ROME, AUG 13 - Pope Leo XIV said Wednesday on Friday's Ukraine war summit between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska that an agreement must be reached to end the violence.

U.S. President Donald Trump could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week — their first meeting since Trump's return to office in January — a White House official said on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump sought to lower expectations for his scheduled meeting in Alaska on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling reporters that a second meeting that would include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would be more consequential.