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Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met for the first direct peace talks in three years in Turkey.

During the two-hour discussion, Russia, quote, voiced a number of things which we deemed unacceptable,

said a Ukrainian spokesman, but both countries agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war.

Quote, the next step, urged Ukraine's defense minister, is a meeting between Volodymy Zelensky and Vladimir Putin.

A group of conservatives blocked a Republican budget bill from coming for a vote

before America's full House of Representatives, arguing it would increase the deficit.

The bill proposes paying for Donald Trump's spending

priorities and tax cuts by, among other things, imposing restrictions on Medicaid, health insurance

for the poor. More cuts favored by hardline conservatives could alienate moderates.

Mr. Trump said that America would announce new tariffs in the next, quote, two to three weeks.

He said trade partners should expect letters telling them what, quote, they'll be paying to do business in the United States.

Several levies have been scaled back since their announcement in April, but Mr. Trump said too many countries, 150 he claims, wanted to negotiate

reductions. Novo Nordisk changed its boss, Lars Fragard Jorgensen, amid a fall in profits.

The firm did not name his successor.

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