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I'm Crassie Ivanova-Twick from the Global Jigsaw podcast from the BBC,
where we are talking Persian poetry in politics.
With its abundance of lovers and wine,
Persian poetry sits uneasily with Iran's theocratic rulers,
yet occasionally even they turn to theirs.
We ask why.
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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
I'm James Menendez.
And we're going to begin the program today with Ukraine,
and what looks like a possible concession from President Zelensky on the hugely sensitive issue of trading territory for peace as the war grinds on towards a fifth year.
Russia has de facto control of a large swathe of eastern and southeastern Ukraine,
but ceding sovereignty, redrawing Ukraine's borders, would be a step too far for many Ukrainians.
However,
Mr Zelensky revealed today that a compromise has been discussed with American negotiators in the latest 20-point peace plan agreed by the US and Ukraine at the weekend in Florida.
He said there was a plan to create a demilitarized zone in eastern Ukraine.
This is his statement voiced up by one of our producers.