The European Parliament has frozen ratification of the trade agreement with the United States.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen questioned Donald Trump’s credibility in honoring international agreements.

Other developments include: a new truce deal between Damascus and Kurdish forces, the UAE denying allegations of “secret prisons” in Yemen, and Israel beginning demolitions inside UNRWA’s headquarters in East Jerusalem.

In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that over one million households in Kyiv remain without electricity after Russian strikes.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said around 600,000 residents have already left the capital since early January.

Sources – Agencies