December 30, Tuesday, 2025

1. US President Donald Trump has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone following his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump and Zelenskyy met in the southern US state of Florida on Sunday to discuss the 20-point proposal for ending the Russian invasion. Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov says that Trump provided Putin with a detailed briefing on what was discussed in his meeting with Zelenskyy.
2. US President Donald Trump says he wants to implement the next phase of a peace plan in the Gaza Strip. He says Hamas should disarm quickly or “there’ll be hell to pay.” Trump spoke to reporters after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in Florida. The US president said that Hamas is “going to be given a very short period of time to disarm.”
3. US President Donald Trump says there was a major explosion at a dock area in Venezuela, which he claims is used to load boats with drugs. Trump said, “They load the boats up with drugs, so we hit all the boats and now we hit the area.” Trump did not say when or where the attack took place.