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Trump and Putin meet in Alaska

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are holding talks in Alaska on ending the war in Ukraine. We get the latest from Anchorage and ask: does being in the room with the Russian president make the difference?

A Conservative MP accuses the prime minister of putting the British bioethanol industry at the mercy of the US.

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