You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Monday the 17th of February.

US officials are preparing for talks with Russia over Ukraine, while the Europeans are set to hold a meeting of their own in Paris.

The Israeli Prime Minister says he's working to make President Trump's plan for the future of Gaza a reality.

And the Democratic Republic of Congo says Rwanda is ignoring calls for a ceasefire after M23 rebels seized the city of Bukavu.

Also in the podcast, a year on from the death of Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison, a defiant message from his widow.

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But he will not succeed.

And?

I tell the employees all the time, as long as you stay out of trouble, you're not going to have any trouble, as long as they don't get drunk driving or stealing or anything like that.

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The coming days could be crucial in shaping negotiations over the war in Ukraine.

US officials are due in Saudi Arabia for talks with the Russians.

Ukraine says it hasn't been invited, nor have the Europeans who hold an emergency summit of

their own in Paris.

The speed with which President Trump has upended the old consensus on European security

was underlined by the U.S. Special Envoy on Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, when asked who would

be involved in talks on ending the war.

Can you assure this audience that Ukrainians will be at the table and Europeans will be at the table?

The answer to that last question, just as you framed it, the answer is no.

The answer to the earlier part of that question is yes, of course the Ukrainians are going to be at the

table.

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