Zelensky's crucial meeting with Trump in Washington

泽连斯基在华盛顿与特朗普的 crucial meeting(关键会晤)

Global News Podcast

2025-10-17

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President Zelensky of Ukraine is in Washington ahead of crucial talks with Donald Trump. He's expected to press for long-range Tomahawk missiles to strike Russia. Also: China's ruling Communist Party expels nine senior military officials. New Yorkers are preparing to vote for a new mayor, as a Muslim candidate emerges as the clear frontrunner. The state funeral of a revered opposition leader in Kenya. Spotify develops its own AI music tools. And the EU's top court rules that pets can be classified as 'luggage' on flights. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
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  • This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

  • This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Will Chalk and at 18 Hours GMT on the 17th of October, these are our main stories.

  • Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky are meeting face to face again.

  • It's been fiery in the past, so what does today have in store?

  • A fraud case in China leads to grave consequences for some top military officials.

  • There's two very different candidates face off to be New York's next mayor.

  • It looks like Gen Z's votes will be crucial.

  • Also in this podcast,

  • some of the biggest companies in music say they're working together on their own AI tools.

  • What do songwriters think?

  • What happens when we can sort of photocopy an artist a million times and make a million versions of their music?

  • You know, it's a slippery slope.

  • And an EU ruling about pets on planes has got some owners angry.

  • For the third time this year,

  • President Zelensky of Ukraine is in Washington for talks with President Trump.

  • The first meeting couldn't have gone worse,

  • with Mr Zelensky being publicly humiliated in the Oval Office.

  • The second was far more convivial, so what is in store this time around?

  • Mr Zelensky wants Donald Trump to agree to send American long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.