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secretary of state marco rubio and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov.ides must make concessions. all this come amid a failurey of diplomacy, sparked by a change in approach from the new president trump. but this is the kicker. neither ukraine nor europe had a seat at the table today so while he was shut out of the talks in riyadh. ukraine's president, zelensky was in angara meeting his kurdish counterpart. they criticized the talks in saw rain as talks about ukraine without ukraine and he said negotiations should not take place behind our backs. we hear from our correspondents in riyadh, moscow and in kyiv but let's start with an overview from our diplomatic correspondent. >> a moment of history, americans on the left, russians on the right. senior officials face to face for the first time in years. both sides silent and grim faced for the media but russia back at the top table without making a single concession and clearly glad to come in from the cold. america's top diplomat marco rube yo said they agreed to improve dim lomatic relations and appoint n

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meeting in saudi arabia where you will they include the secretary of state, marco rubio, meeting his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov peskov, describing a future meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin as being special, significant, so you can see both sides warming up. but of course, i'm leaving out a third side here, ukraine, where president zelensky last night said that he wasn't aware of this meeting and therefore wouldn't be going. he is in the region for a visit, but at the moment we don't know, you know, on what level each side is going to be going to be represented and what is going to be discussed. so we wait to see what concrete details will come out, but it makes it no less consequential for ukraine, for europe and the broader region. and what about europe's role here? i mean, we heard from president zelensky saying that ukraine obviously had to be at the table for any negotiations, but also insisting that europe did. european leaders planning on holding a separate meeting in the coming days, possibly as early as tomorrow. but but what can they do to insert themselves into the negotiations? i mean

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marco rubio and sergei lavrov promised to have high level teams. this is that is acceptable to all sides. the sanction also stay in place until a peace deal is reached. >> we're going to appoint a high level team to walk through the end of the conflict in ukraine in a way that is enduring and acceptable to all of the parties engaged. the third point is to begin the work at a high level as well. to begin to discuss and think about and examine the geo-political and economic cooperation that could result from an end to the conflict in ukraine. tom: joining us for more is bloomberg's greg sullivan. greg, did the talks make any progress? what was the outcome of this meeting between rubio and sergei lavrov? >> well, they were short on details at the end of the meeting but russian leaders quick to hail the talks as a success. the u.s. also seemed to signal that progress was made. of course we heard from president trump he still expects to meet putin possibly as soon as before the end of the month. what we're likely to see next would be progress toward any

department and the russian foreign ministry confirming that secretary of state marco rubio and the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov, have spoken. now, the readout from the state department is pretty short and pretty crisp. it says that marco rubio reiterated president trump's desire to end the conflict in ukraine and that other issues and possible areas of cooperation were also discussed in the international sphere. the russian readout goes a lot further than that and has actually a lot more detail than that. and it seems to indicate that the russians believe that nearly a full reset of relations could be on the table. the russians, of course, are not only looking to end the war in ukraine on terms favorable for themselves, but they also want sanctions relief. so part of the russian readout reads, quote, the heads of the foreign ministries agreed to maintain a communication channel to address the accumulated issues in russian american relations, with the aim of removing one sided barriers inherited from the previous administration that hinder mutual beneficial trade, economic and investment cooperation. so the rus

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he kind of got his back up when he asked why his secretary of state marco rubio was meeting with his russian counterpart, sergey lavrovdi arabia, without ukrainians at the table even as they discussed ending russia's invasion of ukraine. and he said well, ukraine never should have started this war in the first place which is of course patently false. ukraine was invaded by russia. it was one of several eye-opening untrue things he said. at one point, he argued that the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy wasn't really in a position to be making demands because his approval rating is at 4%. that's not true. his approval rating is very similar to president trump's in this country. it's at about 50%. these kinds of comments add to concerns that have been expressed by the ukrainians and by u.s. allies in europe who say that president trump appears to be putting his thumb on the scale for russia before these talks about ending the war even officially get underway. >> john: we'll see if his officials repeat those comments about blaming zelenskyy. let me ask about doge, this judge's ruling. it's allowed to have access to

