2025-08-19
11 分钟This is a special edition of the Global News Podcast with an update on the US-Ukraine talks in Washington.
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.
We're recording this at 1.30 GMT on Tuesday the 19th of August.
Donald Trump says he's begun arrangements for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky.
He was speaking after talks with the Ukrainian president at the White House.
President Trump also said the US could be involved in security guarantees for Ukraine.
European leaders at the meeting stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire.
But how will Russia respond?
Three days after the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska,
it was Vladimir Zelensky's turn to put his case to the US president.
The Ukrainian leader was joined at the White House by a heavyweight European delegation.
And it seems to have worked.
There was no repeat of the bust-up scene when Mr Zelensky visited the Oval Office in February.
In fact,
the reporter who'd berated him
for wearing military fatigues last time was full of praise for his smart outfit.
President Zelensky, you look fabulous in that suit.
I said the same thing.
Yeah, you look good.
I said the same thing.