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Hello and welcome to World Today.
I'm Ding Han in Beijing.
Coming up, delegations from Russia and Ukraine meet in the city of Istanbul for peace talks.
Iran says major curves on the country's nuclear program is possible in exchange for sanctions relief.
Australia's Prime Minister Albanese is in Indonesia as part of his first international trip
since his re-election.
And we are going to take a look at how China is injecting fresh liquidity into market through RRR cut.
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First up,
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not on the list of negotiators for direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul.
Putin proposed a meeting and has approved the composition of the Russian delegation led by Presidential Aide Volodymyr Medinsky.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has challenged Putin to meet him in person in Turkey.
U.S.
President Donald Trump, in the meantime, is also not joining these Russian-Ukraine negotiations.
According to sources, Senior American Envoy Steve Whitakoff and Case Kellogg are both in Istanbul.
So joining us now on the line is Dr. Zhang Xin,