department and the russian foreign ministry confirming that secretary of state marco rubio and the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrovhe readout from the state department is pretty short and pretty crisp. it says that marco rubio reiterated president trump's desire to end the conflict in ukraine, and that other issues and possible areas of cooperation were also discussed in the international sphere. the russian readout goes a lot further than that, and is actually a lot more detailed than that. and it seems to indicate that the russians believe that nearly a full reset of relations could be on the table. the russians, of course, are not only looking to end the war in ukraine on terms favorable for themselves, but they also want sanctions relief. so part of the russian readout reads, quote, the heads of the foreign ministries agreed to maintain a communication channel to address the accumulated issues in russian american relations, with the aim of removing one sided barriers inherited from the previous administration that hinder mutual beneficial trade, economic and investment cooperation. so the russians clearly beli

it was quite interesting because yesterday the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov, spoke with secretary of state marco rubio and the readout that the russians put out afterwards didn't only speak about finding an end to the war in ukraine, but also about possible sanctions relief, economic development, economic cooperation between the united states and russia in the future, as well as improving diplomatic ties between the two nations. so the russians clearly believe that right now with the trump administration in office, they have an administration that is favorable to russia's views, not just as far as ukraine is concerned, and certainly one that could really change the dynamic in the relations of these two countries, fredricka. >> all right. fred pleitgen, thanks so much. all right. earlier today, secretary of state marco rubio gave joint statements in jerusalem with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the two saying they are united in confronting one main threat. >> the common theme in all of these challenges is iran. it is the single greatest source of instability in the region. behind every terr

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secretary of state marco rubio discussing the war with ukraine with russia's foreign minister. sergey lavrov. ukraine was not in the meeting. late today, president trump saying of ukraine, you should have never started it, you could have made a deal. even though the world witnessed russia invade ukraine. here's our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell from inside ukraine tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in a radical break with the past, the u.s. and russia agreeing to work together. for the first time, in almost three years. the two sides discussing how to end russia's war in ukraine, but doing so without any ukrainian officials present. >> we couldn't have imagined a better result after this session. >> today is the first step of a long and difficult journey, but an important one. >> reporter: president trump just moments ago claiming he has the power to end this war, and falsely blaming ukraine for russia's invasion. >> and i think i have the power to end this war. and i think it's going very well. but today, i heard, oh, well, we weren't invited. well, you've been there for three years.

same time, the russians also after a phone call between secretary of state marco rubio and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov on saturday, in a readout, seemed to indicate that all of this could be a larger reset between these two nations. they said that the secretary of state and the russian foreign minister spoke not only about a possible agreement to end the war in ukraine, but possible that there could also be talks about, for instance, sanctions relief and economic cooperation between the united states and russia in the future. so clearly, there's a lot of dynamic right now here in moscow, and certainly a lot of optimism that russia could be in a very good place with the united states fairly soon. fred pleitgen, cnn, moscow. >> fred pleitgen, thank you for that report. joining me now to discuss this cnn contributor and former cnn moscow bureau chief, jill dougherty. thank you for being here. i want to ask, what do you see as the most important issue for the u.s. to raise during these talks with russia in saudi arabia on tuesday? >> well, ultimately, i think the most important thing overall is long term

diplomat, marco rubio, is set to meet with russian officials this coming week in saudi arabia for talks on ending the war in ukraine. the us secretary of state spoke to his russian counterpart sergei lavrov on saturday re—affirming president trump's commitment to finding an end to the conflict. the trump administration is suggesting the upcoming talks could involve some russian territorial concessions, but it also seemed to rule out ukrainejoining nato. it also looks like europe may no longer be invited to the table, according to the us special envoy for ukraine and russia. speaking at the munich security conference on saturday, keith kellogg said previous peace efforts had failed because too many parties were involved — suggesting that only the us, russia and ukraine should be part of negotiations. take a listen. my definition of "at the table," when you're actually sitting down there. you don't — to me, it doesn't mean their interests are not taken part of, they are not considered, they are not used, they are not developed. that means at the table — you have an ability to have input. but when you have those three — well, really, two — engaged partners with — you have russia and you hav

i will say secretary of state marco rubio, that was after his meeting, by the way, yesterday with the russian foreign minister, sergei lavroved in negotiations, that this was just an opening round. but those comments came before president trump blamed ukraine for starting the war. let's bring in right now the democratic senator, chris of delaware. he serves on both the foreign relations and judiciary committees, and he was at the munich security conference this past weekend. i want to get to a peace deal. and what you think a peace deal should look like? because i think we all agree it's great. it would be great to get all the sides together and end this bloody war. but before we get to that, let let's talk about munich and let's talk about the comments yesterday, you know, back when i was a republican, we liked the idea of peace through strength. ronald reagan negotiated a hard deal at reykjavik. he refused to give. he pushed gorbachev and the soviets to the wall, and they capitulated. and what we learned from ronald reagan and what we've learned from strong democrats like doctor brzezinski and scoop jackson and others. we

