Reuters World News: Maduro's Ultimatum, Ukraine Peace Talks, Honduras Election, Music Copyright

Venezuela: Trump's Ultimatum to Maduro

• 🇺🇸 President Trump issued an ultimatum to Venezuela's President Maduro, demanding he leave the country with his family within a week.
• 🤝 Trump also offered safe passage, suggesting an interest in avoiding bloodshed despite bellicose rhetoric.
• 🚫 Maduro rejected requests for amnesty and sanctions removal, opting to resist and potentially call Trump's bluff.
• ⚠️ Lawmakers are calling for an investigation into kinetic strikes authorized by Secretary Hegsth on a Venezuelan boat.

Ukraine Peace Talks and Moscow Meeting

• 🇷🇺 US Peace Envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss a potential Ukraine peace deal.
• 🇺🇦 Previous US proposals involving Ukraine ceding territory and shelving NATO ambitions were met with strong resistance from Kyiv.
• 💥 Russian commanders claim full capture of Plosk in eastern Ukraine, a statement not acknowledged by Ukraine.

Honduras Presidential Election Stalemate

• 🇭🇳 Honduras' presidential election is in a tight race, with the two main candidates virtually tied, each holding under 40% of the vote.
• 🗳️ Electoral authorities show the Conservative National Party's Nasri Asfura slightly ahead, while Liberal Party's Salvador Nasala claims internal projections put him in the lead.
• 💻 Frustration is mounting due to frequent outages and problems with the election website, complicating vote counting.
• 📢 Donald Trump commented on Truth Social, alleging potential vote result manipulation and threatening consequences.

US Supreme Court and Music Copyright Case

• ⚖️ The US Supreme Court is hearing a music copyright case between Cox Communications and major record labels like Sony Music Entertainment.
• 💰 A jury had previously awarded $1 billion in damages to the labels against Cox, though this was later overturned on appeal.
• ❓ The court is balancing copyright protection for artists against the potential for internet service providers (ISPs) to be held liable for user infringement.
• 🌐 Cox's lawyers argue that holding ISPs liable could force them to cut off internet access for entire institutions like hospitals or universities.

Other News Briefs

• 🇲🇽 Juan Guzman Lopez, son of "El Chapo," changed his not guilty plea in a federal fentanyl trafficking case.
• 🏛️ Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer for Donald Trump, was disqualified from serving as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey due to an unlawful appointment.
• 🛡️ A surviving National Guard member shot near the White House is in serious condition, while another guard member died from the shooting.
• 🇻🇪 Pope Francis concluded his trip to Lebanon, praying at the Beirut port explosion site and leading a mass.