Zelenskyy says he and Trump share ‘common view’ on Ukraine war
Joanna Walters
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken after his meeting in New York with Donald Trump and says the two men had a “very productive” talk.
He said the two thoroughly reviewed the situation in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion more than 2.5 years ago and “thoroughly reviewed” the consequences or war, Reuters reports.
We share the common view that the war in Ukraine must be stoped. Putin cannot win. Ukrainians must prevail,” Zelenskyy said.
It’s unclear if he and Trump reached a genuine consensus behind the scenes. Trump, the Republican nominee for president, has been making magic-wand type claims that if he wins the White House he’ll have a peace agreement that all sides will like very quickly.
But he has previously talked in terms that implied he would allow Russia to prevail over what it has already claimed.
Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic rival for the White House, warned yesterday after meeting with Zelenskyy that he should not accept “proposals of surrender”, without mentioning Trump but clearly signaling in his direction.
Key events
Interim summary
Hello again, US politics live blog readers, it’s an extremely dynamic news day and there is a lot more to come, so stick around and we’ll bring you all the main developments as they happen.
Here’s where things stand:
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The US justice department unsealed criminal charges on Friday against three Iranian operatives accused of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and disseminating the stolen information to media outlets.
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Later this afternoon, Kamala Harris will arrive in Arizona for election campaign events. She’s currently en route from Washington, DC, to Tucson. Shortly after landing in Tucson the US vice president and Democratic nominee for president will make her way to the US-Mexico border.
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are tied among voters in North Carolina, a new poll shows. The CNN poll released today and conducted from the 20 to 25 September, shows Harris and Trump both receiving 48% of the support among likely voters in North Carolina.
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New York City mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty to corruption charges when he appeared in court in Manhattan. He denies federal bribery and fraud charges. The mayor’s arraignment began just after noon local time at a federal courthouse in New York. It is the first time that a sitting mayor of the city has been charged with crimes.
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Donald Trump had a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York today. Appearing on Fox News afterwards, Trump told reporters that he wants a “fair deal for everybody” and also said that he “learned a lot” during his meeting. Zelenskyy, for his part, said: “We need to do everything to pressure” Russia’s Vladimir Putin to “stop this war”.
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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared together at Trump Tower in New York. “It’s an honor to have the president with us, and he’s been through a lot,” Trump said, referring to Zelenskyy, who was standing next to him. “He’s going through a tremendous amount,” Trump said. The former president, who is running again this November, claims he can bring about a peace agreement that both sides will approve of. He has not said how.
Justice department charges three Iranian operatives over hacking Trump campaign
The US justice department unsealed criminal charges on Friday against three Iranian operatives accused of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and disseminating the stolen information to media outlets.
Harris and Trump tied in North Carolina – CNN poll
A new CNN poll released today shows Kamala Harris and Donald Trump tied among voters in North Carolina.
The poll, conducted from the 20th to 25th of September, shows Harris and Trump both receiving 48% of the support among likely voters in North Carolina.
Trump currently leads Harris among White likely voters in the state, according to the CNN poll, and Harris is now leading Trump among Black likely voters.
The defense lawyer for Eric Adams said that he will be filing a motion next week to dismiss the charges.
The arraignment on Friday lasted less than 30 minutes. Adams and his lawyer have now been escorted out of the courtroom, according to reports.
Eric Adams has pleaded not guilty all five charges in the indictment, which included wire fraud, bribery, two counts of receiving campaign contributions from a foreign national, and conspiracy.
He is due back in court on Wednesday for a case conference.
New York City mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to corruption charges
Adams has pleaded not guilty to federal bribery and fraud charges.
The mayor’s arraignment began just after noon local time at a federal courthouse in New York.
Earlier this week, Adams became the first sitting mayor of New York City to be criminally charged while in office in modern history, when he was indicted on bribery and fraud charges.
Since his indictment, the mayor has faced calls to resign from New York representatives including Jerry Nadler and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as several from New York City officials and leaders.
Trump says he wants ‘fair deal for everybody’ after meeting with Zelenskyy
As Eric Adams, Mayor of New York City, waits to appear at his arraignment at a federal court in Lower Manhattan, uptown, former president Donald Trump has seemingly just wrapped up his meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Appearing on Fox News after the highly anticipated meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy, Trump told reporters that he wants a “fair deal for everybody.”
Trump, appearing with Zelenskyy on Fox News, also said that he “learned a lot” during his meeting with Zelenskyy on Friday.
“We need to do everything to pressure” Vladimir Putin to “stop this war”, Zelenskyy added.
When asked whether there will be another meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy, Trump said that it could “very well happen.”
At the end of the appearance on Fox, Zelenskyy turned to Trump and invited him to come to Ukraine, to which Trump said he would, adding “it’s a beautiful country, beautiful weather, beautiful everything.”
Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, was indicted on bribery and fraud charges this week and is scheduled to be arraigned today at noon local time, where he will enter a plea.
Earlier this morning, Adams was seen entering a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan.
Adams has maintained that he is innocent, and is expected to enter a plea of not guilty.
According to the New York Times, the judge overseeing the case has also set a second hearing for Wednesday, which will be to discuss the trial schedule, among other things.
In a statement posted on social media, Representative Jerry Nadler, who serves New York’s 12th congressional district which covers parts of New York City, responded to the indictment of New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, on foreign bribery and corruption charges, and called on him to resign.
“While the charges outlined in the indictment by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York are very serious, Mayor Adams deserves the right to due process and to be treated as presumed innocent until proven guilty” Nadler said.
Nadler added that he believes that Adams has “lost the ability to effectively lead the City of New York and therefore, he must resign”.
On Thursday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also of New York, also called on Adams to resign, saying that she cannot see how Adams “can continue governing New York City”.
Adams arrived in court this morning for his arraignment.
Ahead of Kamala Harris’s visit to US-Mexico border in Arizona today, her presidential campaign released a new ad on Thursday focused on immigration.
The ad highlights Harris’s past experience prosecuting drug traffickers and cartel members.
“She will secure our border,” the narrator says in the video, adding that if elected, Harris plans to “hire thousands more border agents, enforce the law, and step up technology and stop fentanyl smuggling and human trafficking”.
Harris’s visit to the border today comes as several polls show that when it comes to immigration, voters appear to think that former president Donald Trump would do a better job at securing the southern border than Harris.