secretary of state marco rubio sat directly across from foreign minister sergey lavrov in saudi arabia as the two countries began negotiations on ending the war in ukraine, which began with russia's invasion three years ago next week. notably, ukraine had no seat at these high stakes talks as president zelenskyy postponed a trip to saudi arabia that was set for later this week. he also made it clear his country would not accept any deal brokered quote behind our backs. listen to this. >> you can talk about anything, but no decision can be made without ukraine on how to end the war in ukraine. we were not invited to this meeting. the u.s. russia meeting in saudi arabia. it was a surprise for us as well as for many. i care about what our partners think about us. we are completely honest and open. i don't want any coincidences. that's why i'm not going to saudi arabia. we contacted our partners in saudi arabia. i have very good relations with his royal highness, saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. we agreed that i will have an official visit on march 10th. we expect the u.s. delegatio

but an important one secretary of state, marco rubio leading the negotiations with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov who remains under u.s. sanctions for his role in the war. i came away today convinced that they are willing to begin to engage in a serious process to determine. >> how and how quickly and what mechanism be brought to this war. u.s. officials say the talks yielded 4 takeaways, including efforts to renew allies, diplomatic relations between the u.s. and russia. >> appointing high-level teams to help end the war lay groundwork towards future cooperation and economic investment and a pledge to keep the peace process going. i don't think we believe any just peace can be reached without the participation and leadership of ukraine. some lawmakers raised concern earlier this week after ukraine was shut out of today's talks and no european leaders were there either. i quote that the facts will continue to push back on this notion. >> that our allies haven't been consulted their being they are being consulted literally almost on a daily basis based on what officials laid out. >> there appears

russian representatives led by sergey lavrov are in riyadh, saudi arabia, right now. they are speaking marco rubio and other high level american diplomats. it is critical to note, as we did in the exchange before this, that ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is not in attendance and has expressly said that he would not accept any outcome from these talks because his nation did not take part. in fact, zelenskyy postponing his scheduled trip to riyadh on wednesday. that said, the u.s. and russia are talking and the hope is that ukraine also comes to the table. as we highlighted last hour, any peace deal or end of the fighting could have an impact on stock markets, both here and in europe. many european markets have been rallying on this and of course, other things like hopes for lower borrowing costs, lower energy costs, whatever it may be. things to watch include crude oil, natural gas, both here and in europe. lng stocks here. iron ore. steel, coal and wheat. those are some of the commodities and energy sources to watch if and when any deal does occur. >> and as we were talking about, u.s. ex

the american delegation, headed by secretary of state marco rubio, is meeting with his russian counterpart, sergey lavrovtably absent from the delegations, though, are representatives from ukraine and the european union. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says ukraine was not invited, and that they won't acknowledge any agreements without being present at the table. zelenskyy himself is in the middle east as well, where he is meeting with officials in the united arab emirates, turkey and saudi arabia. now, speaking over the weekend, secretary of state rubio said ukraine will eventually be a part of the negotiations if peace talks advance. europe and ukraine have raised concerns that president trump will be tempted to strike a deal with the kremlin over their heads amid the flurry of diplomatic activity. french president emmanuel macron convened a meeting of european heads of government yesterday. macron and president donald trump spoke via telephone for nearly 30 minutes prior to that gathering, with a u.s. official calling the conversation friendly. as the u.s. and russian delegations meet this mor

and all these talks between marco rubio and sergey lavrov, where they're talking about investments in russia from american businesses and whatever happens from here. it's the biggest success they could have ever hoped for in russia. this is just just for just today, just from from where we stand today. putin has gotten so much, so much more than he could have ever hoped for. >> and what ways do you think americans will first see the consequences of abandoning all of the post-world war two alliances that have kept us safe? >> well, i think that, first of all, the relationship with all the allies is going to disintegrate. the europeans are all scratching their heads, thinking we thought we were all together in this, in this transatlantic partnership. but but that doesn't seem to be the case. and of course, there's going to be a moment when the united states needs allies. i don't know where and how, but the united states will need its allies, and they won't be there because america has abandoned its allies. and, of course, the other parts of the world where things have been calm because

