President Vladimir Zelensky returned to the White House on Monday to meet US President Donald Trump for new talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Several European leaders also flew to Washington to attend the meeting, days after Trump met Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. The leaders discussed a possible security guarantee, which would involve European countries and the US helping protect Ukraine if a peace deal was reached with Russia. OK, let's have our first headline. This one is from BBC News.
What both sides want from crunch talks at the White House. That headline again from BBC News. What both sides want from crunch talks at the White House. So, this headline was written before the talks between Zelensky, Trump and European leaders took place. And the talks are described as crunch talks. Yes, crunch talks are discussions that are urgent and important, usually diplomatic talks or negotiations, like the ones happening between government leaders about the war in Ukraine.
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