US threatens to walk away from Ukraine peace talks

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Janet Jalil and at 13 Hours GMT on Friday the 18th of April, these are our main stories.

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  The US threatens to walk away from Ukraine peace talks if real progress isn't made within days.

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  Also in this podcast,

• 00:33

  what will the new Islamic-led government in Syria mean for religious minorities?

• 00:39

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  The priority for us is to learn music, theatre, how to film.

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  It is more important than building a mosque.

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  And could it be a game-changer, the artificial heart transplanted into a small boy in China?

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  But first, time is running out to agree a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

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  Donald Trump famously promised to end the war within a day if he became US president.

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  But having failed to extract any major concessions from Russia,

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  Mr Trump has recently been showing growing signs of frustration.

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  And this week again blamed Ukraine for starting the war.

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  Now his top diplomat, Marco Rubio,

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  has warned that if there isn't real progress soon, America will simply walk away.

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  This despite Ukraine taking the first step towards signing a controversial minerals deal with the US.

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