marco rubio, on "restoring the entire complex of will take. i have to say that the messaging coming from the russians, from sergei lavrov and his was very differentey are framing this as effectively a start remember the context of this, coming after and all of this coming with those waves of concern in europe about being left on the sidelines. we are seeing european countries scrambling to try at the kinds of things that american officials have been so everyone here knows how high the stakes are, ukrainians are not invited. president zelensky saying that he didn't know about these the french president, emmanuel macron, says he's had stressed the need to take responsibility for their own continent's security, as the us attempts to talk the polish prime minister, donald tusk, said they had entered a new stage in transatlantic relations, and europe needed to immediately boost its defences. his comments were supported by the danish prime minister, well, this meeting in paris was hastily arranged as a response to some of the messaging that we've been hearing from the us government. and of course, it's a response to the fact their talks about how to en

sergey lavrov. if the europeans are going to weasel out ideas about freezing the conflict, he said, why should we invite them at all? secretary of state marco rubio has already arrived in saudi arabia, where the first round of talks will be held with the russian delegation starting on tuesday. is america, now, an unreliable ally? >> i think the possibility of that is out there, floating, in the ether. it will be a terrible thing if it happened because the main effect of it, of course, would be to reduce the deterrent effect of nato, which has kept peace in europe, indeed in the world, for a very long time. >> reporter: most european nations agree, they need to raise their defense spending if they have hope of deterring this newly emboldened russia. >>> in the middle east, israel says hamas is expected to release the bodies of four hostages on thursday, followed by three living hostages saturday. this comes as israelis gathered in tel aviv last night to mark 500 days since the october 7th attack. one of the hostages freed last weekend addressed the crowd on video, warning that the remaining captives, including his brother, are running out of time.

secretary of state marco rubio is meeting right now with a russian delegation led by foreign minister sergey lavrov. the group is supposed to discuss options for ending russia's invasion of ukraine. but the talks have drawn criticism for not including any ukrainian officials. but still, this is the first face to face meeting between a u.s. secretary of state and their russian counterpart since january of 2022. meanwhile, leaders from across europe met in paris yesterday to align their position on ukraine after being excluded from those talks between the u.s. and russia. hosted by french president emmanuel macron. the leaders of the u.k, uk, eu and germany were in attendance, among others. macron spoke with president trump before the meeting, and then he later spoke with ukrainian president zelenskyy, who posted on social media saying macron had briefed him on what was discussed. the meeting of europe's leaders comes as concerns rise over today's talks in saudi arabia, again between u.s. russian officials. u.s. and russian officials were keeping an eye on those talks as they unfold. but joining us n

sergey lavrov. "if the europeans are going to weasel out some cunning ideas about freezing the conflict," he said, "then why should we invite them at all?" secretary of state marco rubiosaudi arabia where the first round of talks will be held with the russian delegation starting on tuesday. is america now an unreliable ally? >> i think the possibility of that is out there floating in the ether. and it will be a terrible thing if it happened, because the main effect of it, of course, would be to reduce the deterrent effect of nato, which has kept peace in europe, and indeed, in the world for a very long time. >> reporter: but it has to be said that europe has already overtaken the u.s. in military and humanitarian financial assistance to ukraine since the start of the war by many billions of dollars. still, it's ukrainians who continue to pay the ultimate price with tens of thousands already killed in the fighting. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. >>> straight ahead on "cbs news roundup," formers say the crackdown on migrant workers is about to drive the price of food even higher. today's world is hectic, and as parents, we need all the help we can get. we know our kids

marco rubio says the u.s. is keen to determine the kremlin's intent, while russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says the meeting aims to end what he called an abnormal period between two, quote, great powers. but key players are not even at the table, including nato and ukraine's leader. instead, president volodymyr zelenskyy meets with the turkish president in the coming hours. cnn's matthew chance spoke with one of the russian diplomats in riyadh earlier, who says he already met with members of trump's team ahead of these talks. >> what has that team promised you here? have you have they given you an indication about what they're going to give you? >> no, i. >> think it's the promise is let's. >> have dialog. let's figure. >> out the best solution for our countries, for other countries, for the global community. >> let's go now to cnn's fred pleitgen, live in moscow. fred, u.s. and russian delegations have now been in discussions for more than 2.5 hours. what do you believe that russia is willing to concede in those talks? >> you're absolutely right, kayla. it's 2.5 hours. they took a short break and apparent

