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European leaders held emergency talks with President Trump

and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky today. NPR's Rob Schmidt's reports the calls come two

days before Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine.

At a press conference in Berlin, Zelensky said he told President Trump that before any

negotiation on a path to peace in Ukraine, Russia must first agree to a ceasefire and security

guarantees. He said Trump voiced his support for this idea. President Trump is scheduled to

meet one-on-one with Putin in Alaska

on Friday to discuss an end to the war. German Chancellor Friedrichs told reporters he and his

European colleagues told Trump, Ukraine is prepared to negotiate on territorial issues, but

legal recognition of Russian occupation is not up for debate. Whether Putin agrees to any of this is an open question.

Rob Schmitts, then Pierre News, Berlin.

A key voting bloc that helped get President Trump re-elected last year is starting to back away

from him and the Republican Party. MPR's Ashley Lopez reports new polling shows a third of Latino voters who supported Trump

don't plan on voting for Republicans next year.

Caitlin Jerry with the Latino polling group Eki's research found that economic issues like

persistently high prices on groceries and health care are driving Latinos shift away from

Trump.

But so far, she says it hasn't translated into more support for Democrats.

To me, it's clear that neither party should assume that they have Latinos in their

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