Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the United States is taking action to stop the war in Ukraine, in a meeting with Russian top officials ahead of Friday’s summit in Alaska with US President Donald Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the United States was making "sincere efforts" to halt the war in Ukraine and suggested Moscow and Washington could agree a nuclear arms deal as part of a wider effort to strengthen peace.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that he could be willing to make a nuclear deal with President Donald Trump just ahead of the two leaders' high-stakes talk in Alaska.

The Swiss government has presented draft legislation to end its ban on building new nuclear power plants, reversing a policy adopted in 2018 to phase out the technology.

Since its inception, nuclear energy has faced a host of opposition, from oil conglomerates to well-intentioned anti-nuclear-weapons activists to environmental groups. As it turns out, even ocean critters are getting in on the movement.

A nuclear power plant in northern France hit by a jellyfish invasion was getting back online on Wednesday, operator EDF said, with service restored at the first of four closed reactors.