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secretary of state marco rubio, national security advisor michael waltz and middle east envoy steve witkoff met with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov in riyadh for 4.5 hours today. joining me now, former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. ambassador, what did the u.s. and russia actually agree to today? >> i don't think they've agreed to anything yet. but i think they're at cross purposes for what the purpose of the meeting was. if you listen to the russian officials, mr. ushakov, in particular putin's foreign policy advisor for 15 or 16 years, he was there when i was ambassador. he made it very clear that they want to restart u.s. russian relations. that's what this is about. this is about u.s. russian relations to them, including many issues beyond ukraine. the american delegation, or so we were led to believe, is there to start the peace negotiations. and because of that disconnect, you didn't have any agreement. you have to talk about restoring relations from the russian side. and on the american side, we have yet to see any details of what a peace negotiation might look like. >> so potential misalignment of views going

secretary of state marco rubio and special envoy to the middle east steve witkoff who helped broker the hamas-israel ceasefire meeting with russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov. the goal? reestablish normal diplomatic channels with putin's government in order to end the nearly 3-year-old conflict. where does ukraine fit in? peter doocy joins us live from the white house with the latest. >> reporter: yes. and, volodymyr zelenskyy was supposed to visit saudi arabia for meetings of his own today, but he backed out at the last minute and says he is going to be there next month instead. and his official public posture on these direct u.s. and russia talks basically boils down to him saying that ukraine feels left out. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: this russian-american meeting in saudi arabia was a surprise for us. just like to many others. yes, we saw all this information from the media. i don't know who will today there, who will leave, who is going where. to be honest, i don't care. if what i care about a is for the partners to overthink manager about us. something about us. >> reporter: the u.s. and russia that agreed today, according to secretar

delegation, including marco rubio mike waltz, national security adviser steve witkoff, the middle east envoy, they're sitting opposite their russian counterparts, sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister, yury ushakov, who is a presidential adviser to vladimir putin on foreign affairs and to some extent kirill dmitriev as well, who's the head of the russian sovereign wealth fund. he's been playing a part as well. look, i mean, i think there's a slight difference of comms coming out of both sides as to what the purpose of these talks are. the u.s. are going into this saying they're trying to suss out essentially whether the russians are serious about negotiations to bring to an end the the war in ukraine. considerations there, of course, when it comes to resolving that three year old conflict occupied ukrainian land, how much of that will be kept under russian control, and how much will be returned to the ukrainian state? ukraine's path to nato membership, or whether or not it will join nato, something that the americans have already said is likely not to happen. peacekeeping troops. obviously, there's going to be a big, long front line between russia and

marco rubio is leading the talks. he'll be in saudi arabia, the capital there in riyadh, to meet with russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov. no ukrainian or european representative will be there. we're told this meeting is to lay the groundwork for future talks, including a potential face to face between president trump and vladimir putin. now i want to bring in ned price, former senior adviser to secretary of state tony blinken and former spokesperson for the state department. thank you so much for being here, ned. give us some sense of what we should expect from this meeting, and if you think anything is going to come of it. >> well, sarah, good to be here. i know this is a story that is near and dear to your heart as well. look, i don't expect much to come of this meeting tomorrow. and i say that as someone who sat in the last time in the last meeting, a secretary of state held with sergei lavrov to discuss ukraine. this was in january of 2022. it was part of our all out effort to forestall what was then russia's imminent invasion of ukraine. it was ultimately unsuccessful, not because we didn't leave anything on the f

sergei lavrov is traveling to riyadh to take part in those talks. sources tell cnn those negotiations will begin on tuesday. the u.s. delegation includes secretary of state marco rubioh after a two day trip to israel. he says the next few days and weeks will determine whether russian president vladimir putin is serious about ending the conflict. we'll have much more on this developing story in the hours ahead. team shaq won the nba's first all star mini tournament on sunday night. now, this was the biggest highlight of the night. steph curry nailing a half court shot. nothing but net. he was literally standing on the half court line. then when he pulled up for the shot. curry was the game's mvp, helping team shaq post a 41 to 25 win over charles barkley's team. chuck william byron has won nascar's daytona 500 for the second time in a row. the 27 year old took the checkered flag after a series of wrecks on the race's final lap. byron is the first back to back daytona winner since 2020. the rain caused a three hour delay after just 11 of the 200 laps. superstar denny hamlin was in the lead coming into the final lap, but his car spun out after crashing into another rac

