内容摘要："I don't know - it's difficult for me to say," he said. "I don't know what relationships he's got, I don't know how many conversations he's had."

"I don't know - it's difficult for me to say," he said. "I don't know what relationships he's got, I don't know how many conversations he's had."

Hampshire initially denied all charges, but changed his pleas to guilty in April this year.Wildfires have broken out in several locations across a county during a day of dry and sunny weather.

Kris Shortland, who was visiting family in Ulverston, Cumbria, said he was taking a "leisurely walk" along the beach at Walney Island at about 15:45 BST when he noticed flames and a large plume of smoke.Walney Fire Station issued a statement reporting the blaze was brought under control in about two hours, but small hotspots remained.Witnesses also reported fires in locations further up the coast, including ones between Whitehaven and Sellafield which disrupted train services on the coast rail line between Carlisle and Barrow.

Mr Shortland said the wildfire he encountered was in the grass and gorse at the back of a golf club and several fire engines had been present.It looked like "a large smoke plume" which was heading out to sea, he said.

"It spread rather quickly."

Yvonne Hey said she saw a wildfire close to the rail line at Nethertown, a small village on the Irish Sea coast.Washington has been trying to broker a deal between the two sides, but the Donald Trump administration has

Putin is keen to create the impression that Russia is serious about seeking peace - and he is keen for Trump to hear that message given Ukraine has accepted Washington's proposal for a more lasting 30-day ceasefire.It comes after the US president expressed annoyance with Russia's continued attacks on Ukraine.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, and currently controls about 20% Ukraine's territory, including the southern Crimea peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people - the vast majority of them soldiers - have been killed or injured on all sides since 2022.