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00:00Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Kyiv has discovered that China has been supplying
00:05Russia with weapons despite President Xi Jinping's promise not to.
00:10A Russian attack on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv on Friday morning killed one
00:15person and injured at least 60 people according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
00:21Italian Prime Minister Georgia Maloney visited Washington to push for Western unity as she
00:26met with US President Donald Trump.
00:32Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's received information from his intelligence
00:37services that China has been supplying Russia with weapons.
00:40He did not offer much detail on the quantities or types of weapons, but did note that their
00:45intel confirms artillery and gunpowder were supplied.
00:50The Ukrainian leader, says Kyiv, was blindsided by the discovery.
00:54He noted that during the course of Russia's more than three-year full-scale invasion of
00:58his country, he spoke with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
01:02Zelensky says he asks President Xi about Beijing's supply of weapons to Moscow and was assured that
01:08China will not be involved.
01:10It is not that you are amazed, but I really did not want to see the correct facts that we
01:15saw and what I saw.
01:19Beijing has always publicly maintained its neutrality in the Ukraine war, but has provided Russia with
01:23diplomatic and economic benefits.
01:26Zelensky says Kyiv will reveal its findings more comprehensively next week.
01:33A Russian attack on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv on Friday morning killed one person and
01:37injured at least 60 people, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
01:44Ukraine, which also released these images following the attack.
01:51Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that 20 apartment buildings and 30 private houses were damaged as
01:56a result of a result of the attack.
01:58The Russian attack on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv on Friday morning killed one
02:02person and injured at least 60 people, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, which
02:08also released these images following the attack.
02:15Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that 20 apartment buildings and 30 private houses were damaged as
02:20a result of the strike.
02:24Terekhov added that strikes were carried out by ballistic missiles equipped with cluster munitions.
02:31Rescuers, psychologists, dog teams, the national police, medics, volunteers and the city's
02:37municipal services have been mobilized to help with the aftermath, local media reported.
02:48Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni visited Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.
02:52The meeting was described by both leaders as constructive and positive with many points of
02:56agreement and a common understanding.
02:59Tariffs, defense and the ongoing war in Ukraine were among the discussed topics and the pair
03:03agrees that the war must come to an end.
03:05But the Italian Premier says the primary purpose of her trip is to push for continued Western
03:10unity.
03:12Trump called Meloni a great person and noted that if she continues in her capacity, Rome
03:16and Washington will be the best of allies.
03:18Meloni says she discussed trade with the U.S. President after he recently imposed global
03:22tariffs on more than 160 countries.
03:25The tariffs have since been paused for 90 days after the market crashed, but Trump says he's
03:29confident about striking deals to mitigate the crisis, including one with Italy.
03:34Speaking of migration, Trump praised Meloni for her government stance, adding that the EU
03:39must, quote, get smart and manage the crisis more effectively.
03:42At least 23 Palestinians were killed in overnight strikes across Gaza as Israel continues its
03:55bombardment of the enclave.
03:57An attack on the southern city of Khan Yunus killed 10 people from the same family, including
04:02five children, four women and a man.
04:05An Lasser hospital officials who received the body say the victims all suffered from severe
04:10burns.
04:11At least 13 others were killed in strikes on the north of the Strip, including nine children,
04:16according to medical professionals at the Indonesian hospital.
04:19The Israeli army says that its troops are also continuing their military operations in the
04:24south along the newly established Morak Corridor, separating Khan Yunus from Rafah.
04:30The death toll in Gaza has now surpassed 51,000, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.
04:36The UN is also warning of an imminent famine as it repeatedly sounds the alarm over Israel's
04:42six-week-old blockade on Gaza.