Putin to visit the U.S. for historic talks. Here’s what’s at stake.

普京将访问美国进行历史性会谈。以下是这场会谈的要点。

Apple News Today

2025-08-11

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Putin is set to visit the U.S. for the first time in a decade, to discuss Ukraine with Trump. Critics are worried Ukraine will be carved up without Zelenskyy present. BBC News reports. Caitlin Dickerson with The Atlantic reports on Congress’s decision to allocate an unprecedented sum of money to immigration enforcement, and how it might be spent. Nurses are being driven from their profession by violence in the emergency room. Kyra Breslin reports for Women’s Health. Plus, what we know about the shooter who opened fire on a CDC headquarters, Israel killed Al Jazeera journalists and claimed one was tied to Hamas, and the meteorite that pierced through a Georgia roof may have been older than the Earth. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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  • Good morning. It's Monday, August 11th.

  • I'm Shamita Basu.

  • This is Apple News Today.

  • On today's show, how ICE is spending its check from Congress,

  • burnt-out nurses are facing more violence in the workplace,

  • and scientists make a surprising discovery after studying a meteorite that pierced through the roof of a home in Georgia.

  • But first,

  • to the upcoming meeting between President Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,

  • scheduled to happen this week on Friday in Alaska.

  • It'll be the first time Putin has met with a U.S. president since the war began,

  • and the first time Putin has stepped foot on American soil for a decade.

  • Here's what we know and don't know about this week's meetup and what it might mean for the war in Ukraine.

  • First, it's still unclear who exactly will be there.

  • Right now, this is scheduled as a one-on-one, reportedly as per Putin's request.

  • There is no planned Ukrainian presence at the moment,

  • but the U.S. is leaving the door open to President Volodymyr Zelensky attending.

  • Vice President J.D. Vance addressed this on Sunday, speaking to Fox News.

  • Vladimir Putin said that he would never sit down with Zelensky,

  • the head of Ukraine, and the president has now got that to change.

  • We're at a point now where we're now trying to figure out, frankly,