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“You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian,” Witkoff told Putin, whom he was meeting to discuss another variant of plans to end the war. “You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that.”The phrase hung in the air because Putin, who started a war of aggression against Ukraine that has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, is wanted as a war criminal by the International Criminal Court. Trump, who has repeatedly expressed sympathies for strongmen and parroted Kremlin talking points, has long made clear his admiration for the Russian leader and earlier this month imposed sweeping sanctions on the ICC, seeking to cripple its work. His envoy’s public embrace of Putin on Wednesday capped a tumultuous 12 days in which Trump has repeatedly sided with Russia and sidelined Ukraine. Trump’s posture toward Russia is out of step with most Americans. The vast majority of them, 79 percent, have an unfavorable view toward Russia, according to polling from Gallup, a number that has been on the rise over the past 15 years.

Road ClosureHeads up Houston drivers, major closures tied to the I-45 expansion project will begin next week. Wednesday, October 21, 2026 9:39PMHOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Major closures tied to the I-45 expansion project will begin next week. Drivers heading into downtown Houston will need to take an alternate route starting on Monday, Oct. 26. Starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, the US-59 southbound entrance ramp at Webster Street will completely close. RELATED: Controversial $9B project to widen I-45 is set to start, TxDOT saysThe closure is expected to last until March 2027. Top StoriesABC13 has real-time traffic data to help you navigate Houston's roads and avoid traffic delays. Sign up for traffic alerts that are sent straight to your phone through our ABC13 app. Manage your notifications from the settings tab. Live traffic map Do you hate Houston traffic as much as we do? Join the club! Copyright © 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.

A nor’easter lumbering far off the East Coast in the Atlantic strengthened late Wednesday afternoon, emerging as Subtropical Storm Josephine, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, and there’s a chance for Josephine’s powerful winds to intensify to hurricane force by Thursday afternoon. Sustained winds need to clock at 74 mph for a storm to reach Category 1 hurricane status, according to the Saffir-Simpson Scale, which measures hurricane strength. Forecasters said the storm had become better organized as “the system has continued to acquire subtropical characteristics.” This essentially means that the storm is self-sustaining without any help from surface fronts, which sparked the storm to materialize in the first place. Subtropical storm Josephine will continue on a northeast track as it is forecast to strengthen through Friday. Boston GlobeJosephine is considered subtropical because the core of the storm is not considered warm enough to be a tropical storm — but honestly, aside from the textbook definition, it sure looks and is behaving like a tropical storm.

More than six months after stepping down as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company in March, Bob Iger said his life today has a welcomed change of pace.

More than six months after stepping down as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company in March, Bob Iger said his life today has a welcomed change of pace. "It's definitely different. The days are quieter," Iger told "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts in an interview that aired Wednesday. "Life is in a way smaller in many respects, and I like that. "Iger spent nearly two decades as CEO, a tenure which included welcoming Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox to the Disney family, as well as launching the company's Disney+ streaming service. When asked by Roberts what he considers his greatest accomplishment at Disney, Iger expressed pride in having maintained the legacy of the 100-year-old company. "To have the opportunity not just to run the company like that, but to have the opportunity to grow the company and to strengthen the company and to hand it off to a successor, in a very healthy state, for instance, certainly, I think that would be up there," Iger said. "That you know, I did no harm. In fact, I think I actually did some good.

More than six months after stepping down as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company in March, Bob Iger said his life today has a welcomed change of pace. "It's definitely different. The days are quieter," Iger told "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts in an interview that aired Wednesday. "Life is in a way smaller in many respects, and I like that. "Iger spent nearly two decades as CEO, a tenure which included welcoming Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox to the Disney family, as well as launching the company's Disney+ streaming service. When asked by Roberts what he considers his greatest accomplishment at Disney, Iger expressed pride in having maintained the legacy of the 100-year-old company. "To have the opportunity not just to run the company like that, but to have the opportunity to grow the company and to strengthen the company and to hand it off to a successor, in a very healthy state, for instance, certainly, I think that would be up there," Iger said. "That you know, I did no harm. In fact, I think I actually did some good.