2025-08-21
30 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Ankur Desai and at 13 hours GMT on Thursday the 21st of August, these are our main stories.
The Ukrainian president says the latest large-scale Russian attacks are further proof that Moscow has no desire to end the war.
German prosecutors say a Ukrainian man has been arrested in connection with the sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines from three years ago.
And Israel has continued its bombardment of suburbs of Gaza City.
Also in this podcast,
doctors warn about so-called AI psychosis that's relying so heavily on chatbots that you believe imaginary things are real.
We as professionals and doctors may start having to ask people when we see them in clinic how much AI they're using,
how it's affecting their lives, just like we would for smoking alcohol, you know.
Russia has launched its biggest attack on Ukraine in weeks.
Hundreds of drones and missiles hit multiple targets across Ukraine.
The attacks come as Europe and NATO discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and plan for a potential meeting between Presidents Zelensky and Putin.
The US Vice President J.D.
Vance has said that Europe would be expected to play the leading role in guaranteeing Ukraine's security in the event of any deal to end Russia's war against them.
But the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has made clear that such security guarantees mustn't include any presence of European troops in Ukraine.
As discussions between the West and Ukraine currently show,
all these plans are essentially about providing guarantees for intervention.
foreign military intervention in some part of Ukrainian territory.
And I hope strongly that those who are entertaining such plans,
whether they are simply trying to attract attention or not,