THE WORLD, in brief
Melania Trump hosted Russian and Ukrainian representatives at the White House on 5 November and urged them to build a lasting peace after a local humanitarian ceasefire around Oleshky.
US President Donald Trump said on 5 November that a Russia-Ukraine settlement is 'very close' after meeting Vladimir Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House, telling reporters a 'big agreement' could involve more than Ukraine and 'all of Europe'.
The traditional group photo opening the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta was cancelled on Friday after about a third of the delegations, including EU countries, the UK and Australia, said they would not appear next to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the host, called off the photo but opened the talks with an appeal for unity.
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