How do Alaskans feel about the Trump-Putin summit?

Global News Podcast

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Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.2 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Hundreds of pro-Ukraine demonstrators in Alaska have been showing their unhappiness about the absence of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the summit in their state between Presidents Trump and Putin. Mr Trump is travelling to Alaska for the meeting that could prove decisive for the future of Ukraine. Before departing Washington, he posted the words "HIGH STAKES!!! on social media. Also: Two years of negotiations to develop a global plastic pollution treaty have ended in failure, and the robot athletes going for gold in China.

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0:00.0	This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:04.5	I'm Valerie Sanderson and we're recording this edition at 13 hours GMT on Friday the 15th of August.
0:11.6	Our main stories. President Trump is en route to Alaska to meet Vladimir Putin for talks on the Ukraine war.
0:17.8	An encounter he called high stakes before he departed from Washington.
0:23.0	Meanwhile, pro-Ukraine demonstrators in Alaska are outraged by the absence of President Zelensky
0:28.8	at the summit. Negotiations develop a global plastic pollution treaty collapse, prompting anger
0:34.7	from several countries.
0:44.6	Also in this podcast, Japan commemorates the 80th anniversary of its World War II surrender.
0:50.2	And if we can spot these recycling faults and protein clumps early, we might be able to find pancreatic cancer sooner and treat it better.
0:52.4	Scientists unlock more clues about a cancer notoriously tricky to diagnose.
1:02.4	As we record this podcast, we're just hours away from the highly anticipated meeting
1:07.1	between Donald Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war on Ukraine.
1:12.5	Shortly before President Trump departed Washington for the summit in Alaska, he posted two
1:17.3	words on social media, high stakes. And the rest of the world is in agreement. A major concern is
1:23.7	the potential for Russia to be offered territorial gains in return for ending the war.
1:29.5	This will be the first time in a decade that Vladimir Putin has set foot on American soil.
1:34.5	Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, around 1,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Alaska.
1:41.5	In the state's larger city, Anchage, hundreds of protesters waved Ukrainian
1:45.4	flags and banners reading, I am with Ukraine. These demonstrators were outraged that the Ukrainian
1:51.5	president, Volodymyr Zelensky, hadn't been invited to the talks. I think he should be here.
1:57.6	Should be there at the table. I think he was appalling how he was treated by our president when they spoke last, but I think he should be here. It should be there at the table. I view it was appalling how he was treated by our president
2:01.9	when they spoke last, but I think he should be here. It's all about, it's about his country.
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