There's been a lot of attention on loneliness lately.

16% of Americans report feeling lonely all or most of the time.

The former Surgeon General even declared a loneliness epidemic.

On It's Been a Minute, we're launching a new series called All the Lonely People,

diving deep into how loneliness shows up in our lives and how our culture shapes it. That's on the

It's Been a Minute podcast on NPR. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. 20 world leaders

met in London today to discuss the next steps in ending the war in Ukraine. British Prime Minister

Kirstarmer said Europe must do the heavy lifting

to secure a lasting peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. He said the effort must also have

the strong backing of the U.S. Terry Schultz has more.

Now this is going to require a lot more money, sustained funding, sustained weapons transfers

to Ukraine, and eventually the

Europeans say several countries are willing to put their own troops on the ground to monitor a ceasefire.

But there's a big contingency clause here. This will require American help and backup to keep

Russia on its side of a ceasefire line. Asked whether he thought Donald Trump would agree to this.

Starmor said he'd spoken with Trump last night and would not be moving ahead if he wasn't

confident of that.

Terry Schultz reporting from Brussels.

Starmor said that Britain, France, and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan to present to the U.S.

He also called for European allies to increase their own defenses.

A group of U.S. citizens and immigrants is suing to challenge a Trump administration effort

to end humanitarian parole programs that allow people from certain war-turn or unstable countries

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