SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Episode 3 of “Daredevil: Born Again,” now streaming on Disney+.

After killing off Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) in the first 10 minutes of the premiere last week, “Daredevil: Born Again” has again upped the body count.

Episode 3 followed the high-profile trial of Hector Ayala (played by the late Kamar de los Reyes), a.k.a. the vigilante White Tiger, who was accused of killing an NYPD officer the show’s second episode. As we saw, Hector was actually trying to stop two crooked cops from harassing a man near the subway and accidentally pushed one of them into the train. The cops then tried to rough up the man in his apartment, but Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) was there to protect him and dole out some brutal, bone-snapping justice.

Now, Matt is representing Ayala in his trial, which is filled with police officers who want to see Hector in jail for killing one of their own. The trial gets off to a tense start, and when Matt calls his first witness — the man whom Hector saved — he barely arrives to the court in time. The cops, including the corrupt Officer Powell (Hamish Allan-Headley), had already gotten to the witness, who changes his tune and throws Hector’s fate into jeopardy.

Matt decides to go on the offensive to get Hector free. He grills the remaining police witnesses as they give their testimonies, then Hector takes the stand. Matt paints him as a good Samaritan who was looking out for a victim in need and shockingly pulls out Hector’s White Tiger mask in front of the entire courtroom, revealing the vigilante’s true identity. The White Tiger moment works (but Hector is a little annoyed Matt didn’t tell him about it beforehand), and the jury finds him not guilty.

Hector walks free — but sadly not for long. In the final moments of the episode, he suits up as White Tiger to go on patrol, but an unknown assailant guns him down in the street. We don’t see the shooter’s face, but he’s wearing a black outfit with the Punisher’s white skull logo on his shirt. This may be the end of Hector’s story, but White Tiger could live on. In the comics, Hector has a niece, Angela, and sister, Ava, who both take up the hero’s mantle after his death. Their family passes down a magical jade amulet that imbues the wearer with enhanced strength, so it’s possible “Daredevil: Born Again” may introduce another iteration of White Tiger.

Could this tragic moment also mark the return of Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle, a.k.a. the Punisher, from the two-season Netflix series? Without seeing his face it’s hard to tell, but this isn’t the first time the Punisher logo has appeared in “Daredevil: Born Again.” Officer Powell also has a tattoo of the logo on his wrist, which was briefly seen in Episode 2 when he was getting beat up by Matt. We also know there’s a serial killer named Muse on the loose in the series — or it could be one of Mayor Wilson Fisk’s (Vincent D’Onofrio) goons cracking down on vigilante crime-fighting.

“Daredevil: Born Again” streams Tuesdays on Disney+.

Greenland’s center-right Demokraatit party pulled off a surprise victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, taking Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Egede’s party, Inuit Ataqatigiit, out of power. Independence from Denmark became a focal point of the election amid President Donald Trump’s repeated talk of the U.S. taking control.

“People want change … We want more business to finance our welfare,” said Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Demokraatit’s leader, according to Reuters. The outlet added that Nielsen said Greenland does not “want independence tomorrow” and would prefer separation from Denmark be based on a “good foundation.”

GREENLAND’S OPPOSITION PARTY PUSHES CLOSER US TIES, INDEPENDENCE FROM DENMARK AS TRUMP PLAYS BIG IN ELECTION

Four of the five main parties on the ballot, including the ones that won first and second place, Demokraatit Party and Naleraq, favor independence from Denmark, but disagree on the pace. Greenland, whose population is approximately 57,000 people, currently operates as a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. However, Trump’s renewed interest in the island sparked conversations about breaking away from the Danish crown.

Prime Minister Egede, whose party failed to maintain control, said in a Facebook post that he respects the outcome of the election and that the parties are ready for negotiations. 

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen congratulated the Demokraatit Party and said the Greenlandic future would face “massive pressure” from Trump, according to the Associated Press, which cited Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR. Poulsen reportedly added that “the future of Greenland is based on what the Greenlandic people and government want.”

The Demokraatit Party saw a major increase in support, winning nearly 30% of the vote compared to just 9% in 2021, according to the Associated Press, which cited Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation KNR TV.

Poster for Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, in front of Godthaabshallen where voting takes place in connection with the parliamentary election to Inatsisartut in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

GREENLAND, PANAMA FIERCELY REJECT TRUMP’S AMBITIONS IN ADDRESS TO CONGRESS

Earlier this month, Trump brought up Greenland in his address to a joint session of Congress.

“We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and, if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America,” Trump said, eliciting laughter from the crowd. “We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we’re working with everybody involved to try and get it… One way or the other, we’re going to get it.”

In the same address, Trump vowed that the U.S. would “take Greenland to heights like you have never thought possible before.”

Campaign posters hang outside of the polling station ahead of tomorrow’s general election on March 10, 2025 in Ilulissat, Greenland.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

During a January phone call with Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Greenland must be allowed to make decisions about its own future. Both Prime Ministers Frederiksen and Egede told President Trump that “Greenland is not for sale,” Axios reported at the time.

In December 2024, then-President-elect Trump tapped Ken Howery as US ambassador to Denmark. Trump said in a post on Truth Social announcing the pick that “the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”

President Trump also eyed Greenland during his first term, causing friction between himself and Prime Minister Frederiksen. In 2019, after the Danish leader called the idea of the U.S. buying Greenland “absurd,” President Trump abruptly canceled his trip to Denmark over the “nasty” comment.

On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine has accepted a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after critical peace talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia.

Washington has, in turn, lifted its pause on military aid and intelligence sharing with Kyiv.

