AMNA NAWAZ: The day's other headlines begin in Moscow, where Russian negotiators say they made progress in talks with the U.S. to end the war in Ukraine.

STEVE WITKOFF, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East: How are you, Mr. President?

Thank you.

AMNA NAWAZ: U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff sat down with Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly for three hours today.

A Kremlin official said they discussed the possibility of direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

All this comes as President Trump continues his push for Ukraine to make major concessions to end the war.

In a "TIME" magazine interview released today, Trump said -- quote -- "Crimea will stay with Russia."

Moscow invaded and occupied Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula back in 2014.

In Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid tribute to victims of a Russian attack earlier this week, and he said Ukraine could not and would not recognize Crimea as Russian land.

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, Ukrainian President (through translator): Temporarily occupied territories are just temporarily occupied, but they all belong to Ukraine.

I think this is absolutely a just and legal position, according to the Ukrainian Constitution, as well as international law.

AMNA NAWAZ: In Eastern Ukraine, officials say a Russian drone struck a residential building overnight, killing three people in the city of Pavlohrad.

And outside of Moscow, a car bomb killed a senior military officer, the second such attack on a top Russian commander in four months.

Russia blamed Ukrainian intelligence for the attack.

Ukrainian authorities did not comment.

Indian and Pakistani soldiers briefly exchanged gunfire across the border of the disputed region of Kashmir today.

Tensions are rising between the two nuclear nations since a deadly attack on tourists earlier this week.

India has blamed Pakistan for Tuesday's attack in a Kashmiri resort town.

Pakistan denies any connection.

Diplomatic relations have spiraled in just three days with the suspension of a water treaty, visas, trade and travel.

The United Nations has appealed to both countries to use maximum restraint.

In a Manhattan court today, Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to a federal murder charge for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Thompson was shot in Midtown Manhattan last December outside of the company's investor conference.

Department of Justice prosecutors under Attorney General Pam Bondi said they would seek the death penalty for Mangione.

He had already pleaded not guilty to separate New York and Pennsylvania state charges.

Those state charges would carry a maximum punishment of life in prison.

Also in New York, former Representative George Santos has been sentenced to more than seven years behind bars.

He pleaded guilty last summer to wire fraud and identity theft.

Santos arrived in federal court this morning and reportedly sobbed as the judge handed down his punishment.

It caps off a dramatic saga for the disgraced Republican who defrauded donors and fabricated his life story during his 2022 run for Congress.

Today, prosecutors praised the outcome.

ANNE DONNELLY, Nassau County, New York, District Attorney: He told lie after lie until it caught up with him, until we caught up with him and exposed him for what he truly was,an opportunist and a fraud.

AMNA NAWAZ: Santos was expelled from the House after barely serving a year in office.

He's due to report to prison in July.

And after a week of wild markets swings and major gains, on Wall Street today, stocks were mostly quiet.

The Dow Jones industrial average climbed back from early losses to basically break even.

Tech stocks carried the day, sending the Nasdaq up by more than 1 percent.

And the S&P 500 also registered a small gain.

Still to come on the "News Hour": how CEOs are shifting their business plans because of tariffs; David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart weigh in on the week's political headlines; and political cartoonists navigate a changing media landscape.