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Vladimir Putin reportedly told Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday that to end the war, Ukraine must withdraw from two of its regions, Doniesk and Luhansk, that have been invaded by Russia.

Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, will meet Mr. Trump in Washington, D.C. on Monday.

On Saturday, Mrs. Zelensky spoke to his. Trump in Washington, D.C. on Monday. On Saturday,

Mrs. Zelensky spoke to his American counterpart, along with other European leaders, who reiterated their support for Ukraine. Hurricane Erin strengthened to a category 5 storm, the highest level on the

scale. Winds reached speeds of 257 kilometers per hour as the storm passed the Caribbean Sea

on Saturday. It is expected to miss America's East Coast and continue on a path through the

Western Atlantic Ocean. Under pressure from a federal judge, America's Justice Department

retracted its move to replace Pamela Smith, police chief in Washington, D.C.,

with an emergency police commissioner. City officials had decried the move as a baseless power grab,

not authorized by the Home Rule Act, the law that Mr. Trump invoked on Monday to place the

Capitol's police department under federal control. Air Canada grounded all of its flights amid a strike of its unionized cabin staff who

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