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Emmanuel Macron said 26 countries committed to providing security guarantees to Ukraine when fighting ends.

The French president said that the mainly European countries precisely formalised their

pledges during a summit in Paris.

Not all agreed to deploy peacekeeping troops inside Ukraine.

Afterwards, European leaders held a video call with Donald Trump about how to increase pressure

on Russia to reach a peace deal.

The Attorney General of the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over its deployment

in August of National Guard troops to the capital.

He called it an involuntary military occupation.

The White House claimed that the move was well within Donald Trump's authority.

Earlier this week, a federal judge said Mr. Trump's use of the National Guard for law enforcement

in Los Angeles was illegal.

Orsted, a Danish offshore wind developer, sued the Trump administration to try to restart work

on its $4 billion revolution wind project off of New England.

In August, the administration issued a stop work order on the project, which is roughly four-fifths complete,

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