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There's often talk of political earthquakes, and then there are real earthquakes.

What you heard then was a bit of both, because that explosion, which happened 300 miles inside Russia as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack, did actually register on earthquake monitoring equipment. Such was the force of the blast

in a town called Torrapets, which is a huge weapons and ammunition dump for the Russians that Ukraine

successfully targeted. Two and a half years on, there is a lot of talk about some kind of ceasefire

deal, peace, frozen conflict, but what would it look like? Welcome to the newsagents.

The Newsagents. It's John, home alone. Again, Lewis on holiday, mateless doing other things,

me manning the fort bravely. And of course, have you booked your tickets

yet for the Royal Albert Hall on December 1st? What you haven't? Get on to it right now. Go to Global Player

where you will find all the information about the tickets. Global Player, if you don't already have it,

is free to download. Tickets maybe not quite as free. But we're going to talk on

today's episode about the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Two and a half years on, probably in excess of

200,000 dead on both sides, well over a million people who have been injured as a result of Russia's

invasion of Ukraine,

and now Ukraine's fight back targeting sites inside Russia.

And so we want to spend a lot of time on this episode talking about what any peace deal might look like.

And of course, one of the biggest determinants may not be what happens on the

battlefield, but what happens on November 5th in America and who becomes the next president.

Now, Donald Trump twice asked during the debate, did he want Ukraine to win, wouldn't answer the question.

He just says that Biden, Harris, the West have been weak and Putin is ruling the roost.

Putin endorsed her last week, said, I hope she wins.

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