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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dwayne, I count out. European leaders say President Trump agrees that he cannot make sure Putin could lead to a second meeting. With Russian President Vladimir Putin, the virtual meeting was organized by the German chancellor to try to influence Trump ahead of the Friday summit from Brussels, Terry Schultz, reports. After the teleconference with President Trump, European Council President Antonia Costa said the U.S. President and Europeans agree on three main priorities for the Friday summit.

First, as ceasefire, Costa said. Then, that only Ukraine can negotiate matters concerning Ukraine. And third, the willingness of the United States to share efforts with Europe to strengthen security conditions when a lasting and just peace is achieved for Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta was also on the call with Trump. He said it was great and showed Europe, Trump, and Europe, Trump, and Europe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be on the same page. We are united in pushing to end this terrible war against Ukraine, Ruta wrote on X, and to achieve just and lasting peace. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz and Brussels.

Hundreds of National Guard troops, along with federal agents and local police, are now in Washington, D.C., following President Trump's announcement that he would, quote, rescue our nation's capital from crime. And Piers Frank Langfit reports. I went across the Anacostia River to Congress. Heights. This is among the poorest areas of the city. Best majority of the population is black. And also the D.C. police say this is part of an area among the highest crime, violent crime rates in the city. But unlike U Street, people in Congress Heights said crime is a really

big problem there. shootings, robbery, burglaries. In fact, some say crime is worse than the statistics show because many say have given up reporting to police because they feel a lot of crimes go unpunished. And Pierce Frank Langford. Harvey, Weinstein appeared in court in Manhattan today. New York prosecutors want to try the disgraced movie mogul for rape for a third time. NPR's Chloe Weiner reports. In June, Weinstein was convicted of criminal sexual assault, but found not guilty of another charge. And he hasn't been sentenced yet because a third charge of rape ended in a mistrial. Prosecutors now say they're ready to move forward with a retrial for that charge of rape in the third degree. Outside the court, an attorney for

Weinstein told reporters Weinstein doesn't want to pursue a plea deal, adding Weinstein, quote, doesn't want the word rape associated with him, end quote. A judge said that if a retrial does happen, it'll be this year. It could be Weinstein's third time on trial for allegations from former actress Jessica Mann. His conviction in 2020 was thrown out last year on procedural grounds. Chloe Weiner NPR News, New York. And you are listening to NPR News from New York City. More rain is forecast for Chattanooga, Tennessee, where heavy rain flooded interstates and shut some streets overnight.

The local Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management says a large tree fell on a car in a flooded area, killing two adults and one child, a spokesman woman said the family died on the scene. Scientists say they've discovered a 2.6 million-year-old teeth of a previously unknown human cousin, and Piersnate Rot has more on the discovery. We've all seen the T-shirts or memes of a series of apes standing up straighter and strater and morphing into modern coffee-drinking man and woman. Anthropologists, though, have long known that human evolution was not a linear process, and the new findings published in the journal Nature adds another piece to the puzzle.

The teeth, the researchers believe, belonged to a new species of Australopithecus, an upright-walking ape-like species that coexisted with early human ancestors in East Africa. The discovery provides more evidence to researchers say that human evolution was similar to that of other species, with many branches and dead ends. Nate Rot, NPR News. The city of St. Paul in Minnesota is still recovering from a ransomware attack that took place two weeks ago, forcing thousands of city employees this week to reset their passwords. Mayor Melvin Carter told reporters earlier that about 43 gigabytes of data was stolen from its parks and rec department

and later posted online because the city would not pay the hackers a ransom. I'm Dwa Hsiqau, NPR News.