marco rubio is meeting right now. >> with a russian delegation led by. >> foreign minister sergey lavrov. the group is supposed to discuss. options for. >> ending russia's. invasion of ukraine. but the talks have drawn criticism for not including. any ukrainian officials. this is. a first face to face meeting between a u.s. secretary of. state and their russian counterpart since january of 2022. meanwhile. >> leaders from across europe. >> met in paris yesterday to. >> align their. >> position on. >> ukraine after. >> being excluded from the talks between. the united states and russia. >> hosted by. >> french president emmanuel macron. >> the leaders of the u.k, the. >> e.u. and germany were in attendance, among others. macron spoke with president trump before the meeting. he then. later spoke with ukrainian president zelenskyy. >> who posted. >> on social media saying macron. >> had briefed him. >> on what. >> was discussed. the meeting of europe's leaders. comes as concerns. >> rise over today's. >> talks in. >> saudi arabia between russian and. >> u.s. officials. >> and joe, i guess a

marco rubio, our secretary of state, and a russian. delegation led by their. >> foreign minister, sergey lavrov. i have not seen any. >> indication that. any high level ukrainian will be there. >> there may be. >> observers. >> but it's. >> not not the same thing. >> so in effect, what we. >> are. >> seeing is the. beginning of. peace negotiations over the head of ukraine, one of the key combatants, a country that's lost hundreds of thousands. >> of young. >> people trying to defend its freedom. it's something that i find. really difficult to accept that we would, in effect, try to orchestrate a peace agreement without. >> our partner. >> but we'll. >> see, you know, anytime peace. >> agreements. peace negotiations. >> begin. that's cause for, for, for happiness. and i'm. >> glad that that rubio. >> is going to. >> saudi arabia and that saudi arabia is playing. >> a role as, as a broker. >> but it. >> is absolutely. >> crucial that that. >> ukraine be involved in this, not. >> least so that the peace, any peace agreement that's made will be durable. it has to. >> have security guarantees for ukr

secretary marco rubio will meet with russian officials this week in saudi arabia to start ukraine peace negotiations. we also know secretary rubio spoke today with russian foreign minister sergey lavrovs a follow up to president trump's conversation with putin earlier this week with. all this comes to time in d.c. as president trump did sign an executive order to significantly reduce the federal work force. the latest group of layoffs come from the department of health and human services. friday night doge terminated 3600 probationary employees claiming to have taxpayers save $600 million. now, the list of agencies affected by this layoff is long including sectors of the department of education, agriculture, energy and veteran affairs. florida congressman byron donalds says downsizing government and federal spending should be the focus. >> one of the reasons we have massive inflation in the united states from joe biden is because he massively increased the size of the federal government. we need to to go back to pre-covid era size and spending levels in washington d.c. >> reporter: and, bryan, president trump spent the afternoon at a nearby if airport checking out a boeing plane if a

that comes as us secretary of state marco rubio and russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, have agreedappoint high level teams to begin working on a path to end russia's war in ukraine as soon as possible. a kremlin delegate says the us and russia had a positive, constructive four hour meeting in saudi arabia about the war. lavrov added that the deployment of nato troops in ukraine is unacceptable for russia. and speaking this afternoon, president zelenskyy of ukraine has reiterated that negotiations should not take place behind ukraine's back and has delayed his visit to saudi arabia to not give legitimacy to the us—russia meeting in riyadh, it is understood. it comes as sir keir starmer said at a meeting with european leaders in paris yesterday that any ukraine peace deal would require a us backstop to deter russia from attacking ukraine again. home secretary yvette cooper discussed the situation earlier today. >> well, we need a lasting peace for ukraine that safeguards the sovereignty of ukraine. the prime minister has met with his european counterparts and will be meeting presiden

