Zelensky: US offered Ukraine 15-year security guarantee

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

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  The president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky says the United States has offered security guarantees against Russia lasting 15 years,

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  but he would like them to last a lot longer.

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  Elsewhere,

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  Taiwan has put its forces on high alert after China began a life-fire rehearsal of a blockade of the island.

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  And after these protests in India last week...

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  India Supreme Court stops the suspension of the life sentence given to a former regional BJP legislator

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  for raping a 17-year-old girl.

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  Also, coming up in this podcast,

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  we hear from the man who disarmed a gunman on Bondi Beach in Sydney after 15 people died when two men opened fire at a Hanukkah gathering at the famous beach location in mid-December.

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  And football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is still enjoying playing, he says,

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  and he won't stop until he scored a thousand career goals.

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  We begin with our top story and the ongoing efforts to find a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

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  The US says an agreement is getting a lot closer.

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  Moscow says negotiations are at a final stage.

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  And Ukraine's President Zelensky described recent meetings with Donald Trump as great.

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  So a lot of optimism then, but it doesn't seem to have reached the streets of Kyiv just yet.

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  That's according to these Ukrainians.

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  Unfortunately, the talks won't have an effect.

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  They're good for the people to understand what's going on, but I don't think the war will end soon.

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