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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jail Snyder. European leaders say they support President Trump's plan to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to end the war in Ukraine. But in a joint statement issued overnight, they stress a need to keep pressure on Moscow. NPR's Lorin Freyer reports from London. Leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland, and the European Commission say they welcome Trump's work to, quote, stop the killing in Ukraine. end Russia's war of aggression and achieve a just and lasting peace.

They say they stand firmly by the side of Ukraine and call Russia's invasion unprovoked and illegal. The statement was issued after Vice President J.D. Vance and UK Foreign Secretary David Lamy met with Ukrainian and European officials over the weekend at Lammie's country mansion southeast of London. Trump plans to meet Putin in Alaska on Friday. It's been described as a bilateral meeting, but European leaders in their statement said, Quote, the path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine. Lauren Freyer and PR News, London. UN Security Council, expected to meet an emergency session shortly. The meeting to discuss the Israeli security cabinet's approval of a plan to take control of Gaza's city

is to get underway in about an hour. Thousands rallied against the plan last night in Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities. Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser, is waiting to see what President Trump has to say about crime in her city after he's scheduled a press conference for tomorrow. I suspect that his announcement is that he is surging federal law enforcement, which he's talked about, and he may talk about even larger numbers or longer periods of time. He's interested in being in neighborhoods, in fighting crime in neighborhoods. Bowser speaking there with MSNBC this morning about the president's promised law enforcement

surge in the nation's capital. He threatened to take federal control of Washington, D.C., a Democrat. Democratic-led city. After a former staffer was attacked, Bowser disputes Trump's claim that D.C. is one of the world's most dangerous cities. After a long legal battle, the Uvaldi School District is going to release records from the school shooting there three years ago. Texas Public Radio's Jerry Clayton has more. The district sent a letter on Friday morning confirming that the records would be released to several news outlets that sued for their release three years ago. The letter said that Evaldi County also plans to release their records as well. The records may include body-worn footage 911 calls and communications between county and school district employees. The school district said the release of the materials was being done as part of their ongoing commitment

to building trust and ensuring transparency. The Texas Department of Public Safety is still fighting a lawsuit demanding them to release their records of the 2022 incident, one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. I'm Jerry Clayton in San Antonio. And from Washington, this is NPR News. Officials in Atlantic Canada have declared a state of emergency because of wildfires burning in the region. Strong winds and hot conditions in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador have fueled the Kingston fire. Premier John Hogan. is urging residents to be prepared to evacuate. More than a dozen wildfires are burning in California,

including the state's largest of the year so far. The Gifford Fire in Central California has scorched more than 113,000 acres and is 21% contained. It's been burning in the Los Padres National Forest since the beginning of the month. At least four people have been injured. In Southern California, the officials say the canyon fire is about half-contained.

For the first time, a woman has worked as an umpire for a major league baseball regular season game. From Georgia Public Broadcasting, Peter Bielo reports that Jim Powell worked a doubleheader Saturday between the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins. Powell says she's been dreaming of this day since 2015 when she tried out for a scholarship to umpire school. Since then, she's worked more than 1,200 minor league games and some major league spring training games. She says at Truest Park in Atlanta today, her dream came true. It was pretty amazing when we took the field, and it seemed like quite a few people. It started clapping and saying my name and stuff, so that was pretty intense and very, very emotional. The black umpires hat she wore during her first game is now headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

For NPR News, I'm Peter Be Yello in Atlanta. And I'm Jail Snyder. This is NPR News from Washington.