Conversation peace: can Europe bargain with Russia?
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The Economist
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🗓️ 3 March 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
European leaders met in London this weekend after Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky’s public row shattered hopes for a US-led truce in Ukraine. What did the summit achieve? Our correspondent visits Mexico’s border to find out if strengthened force will stem the flow of fentanyl to America (9:46). And remembering Muhsin Hendricks, the world’s first openly gay imam (17:37).
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:10.3 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm your host, Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:16.1 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 0:24.9 | Thank you. day, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. The fentanyl trade from Mexico to the US has wrecked lives in both countries. Our correspondent |
| 0:30.8 | asks whether a proposal to beef up forces on the Mexican side of the border will really |
| 0:35.9 | stem the flow of drugs. |
| 0:39.3 | And Muson Hendrix, the world's first openly gay imam, opened a mosque in Karachi to provide |
| 0:45.3 | a safe space for Muslims struggling to reconcile their faith with their sexuality. |
| 0:50.3 | Our obitur's editor remembers him. |
| 1:16.2 | First up, though, there was a particular urgency to this weekend's meeting of European leaders in London about the future of Ukraine. |
| 1:27.2 | Things don't look good for the prospects of a negotiated peace after Friday's extraordinary public row in the Oval Office between Donald Trump and Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky. |
| 1:29.0 | You're not in a good position. |
| 1:31.1 | You don't have the cards right now. |
| 1:32.9 | With us, you start having cards. |
| 1:34.6 | Right now, you don't think. |
| 1:35.2 | You're playing cards. |
| 1:37.0 | You're playing cards. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. |
| 1:39.9 | You're gambling with World War III. |
| 1:42.6 | You're gambling with World War III. You're gambling with World War III. |
| 1:45.6 | The summit in London, said Britain's Prime Minister Kirstama was a chance to work on a peace plan |
| 1:50.4 | led by Europe. |
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