that comes as us secretary of state marco rubio and russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, have agreedappoint high level teams to begin working on a path to end russia's war in ukraine as soon as possible. a kremlin delegate says the us and russia had a positive, constructive four hour meeting in saudi arabia about the war. lavrov added that the deployment of nato troops in ukraine is unacceptable for russia. president zelenskyy of ukraine has reiterated today that negotiations should not take place behind ukraine's back, and he has delayed his visit to saudi arabia to not give legitimacy to the us. russia meeting in riyadh. it is understood home secretary yvette cooper discussed the situation earlier today. >> well, we need a lasting peace for ukraine that safeguards the sovereignty of ukraine. the prime minister has met with his european counterparts and will be meeting president trump shortly as well. clearly, there can be no negotiations about ukraine without ukraine, and there is a huge amount of work to be done. as the prime minister has said, this is an early stage in the proces

that comes as us secretary of state marco rubio and russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, have agreedappoint high level teams to begin working on a path to end russia's war in ukraine as soon as possible. a kremlin delegate says the us and russia had a positive, constructive four hour meeting in saudi arabia about the war. lavrov added that the deployment of nato troops in ukraine is unacceptable for russia. and speaking this afternoon, president zelenskyy of ukraine has reiterated that negotiations should not take place behind ukraine's back and has delayed his visit to saudi arabia to not give legitimacy to the us russia meeting in riyadh, it is understood. it comes as sir keir starmer said at a meeting with european leaders in paris that any ukraine peace deal would require a us backstop to deter russia from attacking ukraine again. home secretary yvette cooper discussed the situation this afternoon. >> well, we need a lasting peace for ukraine that safeguards the sovereignty of ukraine. the prime minister has met with his european counterparts and will be meeting president trump s

marco rubio and. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov, have agreed to. >> appoint high level. >> appoint high level. >> teams to begin working. >> teams to begin working. >> on a path to end russia's. >> on a path to end russia's. >> war in ukraine as soon as possible. a kremlin delegate says the us. >> and russia had a positive. >> and russia had a positive. >> constructive for our meeting. >> constructive for our meeting. >> in. >> in. >> saudi arabia about the war. >> saudi arabia about the war. >> rubio also said an end to the conflict. >> must be acceptable to all involved, including ukraine, europe and russia. and speaking a short time ago, president zelenskyy of ukraine has reiterated that negotiations should not take place behind ukraine's back and he has delayed his. visit to saudi arabia. arabia. >> it comes. >> it comes. >> as sir keir starmer said. >> as sir keir starmer said. >> at a meeting. >> at a meeting. >> with european leaders. >> with european leaders. >> in paris. >> in paris. >> yesterday that any ukraine peace deal would require a us backstop. >> to deter russia from. >> to

that comes as us secretary of state marco rubio and russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, have agreedappoint high level teams to begin working on a path to end russia's war in ukraine as soon as possible. a kremlin delegate says the us and russia had a positive, constructive four hour meeting in saudi arabia about the war. lavrov added that the deployment of nato troops in ukraine is unacceptable for russia. and speaking this afternoon, president zelenskyy of ukraine has reiterated that negotiations should not take place behind ukraine's back and has delayed his visit to saudi arabia to not give legitimacy to the us—russia meeting in riyadh, it is understood. it comes as sir keir starmer said at a meeting with european leaders in paris yesterday that any ukraine peace deal would require a us backstop to deter russia from attacking ukraine again. home secretary yvette cooper discussed the situation earlier today. >> well, we need a lasting peace for ukraine that safeguards the sovereignty of ukraine. the prime minister has met with his european counterparts and will be meeting presiden

will begin formally this week in saudi arabia, when trump's top diplomat, marco rubio, will sit down with russia's sergey lavrovt's despite volodymyr zelenskyy vowing not to agree to any deal where ukraine is not represented. >> let's get the views now of oscar red drop, a political commentator on all of this. well, where do we begin? >> it's a hugely momentous day, i think. i think it will make a lot of people incredibly nervous when they wake up and see the front pages of british troops being sent over, potentially onto ukrainian soil. >> he's talking nonsense. he's not going to do that. >> it's a degree of posturing, admittedly, and i think it probably contextually comes after very recently we've had, you know, jd vance and trump basically, you know, if we cut it all down, calling out, you know, eu nations, including britain for being kind of weak. and i think starmer is trying to get ahead of it. i think he wants germany. i think he wants other eu nations off the back of that pressure from trump to start kind of strengthening and paying start kind of strengthening and paying our way more. but i mean, ihave

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