Trump says Zelensky can end Russia war 'if he wants to'

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

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  I'm Julia McFarlane and at 13 hours GMT on Monday the 18th of August, these are our main stories.

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  Donald Trump says Ukraine's President Zelensky could end the war with Russia almost immediately

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  if he wanted.

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  The two men will hold talks at the White House later today.

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  The Palestinian Prime Minister visits the Rafah border crossing alongside Egypt's foreign minister to highlight the difficulties of getting aid into Gaza.

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  Also in this podcast, we hear from the West Bank,

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  where Palestinian villagers and farmers are coming under attack from Israeli settlers.

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  Fear is natural, but there is something stronger than fear that drives me to stay here.

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  The scent of my ancestors and an attachment dating back hundreds of years.

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  In a few hours, European leaders will join the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,

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  who's in Washington for a high-stakes meeting at the White House over the future of the war in Ukraine.

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  It comes just three days after President Trump warmly greeted Russia's Vladimir Putin on the red carpet in Alaska.

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  In remarks on social media,

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  Mr Trump insisted that Mr Zelensky could end the war with Russia almost immediately if he wanted to.

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  He also appeared to rule out NATO membership.

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  But his special envoy Steve Witkoff says Russia has made concessions over Western security guarantees.

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  Putin has said that a red flag is NATO admission.

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  And so what we were discussing was,

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  assuming the Ukrainians could agree to that and could live with that,

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