Trump to Fox News, earlier:

This is really setting the table today. We're going to have another meeting if things work out, which will be very soon.

B-2 stealth bomber over Alaska.

The clearest footage showing a B-2 bomber flying over Trump and Putin.

Meeting between Trump and Putin has begun.

Trump and Putin's meeting will be on "three on three" format.

🇺🇸: Trump, Rubio and Witkoff
🇷🇺: Putin, Lavrov and Ushakov

Reporter: President Putin, why should Trump trust you? Will you commit to not killing any more civilians?

Putin: (Nothing)

The Kremlin shows footage of the beginning of the meeting between Putin and Trump.

Putin's facial expressions.

Trump had previously said he would “leave very quickly” if he saw Putin wasn’t serious. The meeting has now been underway for more than 30 minutes.

NEW: YPG/SDF besieged the Arab-populated towns of Granij and Kashqiya in Deir Ezzor.

Source: Al Jazeera

NEW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he expected that the U.S. would lift some sanctions on Russia after the meeting between Putin and Trump.

“They will definitely lift them off someone, that’s for sure.”

Many leaders in European capitals were still holding their breath, nervous that once Putin and Trump were in the same room, the outcome could veer sharply in Russia’s favor.

Source: Washington Post

NEW: Russian Defense Minister Belousov will take part in the negotiations between Putin and Trump in an expanded format.

Russian Foreign Ministry Spox. Zakharova:

Western media... for three years they talked about Russia's isolation, and today they saw the red carpet with which the Russian President was welcomed in the US.

NEW: According to Syrian media outlets’ reports clashes between the Internal Security Forces and Israeli backed Al-Hijri militias on Qarasa and Dama axes in the west of the governorate.

Fox News: Hillary Clinton says if you can get a peace deal, she'll nominate you for the Nobel Peace Prize...

Trump: I may have to start liking her again.

In Alaska, preparations are underway for the press conference of Putin and Trump.

NEW: President Trump, Marco Rubio, and Steve Witkoff are still meeting behind closed doors with President Putin and the Russian delegation at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

NEW: Syrian Army repelled an infiltration attempt by SDF militias in the village of Al-Bouhamad in Maadan sub-district, east of Raqqa.