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Today, we鈥檙e looking ahead to Friday鈥檚 meeting in Alaska between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, as Trump hints at a potential land swap to end the war in Ukraine.

Trump announced the meeting last Friday, the same day of his self-imposed deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire or else face more US sanctions.

Meanwhile, European allies have rallied behind Ukraine in a renewed show of support, insisting that any peace talks with Russia must include Kyiv.

Joining Adam to look ahead to the talks are Christopher Steele, the former Head of the Russia desk at MI6, Vitaly Shevchenko from Ukrainecast and Sumi Somaskanda, the 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 Chief News Presenter in Washington D.C.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 蜜芽传媒. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gabriel Purcell-Davis and Gabriel May. The social producers was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Rohan Madison. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.