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France to host meeting on war in Ukraine

A summit of the 'coalition of the willing' is expected to welcome 30 world leaders.

President Emmanuel Macron of France will today host a summit of the 'coalition of the willing' to bolster support for Ukraine. Among the 30 leaders invited will also be President Trump, who's expected to take part remotely.

After three and a half years of war in Ukraine our Russia Editor visits Vladivostok, in the Russian Far East. President Vladimir Putin is stopping off in the city on his way back home from China. We gauge the mood of the peope there to the war in Ukraine.

In the capital of Portugal, Lisbon, people are in shock after a funicular crash killed fifteen people. The 140-year-old Gloria funicular, is a major tourist attraction in the capital and foreign nationals are among those killed in the crash.

Presenters: James Copnall and Victoria Uwonkunda

(Photo: French President Macron and Ukraine's President Zelenskiy meet in Paris. Credit: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)

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