2025-07-14
27 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Nick Miles and at 13 hours GMT on Monday, the 14th of July, these are our main stories.
A U-turn from Donald Trump over critical air defence systems for Ukraine.
Meanwhile, his envoys in Kiev ahead of what the president said would be a major statement on Russia.
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We start this edition in Ukraine,
where President Zelensky and the US envoy Keith Kellogg have met in Kiev.
Pictures show the two men shaking hands across a table with beaming smiles.
It comes after Sunday's announcement by President Trump that the US would provide Kiev with key military equipment,
including Patriot air defences.
He made the announcement at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington.
I haven't agreed on the number yet, but they're going to have some.
because they do need protection, but the European Union is paying for it.
We're not paying anything for it, but we will send it.
It'll be business for us, and we will send them patriots,
which they desperately need, because Putin really surprised a lot of people.
He talks nice, and then he bombs everybody in the evening.