Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no peace agreementNew Foto - Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no peace agreement

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he plans to meet U.S. PresidentDonald Trumpin Washington next week afterTrump's summitwith Russia's Vladimir Putin secured no agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy said he held a "long and substantive" conversation with Trump on Saturday after the U.S. leader met Putin in Alaska. He thanked Trump for an invitation to meet in person in Washington on Monday and said they would "discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war." Zelenskyy reiterated the importance of involving Europe. "It is important that Europeans are involved at every stage to ensure reliable security guarantees together with America," he said. "We also discussed positive signals from the American side regarding participation in guaranteeing Ukraine's security." Zelenskyy said he spoke to Trump one-on-one and then in a call with other European leaders. In total the conversations lasted an hour and a half. Trumprolled out the red carpetfor Putin in Alaska, but Friday's summit appeared to end without concrete progress on bringing an end to the war. Trump said that "there's no deal until there's a deal," after Putin claimed the two leaders had hammered out an "understanding" on Ukraine and warned Europe not to "torpedo the nascent progress." During an interview with Fox News Channel before leaving Alaska, Trump insisted that the onus going forward might be on Zelenskyy "to get it done," but said there would also be some involvement from European nations. Trump did not speak to reporters on his flight back to Washington. When his plane landed, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump was on the phone with NATO leaders after a lengthy call with Zelenskyy. Trump then disembarked Air Force One without speaking to reporters. He didn't respond to shouted questions about the phone calls as he climbed into his limousine. Trump spoke with Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Polish President Karol Nawrocki, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, European Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta said. She gave no details of the conversation. There was no immediate comment Saturday from European leaders who, like Zelenskyy, didn't have a place at the table at Friday's summit. Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said on Russian state television Saturday that a potential trilateral meeting between Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy has not been raised in U.S.-Russia discussions. "The topic has not been touched upon yet," Ushakov said, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. Russian attacks on Ukraine continued overnight, using one ballistic missile and 85 Shahed drones, 61 of which were shot down, Ukraine's Air Force said. Front-line areas of Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Chernihiv were attacked.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no peace agreement

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World leaders react to Trump-Putin summit reaching no deal on UkraineNew Foto - World leaders react to Trump-Putin summit reaching no deal on Ukraine

(Reuters) -Following are reactions from world leaders on Saturday to the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which did not resolve Moscow's war in Ukraine. NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ESPEN BARTH EIDE: "President Putin of Russia reiterated known arguments, such as emphasising the so-called 'root causes' of the war, which is code for the Russian justification for the illegal invasion of Ukraine. Our view is clear: it is important we must continue to put pressure on Russia, and even increase it, to give the clear signal to Russia that it must pay the price. "We must listen to Ukraine's wishes and needs. We know that President Putin wants to split Europe and the United States. With all our allies, we must do everything we can to avoid that. I am optimistic that we can achieve that, but we must be clear that this is a clear motivation for President Putin... "I don't believe it will have any effect on the battlefield right now. Too little concrete information has come out, and we see no movement at all in the Russian position." CZECH DEFENCE MINISTER JANA CERNOCHOVA, ON X: "The Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska did not bring any fundamental progress towards ending the war in Ukraine, but it did confirm that Putin is not looking for peace, but an opportunity to weaken the unity of the West and spread his propaganda. He is trying to prolong the conflict in order to achieve the maximum of his goals in terms of Russian expansion. Regardless of the human casualties and the devastation of Ukrainian cities. "The meeting was nevertheless important, among other things, because it reveals the true motives and mindset of Vladimir Putin. "For us, it follows that it is necessary to maintain the cohesion of the West and persist in supporting Ukraine so that any agreement on a ceasefire or peace is not only based on Russian notes. This is in our vital interest." HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PETER SZIJJARTO, ON X: "The world is a safer place as long as there is US–Russia dialogue at the highest level. Credit to both presidents for making this summit happen. Today once again confirmed: the war in Ukraine will not be settled on the battlefield, but at the negotiating table. Peace can only be achieved through negotiations, dialogue, and keeping diplomatic channels open. "Hungary has stood by this for 3.5 years, unlike Brussels and pro-war European politicians." (Reporting by Reuters bureaux)

World leaders react to Trump-Putin summit reaching no deal on Ukraine

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Athletics hit three home runs in 10-3 win over AngelsNew Foto - Athletics hit three home runs in 10-3 win over Angels

