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Live from NPR news, I'm Janine Hurst. European leaders are teaming up to support Ukraine

with European Union foreign policy chief Kayakhalis, calling for an extraordinary meeting of

EU foreign ministers tomorrow.

This has President Trump and Russian President Putin prepare for their summit meeting in Alaska on Friday.

Terry Schultz has more.

The leaders of Britain, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and the European Commission

begin their joint statement by welcoming

Trump's efforts to stop the killing in Ukraine and end Russia's war of aggression. But after that,

their concerns about the U.S.-led process become evident. The leaders say they'll continue military

and financial support to Ukraine, as well as tough sanctions on Russia. That last point

comes amid reports Trump may consider loosening the U.S. measures on Moscow. The seven emphasize

international borders must not be changed by force. Trump had suggested he supports a swapping

of territories between Russia and Ukraine. And the leaders insist no deal can be made

without Ukraine. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz. President Trump says crime in the nation's capital

is out of control and he's threatening to send in federal troops to take over and remove homeless

people and jail criminals. But D.C.'s mayor, Muriel Bowser,

defended the district's control over its police department, countering Trump's claims that

out-of-control violent crime is taking over D.C. It is true that we had a terrible spike in crime

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