATO troops were attacked.
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| Women and children on Monday in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Wakil Kohsar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
After the Afghan quake, many women were not helped
The response to the earthquake that killed more than 2,200 people in Afghanistan has epitomized the dual standards that women and girls face in the country, aid groups and humanitarian organizations say.
Emergency teams that reached a distant village in Kunar Province after the earthquake on Sunday did not care for all. They hurried to treat wounded men and children, but women and adolescent girls were pushed aside.
Afghan cultural norms enforced by the Taliban forbid physical contact between men and women who are not family members. Members of all-male medical teams were hesitant to pull women out of the rubble of collapsed buildings, a volunteer said. Trapped and injured women were left under stones, waiting for women from other villages to reach the site and dig them out.
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| Giorgio Armani in 1993. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times |
Giorgio Armani, the master of the power suit, died
Without Giorgio Armani, suits might still be stiff and padded, and we might have never known designer glamour on the red carpet.
Armani, who died at his home in Milan yesterday at 91, twice rewrote the rules of fashion: first by softening the structure of a man’s suit, creating a look that soon enough found favor among a female clientele. Later, he became one of the first designers to court celebrities like Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney, who wore his clothes onscreen and about town. Of course, using celebrities as glamorous sandwich boards has since become de rigueur.
“His clothes were both armor and uniform, but they were never aggressive,” our chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, wrote. Look back at his life in photos and read Guy Trebay’s 2024 interview.
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Ask a Correspondent: Do you have questions about tariffs?
In just eight months, Trump has upended the world trade order that had been in place for decades by imposing tariffs on more than 90 countries. Among the hardest hit are India, where tariffs of 50 percent took effect last week, and Brazil, which also faces 50 percent tariffs.
Trade is a complex issue and there are many perplexing questions about how tariffs will affect national economies, businesses and consumers. “Ask a Correspondent” is here to help. We’ll take your questions to Ana Swanson, who covers trade and global economics in Washington, and has written extensively about Trump’s tariffs. Send us your questions by filling out this form.
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