Merz urges ceasefire before three-way Ukraine-Russia-US summit | AFP

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine before a leaders' summit, contradicting US President Donald Trump's call to work for a peace deal with Russia instead. "I can't imagine that the next meeting would take place without a ceasefire, so let's work on that and let's try to put pressure on Russia," Merz says in an expanded meeting at the White House involving European leaders, Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. SOUNDBITE