After eight hours of negotiations in the port city of Jeddah, the terms of peace were jointly signed and will be presented to Russia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who represented Washington in Saudi Arabia, said. The ball is now in Moscow’s court, said Rubio.

Here is what we know about the deal that was struck – and what it means for Russia’s war on Ukraine, now into its fourth year, at a time when US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that ending the conflict is among his top geopolitical priorities.

What is the ceasefire deal about?

The deal was reached after a meeting in Saudi Arabia. Ukraine was represented by Andriy Yermak, head of Zelenskyy’s office; Andrii Sybiha, the minister of foreign affairs; Rustem Umerov, the minister of defence; and Pavlo Palisa, a colonel in Zelenskyy’s office.

The US was represented by Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.

The US and Ukraine released a joint statement after the talks on Tuesday. This statement says that the countries have agreed on “an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties”.

In an X post on Tuesday, Zelenskyy added that the ceasefire will apply to missile, drone and bomb attacks “not only in the Black Sea, but also along the entire front line”.

The joint statement added that this is subject to agreement by Russia – underlining the unusual nature of the agreement. Ceasefire deals are usually struck between warring parties, not one of the nations in a conflict and a country attempting to mediate peace.

The statement said that the US “will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace”.

On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia was waiting to be briefed by the US about the ceasefire proposal before it could comment on whether or not it accepts the proposal’s terms.

What does Ukraine get in return for agreeing to a 30-day ceasefire?

The joint statement added that the US will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine.

After a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Zelenskyy on February 28 at the White House took an acrimonious turn, the US had paused military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine.

The statement added that the presidents of both countries had agreed on inking a deal on Ukraine’s critical minerals “as soon as possible”. The US and Ukraine have been discussing a minerals deal for weeks, which will allow the US to invest in Ukraine’s mineral resources. Trump and Zelenskyy were expected to sign this deal during the Ukrainian leader’s recent White House meeting, but the agreement was not signed.

The joint statement does not explicitly mention any security guarantees to Kyiv – something that Zelenskyy has been seeking.

Trump has repeatedly rejected the idea of the US offering security guarantees. However, the Trump administration has argued that US investment in Ukraine, through the minerals deal, would serve as a security guarantee.

In a Fox News interview that aired on March 3, Vice President JD Vance said: “If you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine.” Vance implied that this would deter Russia from attacking Ukraine.

What did Ukraine propose at the meeting?

In a post on his X account on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said that the discussion in Saudi Arabia was constructive.

He added that during the meeting, the team from Ukraine proposed three key points; “silence in the skies,” with neither side firing missiles, bombs or launching long-range drone attacks against each other; “silence at sea”; and the release of civilian and military prisoners of war as well as the Ukrainian children who were forcibly sent to Russia.

The Ukrainian leader wrote that Kyiv was ready to accept the proposal. “If Russia agrees, the ceasefire will take effect immediately.”

Rubio also posted on X after the meeting. “We are one step closer to restoring durable peace for Ukraine. The ball is now in Russia’s court.”

How significant is the resumption of US aid and intelligence?

“The US support which was withdrawn in order to force Ukraine into agreeing to the outline of the ceasefire was significant,” Keir Giles, a senior consulting fellow at the London-based Chatham House think tank, told Al Jazeera. He added that Ukraine had no choice but to accept the deal.

The suspension of military and intelligence sharing was hindering Ukraine on the battlefield.

Even before the war in Ukraine started in February 2022, the US provided significant intelligence support to Ukraine. This support would help Ukraine prepare for incoming Russian attacks and also deploy long-range missiles to attack Russian logistical centres.

On March 5, US officials confirmed that this support was suspended. As the suspension came into effect, Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford, reporting from Ukraine, spoke with a Ukrainian commander in a unit close to the front line. “He said that his unit and many like him right the way along that 1,300km [808 miles] front line in the east and south of Ukraine relied on American intelligence gathering for around 90 percent of the intelligence work that is done,” Stratford said.

While effects of the intelligence suspension were felt immediately, the suspension of military aid spurred a sense of impending doom. “Without the US military aid, Ukrainian forces will gradually lose combat capability. My guess is that the Ukrainians can hold out for two to four months before their lines buckle and the Russians break through,” Mark Cancian, a former US Marine Corps colonel and a senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Al Jazeera at the time.

Will Russia accept a ceasefire?

Russia has not responded to the ceasefire yet.

“It would be strange and out of character if Russia were to agree to the current proposition without presenting additional demands,” Giles said. “Russia has every incentive now to press for additional demands in order to agree to a ceasefire.”

Giles added that Russian President Vladimir Putin could push for additional demands including sanctions relief or “permanent restrictions on security guarantees given to Ukraine”. Since the war began in 2022, the US and its allies have imposed at least 21,692 sanctions on Russia.

The sanctions have targeted Russian individuals, media organisations, the military sector, energy sector, aviation, shipbuilding and telecommunications, among other sectors.

“If past performance is any guide, those demands will be backed by the US,” Giles said.

Trump, though, said on March 7 that he was “strongly considering” imposing sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a peace agreement is reached with Ukraine.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that it has not ruled out contacts with US representatives over the next few days, Russian state news agency RIA reported. Trump has said that the US is planning to communicate with Russia in the coming days.

Trump’s Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff plans to visit Moscow to speak with Putin in the coming days, according to two anonymous sources briefed on the matter, Reuters reported. This will be Witkoff’s second meeting with Putin since last month, when he became the first high-level US official to travel to Russia since the beginning of the war.

Waltz, the national security adviser, also told a press conference after the discussion in Jeddah: “I will talk to my Russian counterpart in the coming days.”