2025-12-29
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Donald Trump said he had the makings of a deal to end the war in Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky,
Ukraine's president, met him for talks in Florida.
The two leaders are expected to discuss America's peace plan,
including a possible security guarantee for Ukraine.
Earlier, Russia launched an assault on Kyiv which lasted 10 hours and killed at least two people.
Three people were killed and dozens were injured in Syria when members of the country's Alawite minority clashed with counter-demonstrators at a protest.
The attackers have not been identified.
The sect from which Syria's deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad originates has been in tension with the government
since it came to power.
Days earlier, eight people were killed in the bombing of an Alawite mosque.
Early signs were that polling was low in Myanmar's sham general election.