World News Live: Donald Trump Signs ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, Texas Flash Floods Kill 24, Hamas Agrees To Gaza Ceasefire

US President Donald Trump has said that Ukraine will need Patriot missiles to strengthen its defenses after his conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Reuters reported on Saturday. 

He also expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unwillingness to halt the conflict.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump reportedly described his call with Zelenskyy as “good” but reiterated that he was “very unhappy” following his call with Putin the previous day, pointing to the Russian leader’s refusal to pursue a ceasefire.

When asked if the US would supply more Patriot missiles to Ukraine, as Zelenskyy had requested, Trump replied, “They’re going to need them for defense… They’re going to need something because they’re being hit pretty hard.”

Trump also praised the Patriot missile system, calling it “pretty amazing.”

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that discussions with China about a possible TikTok deal will kick off early next week, Reuters reported. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said the US “pretty much” has an agreement in place.

“I think we’re gonna start Monday or Tuesday…talking to China, perhaps President Xi or one of his representatives, but we would we pretty much have a deal,” Trump said, according to Reuters.

This signals progress in negotiations surrounding the popular short-video app amid concerns over data security and international business interests.

A man set fire to the front door of a synagogue and a group of protesters stormed an Israeli restaurant in Melbourne on Friday night, marking the latest incidents in a growing wave of antisemitic attacks across Australian cities.

According to Victoria state police, the arson attack occurred at a synagogue on Albert Street in East Melbourne, where about 20 people were inside at the time. The man poured flammable liquid on the entrance and ignited it.

The group inside was gathered for Shabbat dinner, which marks the beginning of the Jewish day of rest, when the attack unfolded around 8 p.m. local time, Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), said in a post on X.

The death toll from flash floods in south-central Texas climbed to 24 on Friday, officials confirmed, as search efforts intensified for at least 20 girls still missing from a summer camp.

“At this point, we’re at about 24 fatalities,” Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said at an evening press conference, adding that rescue teams were working tirelessly to locate stranded residents in the flood-hit region northwest of San Antonio.

Some of the victims were children, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick revealed earlier. Sheriff Leitha also noted that “kids are still missing,” with between 23 and 25 people currently unaccounted for.

A fast-moving wildfire in California has scorched more than 70,800 acres, becoming the largest blaze in the state so far this year, officials said.

The Madre Fire, which broke out Wednesday in Los Padres National Forest in Central California, was only 10% contained as of Friday afternoon, according to Cal Fire. The fire has threatened around 50 structures, though no injuries or property damage have been reported yet.

Evacuation orders, warnings, and highway closures remain in place across parts of San Luis Obispo County, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, while Kern County is also under various evacuation alerts.

World News Live: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the European Union’s top diplomat on Wednesday that Beijing does not want to see Russia lose in Ukraine, fearing that such an outcome would shift the United States’ full attention toward China.

This statement appears to contradict China’s publicly declared neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 

However,  South China Morning Post reported that Wang denied allegations of China providing financial or military support to Russia’s war effort, asserting that if such support existed, the conflict would have ended long ago.

Wang reportedly made these remarks during an extensive four-hour discussion covering a broad range of geopolitical and commercial issues with EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas.

World News Live: Waves of Russian drones and missiles hit Kyiv overnight in what officials described as the largest aerial attack on the Ukrainian capital since Russia’s full-scale invasion began more than three years ago.

The massive barrage killed one person and injured at least 26 others, including a child, according to Ukrainian authorities.

In the aftermath, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he held a “very important and productive” phone conversation with US President Donald Trump. The two leaders discussed ways to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses, the possibility of joint weapons production between Ukraine and the United States, and broader US-led initiatives to help bring an end to the war with Russia, Zelenskyy’s office said.