This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Jackie Leonard, and at 14 hours GMT, these are our main stories.

The US Defence Secretary has denied that President Trump has betrayed Ukraine by pushing for a peace deal with Russia.

Meanwhile, Germany has accused Mr Trump of making concessions to Russia on Ukraine before peace talks have even started.

And a breakthrough has been reported in talks to get the Gaza ceasefire deal back on track.

Also in this podcast, a man has driven a car into a crowd of pedestrians in the German city of Munich

in what officials suspect was a deliberate attack.

The fact that there are many injured is a slap in the face.

We feel for the victims. We pray for the victims.

We very much hope that everyone will make it.

And researchers in Australia say a warming planet is changing the behaviour of crocodiles.

We begin with Ukraine. As the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion approaches,

there's been a flurry of activity from the US about ending the conflict. As you'll have heard in our last edition,

Donald Trump has had a long phone call with President Putin of Russia and says he plans to meet him in person,

reversing years of the US isolation of the Russian leader.

Mr Trump has also spoken on the phone to President Zelensky.

The news of these conversations has been front and centre

at a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels.

Boris Pistorius of Germany accused the US president

of making concessions to Russia before peace talks have begun.

He said the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO should remain,

as well as the issue of losses of territory.

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