How do Alaskans feel about the Trump-Putin summit?

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

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  I'm Valerie Sanderson, and we're recording this edition at 13 hours GMT on Friday,

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  the 15th of August.

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  Our main stories.

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  President Trump is en route to Alaska to meet Vladimir Putin for talks on the Ukraine war,

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  an encounter he called high stakes before he departed from Washington.

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  Meanwhile,

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  pro-Ukraine demonstrators in Alaska are outraged by the absence of President Zelensky at the summit.

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  As we record this podcast,

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  we're just hours away from the highly anticipated meeting between Donald Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine.

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  Shortly before President Trump departed Washington for the summit in Alaska,

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  he posted two words on social media.

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  High stakes.

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  And the rest of the world is in agreement.

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  A major concern is the potential for Russia to be offered territorial gains in return

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