2025-12-04
27 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Celia Hatton, and in the early hours of Thursday,
the 4th of December, these are our main stories.
The back-and-forth negotiations on the US-backed peace plan for Ukraine will continue on Thursday with talks between Washington and Kiev.
The doctor,
who sold the drug catamine to the friend star Matthew Perry weeks before his fatal overdose,
has been sentenced to 30 months in prison.
Also in this podcast, India prepares to welcome President Putin.
On the agenda now is everything, from new defence deals to a rethink of energy ties with Moscow,
all while India tries to walk their diplomatic tightrope with the US.
We look at the geopolitics behind the visit.
The last few weeks have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity as the Trump administration tries to secure backing for its latest plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
On Thursday, all eyes will be on Florida, where the U.S.
Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, will meet Ukraine's top negotiator, Rustam Umarov.
They'll discuss the outcome of Tuesday's meeting in Moscow between President Putin, Mr.
Wittkopf, and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Those talks failed to produce any breakthrough, although the Kremlin described them as productive.
Speaking at the Oval Office, here was Donald Trump's assessment of those Moscow talks.
I don't know what the Kremlin's doing.
I can tell you that they had a reasonably good meeting with President Putin.