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Colby Thomas, Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz homered, rookie Jack Perkins had seven strikeouts in five solid innings and the Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angeles 10-3 on Friday night. The Athletics snapped an eight-game losing streak, which included seven this season, against the Angels. Thomas and Kurtz each had three hits and drove in three runs. Thomas, a 24-year-old rookie, hit a three-run homer in the third inning and Kurtz hit a three-run shot that capped the scoring in the eighth. Perkins (2-2) made his third career start and allowed three runs on five hits with three walks. He allowed three runs on three hits in six innings to beat Orioles11-3for first win as a starter his last time out. Langeliers hit solo homer off Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi (6-8) and added an RBI single. Kikuchi gave up five hits and four runs in four innings. Travis d'Arnaud doubled to drive in Yoán Moncada in the second for the Angels. Zach Neto homered after Bryce Teodosio walked on four pitches to lead off the fifth to trim their deficit to 4-3. Key moment Brent Rooker doubled to lead off the third and moved to third on a single by Kurtz before Thomas hit a first-pitch curveball over the wall in left center field to make it 4-1. Key stat The Athletics were 6 for 9 with runners in scoring position while the Angels were 1 for 7. Up next Angels LHP Tyler Anderson (2-7, 4.63 ERA) starts Saturday opposite Athletics RHP Luis Morales (0-0, 1.93). ___ AP MLB:https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

Athletics hit three home runs in 10-3 win over Angels

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Robert MacIntyre builds lead to 5 strokes at BMW ChampionshipNew Foto - Robert MacIntyre builds lead to 5 strokes at BMW Championship

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre will take a five-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler into the weekend at the BMW Championship after firing a bogey-free 64 on Friday in Owings Mills, Md. MacIntyre's 6-under-par round followed a sterling 62 to open the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs at Caves Valley Golf Club. Now at 14-under 126, MacIntyre is halfway home to his third PGA Tour victory after capturing the Canadian and Scottish Opens last year. He said he doesn't recall having a lead through 36 holes as large as this one. "Not as a professional, I don't think. But I've had it before as an amateur," MacIntyre said. "Yeah, again, it's only 36 holes gone. There's a long way to go. I'm comfortable with who I am. I'm comfortable with the team around me, and I'm comfortable on this golf course. Just go and play golf." Scheffler made five birdies and no bogeys in his round of 65, capped with a difficult two-putt par from 73 feet on the last hole. "A lot of slope," Scheffler said of the situation. "It was one of those putts, the higher up I got it towards the fringe, the more it was going to break, so I didn't know if I was going to need to chip it to get it close or not and decided to kind (of) accept maybe a longer putt for par, and did a really good job of getting a nice lag in there close to the hole." Sweden's Ludvig Aberg (8 under) and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama (7 under) are third and fourth, respectively, after they each shot 64 Friday. Maverick McNealy joined the 64 brigade and moved to 6 under for the tournament, tied with Michael Kim (66) and Englishman Tommy Fleetwood (69) for fifth. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy improved by four shots from Round 1 to 2, his 66 lifting him to 4 under par. They're all looking way, way up at MacIntyre, who turned in a card with three birdies on each nine. While his Thursday round was marked by a multitude of long putts, he only had two of those on Friday: a 17 1/2-foot birdie at No. 4 and a sweeping 29-footer at No. 14. Instead, MacIntyre relied on his approaches to take him a long way. He led the field in strokes gained: approach the green and hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation. "It's just about picking smart shots, smart targets and then just dealing with what comes," MacIntyre said. Aberg, who birdied three of his last five holes Friday, is trying to get back on track after he followed a win at the Genesis Invitational in February with a bumpy summer. "I've kind of gotten away from some bad, poor habits in my swing that I did sort of early spring, early summer which I didn't really like," Aberg said. "Definitely gotten better at that and definitely swinging it better now than I did a couple of months ago, so I'm pleased to see that coming around a little bit. It's a nice time for it." Only the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings at the end of this tournament will advance to next week's Tour Championship. Once they're there, everyone will start at even par, as the tour eliminated the controversial "starting strokes" format. Kim entered the week 42nd in points and is projected to jump to No. 26 in his current position. England's Harry Hall, currently 45th, is projected to snag the 30th and final spot; he's tied for eighth at 5 under after a 67 Friday. "I like to look at the numbers," Hall said, "and I know if I can just average gaining 1.2 strokes a round, then it equates to playing really good golf and getting really far in the FedEx Cup." McIlroy doesn't have to worry about making the cut for next week. He's No. 2 behind Scheffler and played with the World No. 1 in the first two rounds this week. McIlroy overcame an early double bogey with three straight birdies at Nos. 9-11 and an excellent eagle at the par-5 16th, where his second shot settled inside 8 feet of the pin. "I think I'm just playing my own tournament at this point," McIlroy said. "... I just want to try to play a good weekend and feel a little bit better about my game going into the Tour Championship." --Field Level Media

