Intense diplomacy ahead of Trump-Putin meeting

特朗普-普京会晤前的紧张外交

Newshour

2025-08-13

42 分钟
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European leaders are holding talks with Ukraine's President Zelensky ahead of a Trump-Putin summit on Friday. We hear about the latest developments on the frontline in Ukraine. Also in the programme: Will a $5m bounty help capture Haiti's most powerful gang leader? And how toothpaste made from hair could help repair teeth. (Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) attend an online meeting with other European leaders to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 13 August 2025. Credit: John Macdougall/Pool/ EPA/Shutterstock)
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.

  • We're coming to you live from London.

  • I'm Krupa Bhatti and it's very good to have you with us.

  • Coming up today,

  • will a $5 million bounty lead to the capture of the most wanted gang leader in Haiti?

  • Also, how chemicals from your hair could make your teeth healthier?

  • And how smart eyewear could help with hearing difficulties?

  • But first, he is a man in high demand.

  • It seems everyone is trying to get a piece of President Trump ahead of that face-to-face,

  • one-to-one meeting with President Trump on Friday in Alaska.

  • European leaders, including President Zelensky, are meeting across the day,

  • holding virtual talks, including with President Trump,

  • stressing the need to protect Ukraine's interests.

  • And whilst Mr Trump has spoken of some potential sopping of land between Russia and Ukraine,

  • the latter and its European allies insist that there will be no redrawing of the country's borders by force.

  • So is Ukraine being sidelined?

  • Not according to Fred Flights,

  • who was chief of staff for Donald Trump's National Security Council during his first term.

  • I note that President Trump and his administration are going to extraordinary means to make sure that there are close consultations to get the positions of Europe and Ukraine.

  • But Trump has met repeatedly one-on-one with Zelensky.