Good evening, I'm Amman Vaz.

And I'm Jeff Bennett.

On the news hour tonight, ahead of President Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska,

what Russia likely hopes to get out of the meeting.

There is an element that deals with Ukraine, and then there's a lot interest in discussing the future of the badly damaged U.S.-Russian relations.

Troops and law enforcement ramp up arrests and push homeless people out of public spaces

in Washington, D.C., as part of the president's federal takeover of the nation's capital.

And we report from Bangladesh as the closure of USAID halts programs fighting tuberculosis,

the deadliest infectious disease worldwide.

If it is not controlled within the borders,

then it's just going to spread across all over the world.

Welcome to the News Hour. It was a day of expectation setting across several nations as President Trump prepares to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska tomorrow.

Both struck optimistic notes, but their first encounter of Mr. Trump's second term unfolds against the backdrop of Russia's war in Ukraine now in its fourth year.

For his part, Ukrainian President Zelensky continued a tour of European capitals, drumming

up support today in London.

His fraught relationship with President Trump is no secret, but the two spoke yesterday, alongside

many European leaders in preparation for tomorrow's summit.

As Nick Schifrin reports, the stakes are high and the odds of success may be long.

Today in the eastern Ukrainian city of Prokrovsk, a Russian tank obliterated what was already ruins.

Rubble pounded further into dust.

Making Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's meeting today with British Prime Minister Kirstarmer more urgent.

To discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and more than a billion dollars worth of European weapons.

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