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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump says he spoke with

Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone today. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports the two leaders

discussed Ukraine's recent strikes on Russian aircraft.

President Trump says on social media that the two leaders spoke for about an hour and 15 minutes

about Ukrainian and Russian strikes, as well as the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran.

He wrote, quote, it was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace.

Indeed, Trump said Putin told him, using strong language, that Russia will have to respond to the recent attacks on its airfields.

Trump also says he told Putin that Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.

Trump says he believes Putin agrees with him on that.

According to Trump, Putin suggested that he could help facilitate those discussions.

Franco, Ordojones. NPR News, the White House.

The federal judge has ordered an immediate halt to efforts by the Trump administration

to begin deportation proceedings against the wife and

five children of the man who carried out a fire bomb attack in Boulder, Colorado. Judge saying

the order was needed to ensure the family's constitutional rights are protected. The family of

45-year-old Mohammed Sabri Soleimon has not been charged in the case. Soliman faces numerous charges,

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