Robert MacIntyre builds lead to 5 strokes at BMW Championship

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Trump says Putin agrees with him US should not have mail-in votingNew Foto - Trump says Putin agrees with him US should not have mail-in voting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agrees with him that letting voters send in ballots by mail puts honest elections at risk. "Vladimir Putin, smart guy, said you can't have an honest election with mail-in voting," Trump told Fox News Channel's "Hannity" after a nearly three-hour meeting between the leaders in Alaska. "He said there's not a country in the world that uses it now." Trump, who promoted the false narrative that he, not Democrat Joe Biden, won the 2020 election, cited his agreement with Putin over absentee voting as he pressed his fellow Republicans to try harder to advance overhauls to the U.S. voting system that he has long sought. Trump has voted by mail in some previous elections and urged his supporters to do so in 2024. Putin, who has been Russia's president or prime minister since 1999, was elected to another term in office with 87% of the vote in a 2024 election that drew allegations of vote rigging from some independent polling observers, opposition voices and Western governments. The most formidable opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic penal colony in 2024. Russia's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his conversation with Trump. The Russian president has previously said some U.S. elections were marred by fraudulent voting, without presenting evidence. The position mirrors Trump's false claims of widespread voter fraud following the 2020 election. Justice Department and Senate investigations found that Moscow tried to influence campaigns to help Trump win in the 2016 election. U.S. intelligence officials have said they believe Russia tried to do the same in 2020 elections and preferred Trump to win in 2024. Trump and some of his top aides long have asserted that he and his presidential campaigns were falsely accused of colluding with Russia, a claim he brought up again in Alaska on Friday. The U.S. intelligence community never reached such a conclusion. Trump, who has not ruled out seeking a third term in office despite a constitutional prohibition, on Friday showed impatience with Republicans for not prioritizing election reform legislation. "The Republicans want it, but not strongly enough," Trump said during the interview. "You can't have a great democracy with mail-in voting." Some Republicans, echoing Trump's claims, argue that changes like restricting absentee voting and requiring identification could reduce the risks of ballot tampering, impersonation or other forms of fraud that independent analysts say is rare. Nearly three dozen countries from Canada to Germany and South Korea allow some form of postal vote, though more than half of them place some restrictions on which voters qualify, according to the Sweden-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, an intergovernmental advocacy group. The Trump administration has stepped back from commenting on the fairness or integrity of elections conducted by many foreign countries in a significant departure from Washington's traditional approach of promoting democratic elections overseas. (Reporting by Reuters Washington bureau; Editing by William Mallard)

Trump says Putin agrees with him US should not have mail-in voting

Trump says Putin agrees with him US should not have mail-in voting WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his Russ...
Over 200 events expected across the country today to protest Trump-backed redistricting plansNew Foto - Over 200 events expected across the country today to protest Trump-backed redistricting plans

