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Putin and Zelenskyy will not meet after the Russian president refused to travel to Istanbul for talks with his Ukrainian counterpart. Plus, the fitness influencers who fake their impossibly ripped physiquesGood morning.The first direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv in three years are expected to take place today in Turkey – but Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not meet, after the Russian leader declined to join the Ukrainian leader in Istanbul.Will Zelenskyy go to Istanbul? He has indicated he will not travel unless Putin also agrees to attend.What is the administration asking for? It wants the scope of judges’ injunctions to be reduced so they only apply to the people, organizations or states that sued. Continue reading...

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