An Associated Press article on NBC News reports that, after a summit on avoiding exclusion from U.S.-led Ukraine peace talks, European Council President Antonio Costa says Europe will send a team of diplomats — EU officials plus the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Poland — to the next round. Leaders fear being sidelined as Washington and Moscow negotiate; Macron, Zelenskyy, Kushner, Tusk, Merz, Meloni, Kallas and Peskov weigh in on who should speak for Europe, with Putin due to meet Trump in Beijing.