At parks, coffee shops, churches and government buildings around the country, hundreds of people are expected to gather today with a simple message: "Stop the Trump takeover." The rallies are a bid to combat Republican-led plans to redraw congressional maps. The main event will take place in Texas, wherea new congressional mapbacked by President Donald Trump that could net Republicans five additional seats in the 2026 midterm elections inspired the state's Democratic lawmakers to flee the state – preventing the quorum needed to vote. "Trump is terrified of the American people," said the Texas for All Coalition, which is helping organize the events, in a news release. "He knows he can't win on his ideas, so he's trying to take Congress by hook or by crook – and he's doing it by silencing the voices of communities of color. We're not going to let that happen." Organizers emphasized "a commitment to nonviolence" at all events in event page descriptions. Over 200 events are planned in 34 states, according to the event'sofficial website. The Democratic National Committee is helping organize events, it announcedin a news release. "From coast to coast, people will be showing up at their statehouses, city halls, and community spaces to make it clear – we see what Trump is doing, and we won't stand for it," said the DNC. A swath of nonprofits and other organizations are also supporting the effort, including Planned Parenthood, the Working Families Party and Human Rights Campaign. Trump described the proposed Texas congressional map as a "very simple redrawing" at the White House. "We pick up five seats," he added. But it doesn't end with Texas. Republican leaders in other states, too, have proposed changing their congressional maps ahead of next year's midterms. The White House is pushing Missouri legislators to consider a special session to redraw maps. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has floated the idea of changing his state's maps, and has said he thinks the Trump administration should give the state another seat. In Ohio, maps must be redrawn due to a quirk of state law – which may make the state's delegation even more Republican and carve up two Democratic seats, according to a report in June fromCNN's Fredreka Schouten. Democratic lawmakers have announced their own plans to fight back, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whokicked off his own redistricting pushon Thursday. Here's more on what we know about today's protests. Today's largest protest is slated to happen in Austin, Texas. Over 1,000 people have RSVPed for the event, which will start at the state's Capitol. "Texas is being used as a testing ground for extremist policies and partisan games that don't reflect our values," readsthe event page. "Thousands of Texans have shown up against the racially gerrymandered congressional map lawmakers are trying to force through in order to weaken the voting power of communities of color." Former Congressman Beto O'Rourke, United Farm Workers cofounder Dolores Huerta, Democratic US Rep. Greg Casar and Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas are expected to speak, according to a news release from the Texas for All Coalition. Drag queen Brigitte Bandit and singer Gina Chavez are also expected to perform. Across Texas, events are also planned in Houston, Dallas, San Angelo, Tyler, McAllen, Conroe and Kingwood. Events and rallies are also scheduled in dozens of other states, both in Democratic strongholds and Republican-majority states. Local organizers are planning each city-specific event. In New York City, demonstrators are expected to gatherin Central Park. In Washington, DC, where Trump has deployed the National Guard anddeclared a federal takeoverof the local police department, organizers arepainting banners and signsto place around the city. Protesters in Raleigh andDurham, North Carolina, plan to hold a "bridge brigade," holding signs on 16 different bridges. Demonstrations are also planned in Cincinnati, Ohio; Sarasota, Florida; and Jefferson City, Missouri, among other cities. The planned events include rallies, teach-ins, banner drops and art-making at locations that includea bookstore in Jacksonville, Florida, anda Tesla showroomin Palo Alto, California. The demonstrations follow a string of other protests organized since Trump took office for the second time in January, includingthe "No Kings" protestsin June and demonstrationsagainst the president's deportation campaignin July. Drucilla Tigner, the executive director of statewide coalition Texas For All, said in a news release that the fight extends far past Texas. "Across Texas, and across the country, communities are speaking out in a united voice to call for an end to the Trump takeover," she said. "Though this fight started in Texas, it doesn't end here. This isn't just about redistricting or one state's politics." "It's about the future of our democracy." For more CNN news and newsletters create an account atCNN.com

Over 200 events expected across the country today to protest Trump-backed redistricting plans

Over 200 events expected across the country today to protest Trump-backed redistricting plans At parks, coffee shops, churches and governmen...
Kelsey Plum says she was joking about Caitlin Clark's team at All-Star GameNew Foto - Kelsey Plum says she was joking about Caitlin Clark's team at All-Star Game

Los Angeles Sparks star Kelsey Plum said she was joking when she took a verbal shot at Caitlin Clark and her team at theAll-Star Game last month, comments that drew significant pushback. "I made a really bad joke," Plum said on Sue Bird's "Bird's Eye View" podcast that dropped Friday. Plum said she was trying to have fun with Team Clark at the All-Star Game in Indianapolis on July 19 when she said Clark's side didn't show up for that morning meeting to discuss collective bargaining agreement talks. The union and the WNBA are in the midst of negotiations, and all the players in the All-Star Gamewore T-shirts that read, "Pay Us What You Owe Us,"including Clark. Plum said at the post-game news conference the players decided that morning to wear the shirts, but "zero members of Team Clark were very present for that." There was especially a big blowback on social media toward Plum, who said her intention was to bring levity to a serious topic but misread the room. "I was making a joke they were hungover even though our team nickname was 'Hungover,'" Plum said. "I was like, 'At least we made it.' Obviously, we were all on the same page. We all wore the shirts. We're all unified. I think if anything I was more discouraged because I felt like (the comments) took away from the moment of what we were trying to do." ___ AP WNBA:https://apnews.com/hub/WNBA

Kelsey Plum says she was joking about Caitlin Clark's team at All-Star Game

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