US president Donald Trump has claimed that Russia's war on Ukraine was close to being settled and that ending it might involve all of Europe.
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Trump said he met privately with Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House as first lady, Melania Trump, hosted representatives from Kyiv and Moscow.
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Trump → say → Kyiv
It's going to be a big agreement, and it's going to involve more than Ukraine ...
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it → go → Ukraine
I could even say it might involve all of Europe.
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it → say → Europe
It's going to be a big, beautiful agreement, and everyone's going to be thrilled," Trump said.
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Trump → go → ?
A US delegation is scheduled to mediate talks in Abu Dhabi on 10 and 11 November between representatives from Russia and Ukraine.
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delegation → schedule → Russia
Meanwhile, UK prime minister Andy Burnham has said Putin will not be invited to next year’s G20 summit.
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Putin → say → summit
It marks a break with Trump after his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said in September that Washington had invited Putin to the G20 meeting in Miami in December.
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Washington → mark → December
Russia bombards power station near Ukraine's Sumy
Russian Aerospace Forces have bombarded a power station near the Ukrainian city of Sumy and a military brigade in the Zaporizhzhia region using a FAB-3000 aerial bomb, Russian newswires quoted the defence ministry as saying on Friday.
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Trump teases ‘big agreement’ after meeting Putin envoy but not with Ukrainian officials
President Donald Trump confirmed holding talks with Vladimir Putin’s envoy at the White House on Thursday, but did not meet visiting Ukrainian officials.
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Trump → tease → officials
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump acknowledged his conversation with Kirill Dmitriev.
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Trump → speak → Dmitriev
"I can’t tell you what I discussed," Trump said.
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Trump → tell → what
Asked if he had met Ukrainian representatives, Trump said he had not.
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he → ask → representatives
Officials from both countries were at the White House for an occasion honouring Melania Trump’s work brokering a ceasefire in Oleshky.
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Officials → honour → Oleshky
Iran's security chief meets Russia's Putin
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chief → meet → Putin
Russian president Vladimir Putin met Iranian top security official Mohsen Rezaei at the Kremlin, Iran's state media reported, after Iranian negotiators met with mediators to discuss proposals to end hostilities with the US.
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negotiators → meet → US
Rezaei delivered a message from Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei to Putin, state media said.
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media → deliver → Putin
Putin's office also said the two met at the Kremlin.
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two → say → Kremlin
“Important regional issues were discussed with Mr Putin, and significant conversations took place regarding the post-war period and regional security arrangements," Rezaei said after the meeting, referring to the war between Iran and the US.
Russian captain among 2 crew found guilty by Finnish court of damaging Baltic cables
A Finnish court on Thursday convicted the captain and another crew member of a cargo ship of damaging undersea telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea late last year.
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court → discuss → Sea
The Helsinki District Court found the two guilty of aggravated sabotage and gave them prison sentences.
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two → find → sentences
The captain was sentenced to three years and six months, and the boatswain to two years and 10 months.
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captain → sentence → years
National broadcaster Yle reported that the captain is Russian and the boatswain Azerbaijani.
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boatswain → report → ?
The court also ordered them to pay compensation for the costs of examining and repairing the cables.
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court → order → cables
The road to Taiwan runs through Kyiv
Russia could not have continued fighting in Ukraine today had China not been actively involved in the war, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has said.
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“I was at a conference in Warsaw the other day, and I complained because there was next to nothing said or debated about China.
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I understand that.
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“But as long as we leave China out of the debate, we have surrendered completely to the real threat that we face,” he said on the sidelines of Annual Summit of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
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he → leave → China
He added: “I have said to the Americans on many occasions in Washington: the road to Taiwan runs through Kyiv.
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road → add → Kyiv
If we forget that, then we will have lost Taiwan because they will see us as weak.
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they → forget → us
Watch: Zelensky calls Russian strike on school ‘insane’ as death toll reaches 40
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toll → watch → 40
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Spain for talks on boosting Kyiv's air defences and top-level meetings during the Ibero-American summit, the Ukrainian president said on the Telegram messaging app.
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president → arrive → app
Zelensky, shown online being greeted as he stepped off his aircraft, also said he planned to speak with US officials in the run-up to planned three-way talks in Abu Dhabi next week, which will include Russia.
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which → show → Russia
"Over these coming days, contacts with the American side are also planned," Zelensky wrote.
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Zelensky → come → side
"We're coordinating with our partners to achieve concrete results on security issues and the next steps toward peace."
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We → coordinate → peace
Trump meets with Putin envoy and says 'beautiful agreement' with Ukraine could be close
Donald Trump met with Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev on Thursday and believes a “big, beautiful agreement” with Ukraine could be close.
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agreement → meet → Ukraine
He suggested that war could soon be over, but said bringing it to an end might involve all of Europe.
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bringing → suggest → Europe
The president told reporters at the White House: “It's going to be an agreement.
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It's going to be a big agreement, and it's going to involve more than Ukraine...
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it → go → Ukraine
I could even say it might involve all of Europe.
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it → say → Europe
“It's going to be a big, beautiful agreement, and everyone's going to be thrilled,” Trump said.
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Trump → go → ?
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