Paul Moss

But

Ukraine is refusing to roll over.

Vladimir Zelensky here in Berlin today said, yeah, he's willing to compromise on some things.

He's no longer insisting on NATO membership as part of a peace deal, but he is insisting on getting cast iron security guarantees from his allies, including the US, to make sure that Russia doesn't invade again.

Now, talks here...

with US negotiators were so intense that we're told they're going to roll over into tomorrow morning.

And I tell you who else is coming here tomorrow, and that is a big list of big European names.

Emmanuel Macron of France, Sakhir Starmer, the Danish, the Swedish, the Dutch prime ministers, I'm told, the Polish prime minister, NATO secretary general, all of them to hold Volodymyr Zelensky's hand?

No, it's because they are convinced this isn't just about Ukrainian sovereignty going forward.

It's about the future security of Europe.

The host of this meeting, the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, says this is a Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and against the rest of Europe.

These European leaders are worried that if there is a peace deal that's too soft on Russia, then Vladimir Putin will come back for more.

And while this diplomatic ping pong continues, of course, so does the war on the ground in Ukraine, claiming more and more lives.

Katja Adler in Berlin.

There's a new site in Rio de Janeiro that's pulling in the crowds, a giant palm tree.

What's so special, you may ask?

Well, this particular species is native to southern India and Sri Lanka and was replanted in the Brazilian city 60 years ago.

And all these decades later, the tree is for the first time producing flowers.

Professor Bill Baker is an expert on palms at Kew Botanic Gardens in London.

had explained why this tree, and indeed its sudden transformation into bloom, is so special.