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podcast from NPR and WBUR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. After a nearly all-day

meeting at the White House with European leaders, President Trump said he's starting to arrange a

three-way summit between himself, Ukraine's president Vladimir Zelensky

and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump later spoke by phone with Putin. NPR's Daniel Kerslaben

says the issue of a ceasefire in the three-and-a-half-year-old war that Russia began against Ukraine

was discussed. Ukraine, of course, wants a ceasefire, and you had Chancellor Merits of Germany and French President

Macron really pushed for one as well.

Now, a ceasefire would stop the fighting before negotiations can happen.

That's what Ukraine wants.

But aiming for a full peace deal right now, as Trump is now pushing for, means fighting continues, which means Ukraine

potentially endures more and more attacks. British Prime Minister Kirstarmer, who was one of the

European leaders attending the meeting, said real progress was made on the issue of security

for Ukraine and Europe. The White House says dozens of homeless encampments have been cleared in Washington, D.C.

This a week after President Trump sent hundreds of federal agents and the National Guard to the city.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports it's not clear where the people who have been displaced are going.

Homeless service providers say many likely opted to stay outside, moving around to evade

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