2025-11-28
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Kash Patel, head of the FBI,
gave details about the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members near the White House.
The suspect is a 29-year-old Afghan man who had worked with the CIA in Afghanistan.
He was shot by another Guard member and is in hospital.
In response to the attack,
America's government stopped processing immigration requests from Afghans.
The two National Guard members are in critical condition.
Vladimir Putin said American proposals to end the Ukraine war could inform,
quote, future agreements.
At a summit in Kyrgyzstan, Russia's president also rubbished suggestions that Steve Witkoff,
Donald Trump's envoy, was showing Russia favour.
In a call leaked this week,