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• Putin will not travel to Istanbul for peace talks with Zelenskyy, Kremlin confirms

  14-05-2025 23:16
  
  Russian leader rejects Ukrainian president’s bold proposal for face-to-face meeting in TurkeyVladimir Putin will not travel to Istanbul for talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Kremlin has said, rejecting the Ukrainian president’s bold proposal for a face-to-face meeting in Turkey to discuss peace.In a statement late on Wednesday, the Kremlin said its delegation would be led by Vladimir Medinsky, a hardline Putin aide who led the only previous round of direct negotiations between Russ
  
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• How memories of clean water, frogs and fresh air could help save Rio’s favelas from future climate disaster

  14-05-2025 14:04
  
  A new exhibition in the Brazilian city looks at how water, the environment and extreme weather is interwoven with personal stories from 10 marginalised communitiesLeticia Pinheiro grew up hearing stories about the Acari River. Her grandmother bathed in its clean waters; her father caught frogs on its margins; and many in the community made a living from fishing there.Now, Pinheiro, 28, and her peers do not even call it a river; it’s become known as a valão – an open canal for
  
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• Kremlin tight-lipped for third day on whether Putin will meet Zelenskyy

  14-05-2025 13:19
  
  Russian spokesperson says Turkey peace talks delegation will be announced once he has instructions from presidentRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe Kremlin is refusing for the third straight day to say if Vladimir Putin will travel to Istanbul on Thursday, or who will represent Russia at the potential peace talks, as international pressure builds on the Russian leader to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists in Moscow that he would an
  
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