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it's tremendous distrust on both sides. that's why it's good that i'm coming in now, but i think it's very much to the benefit of russia to make a deal. and yet at the united nations, america joins russia and north korea, in in voting against a resolution, condemning the kremlin, for starting the war... # the first time # ever i saw yourface... and, the soul singer, roberta flack has died at the age, of 88. hello and welcome to

newsday, i'm steve lai. the rift between the us and its allies over the war in ukraine appears to be widening. on the third anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion, america sided with russia and north korea at the un general assembly, voting against a resolution condemning russia's war. it came as emmanuel macron visited the white house for talks. the french president said donald trump believed russia would accept european peacekeepers in ukraine, as a security guarantee underpinning any future deal. mr macron also said peace must not mean surrendering ukraine. he praised trump's efforts to engage with putin in recent weeks, saying "there is good reason" for him to do so. gary o'donoghue, has this report from washington. present flag! it was an optimistic president macron who came to the white house today — the first european leader to head to washington since donald trump's re—election. his task — an attempt to reach a consensus of ending the war in ukraine, and to stabilise the transatlantic relationship

which has been severely tested. again, the relationship has i been very special with france, and very special with this gentleman on my right. i it looked like the old l�*bromance between these two was back — but the differences weren't far from the surface, notably on the relative contributions to ukraine from the us and europe. europe is lending money to ukraine, they get - their money back. no, in fact, to be frank, we paid. we paid 60% of the total effort. like the us, it was through loans, guaranteeing grants and we provided real money, to be clear. but donald trump continues to insist ukraine hands over half its key natural resources as compensation for america's contribution — and he says such a deal with ukraine's president zelensky is close. i will be meeting with president zelensky. l in fact, he may come - in this week or next week to sign the agreement, which would be nice. i i would love to meet him. we would meet i

at the oval office. that issue of compensation is another bone of contention between the us and europe. it was up to russia, said the french president, to pay. this war cost all of us a lot of money, and this is the responsibility of russia, because the aggressor is russia. where some agreement appears to be emerging is on the question of possible european peacekeeping troops in ukraine after a truce — something both france and the uk are open to. translation: we also | spoke about these issues at length with the president. we've worked with president zelensky and gotten to some of the details of various phases of the negotiation, and we have also been able to speak about some of this work with our british partners to talk about deployments of peace forces on ukrainian soil, which are part of the security guarantees. later, president macron said progress had been made, including on the question

of troops. translation: now there i is a clear american message that the us, as an ally, is ready to provide that solidarity for that approach. that's a turning point, in my view. there is still no concrete proposal for ending the war in ukraine, but europe's leaders will at least hope they are now back at the negotiating table.

the general assembly backed a resolution condemning later, the security council adopted contained no criticism of moscow's aggression — here at the un, what was supposed to be a symbolic moment to reaffirm support for ukraine as it marked turned into a dramatic day of diplomatic tension among allies. belarus and north korea against a ukrainian resolution warning or real negotiations. for the war or reaffirm ukraine's territorial

council where resolutions are legally binding. so for the first time ever, a ukraine resolution passed but it was with that us much more tone down language. to the conflict. regardless though, it is an uncomfortable reinforcing that there are majorfault lines in the transatlantic alliance. i'm joined now by romain fathi, senior history lecturer, australia

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support for ukraine. negotiations. james waterhouse reports. as the politics surrounding it. for president zelensky, today was about remembrance and rallying his remaining allies, but there was one what followed were talks about military support, the likelihood of ukraine joining the european union. perhaps they could be earlier than 2030. as well as the enforcing of any future ceasefire. troops on the ground. about their relationship, president zelensky issued this call to donald trump directly.

after two weeks of american foreign policy that has rocked its war effort. between kyiv and washington. a deal that would give the us access to ukraine's natural resources in return for security guarantees is reportedly being finalised. a debt which would take generations to pay. james waterhouse,

bbc news, kyiv. to signing a deal for us access to ukraine's mineral deposits — september. to ukraine. kyiv estimates that about 5% of the world's this includes some 19 million tonnes of proven reserves of graphite, as well as a third of all european lithium deposits. of titanium production was 7%. of rare earth metals. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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