The Oscar-nominated actor famously played arch-villain General Zod in “Superman” and “Superman II.”

Talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin produced enough movement to justify a meeting with Ukrainian and European leaders, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS on Sunday.

Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Ukraine and Russia will both have to make “concessions” to reach an agreement to end the fighting in Ukraine.

Chef José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, describes his trip late last week to Gaza, where he surveyed his aid group’s efforts to provide food to Palestinians. “We need to make sure that we are cooking where people live. We need to make sure …

Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska discusses the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a potential sanctions bill in the Senate, the Alaska economy and more.

Fiona Hill, President Trump’s former top Russia adviser on the National Security Council, said “the optics were really much more favorable to Putin than they were to the United States,” referring to last week’s summit in Alaska.

Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado says the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was “a historic embarrassment for the United States — there’s no other way to put it.”

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