How negotiating with hostage-takers actually works, according to an expert negotiator

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Mickey Bergman is a negotiator involved in political prisoner negotiations for Americans wrongfully detained abroad. Over the past decade, he has helped secure the release of high-profile detainees such as Trevor Reed, Brittney Griner, and Danny Fenster.

Trump says Putin is 'needlessly killing a lot of people' after Russia fires hundreds of missiles and drones at Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Astana; President-elect Donald Trump speaking at a at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

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Russia seized 1,600 square miles of Ukraine's territory in 2024 while losing 427,000 troops, ISW says

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Three Russian solders in camouflage gear and helmets walk along a street holding firearms
Russian soldiers in Russia's Kursk region.

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Syrians celebrate around the world, world readers react, as rebels topple Assad

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Syrians wave flags on the street in Berlin.
Syrians in Berlin celebrate news that rebels had toppled Syrian leader Bashar Assad.

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New election ordered in Ukraine's neighbor following claims that Russia aided far-right presidential candidate

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Pro-European demonstrators in Bucharest, Romania's capital, on December 5, 2024.
Pro-European demonstrators in Bucharest, Romania's capital, on Thursday.

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Putin put a hit on a double agent because he knew the source of the Russian leader's riches: UK intel

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Officials in Hazmat suits
Emergency workers in protective suits investigate the Novichok poisoning in Salisbury in 2017.

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Putin gives more details on Russia's 'Oreshnik' hypersonic missile, saying its destructive elements reach over 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit

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Vladimir Putin told reporters in Kazakhstan about Russia's use of the Oreshnik missile in Ukraine.
 

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China is increasingly unnerved by Russia and North Korea's growing alliance, says top US official

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Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin standing under a stone gazebo with their portraits displayed in massive frames behind them. They are surrounded by people in military dress and others in suits.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin at a military parade in Pyongyang in June.

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Putin signs law allowing some Russian recruits to write off bad debts worth up to almost $100K as combat losses mount in Ukraine

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President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Germany banned Russian gas from its ports, the latest move to isolate Putin's energy industry: report

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A view of ships coming into Deutsche Energy Terminal's Brunsbüttel port in Germany.
Germany is believed to have ordered its state-controlled gas terminals to reject Russian gas shipments.

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