Intense diplomacy ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
European leaders are holding talks with Ukraine's President Zelensky ahead of a Trump-Putin summit on Friday. We hear about the latest developments on the frontline in Ukraine. Also in the programme: Will a $5m bounty help capture Haiti's most powerful gang leader? And how toothpaste made from hair could help repair teeth. (Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) attend an online meeting with other European leaders to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 13 August 2025. Credit: John Macdougall/Pool/ EPA/Shutterstock)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. We're coming to you live from London. |
| 0:09.8 | I'm Kruppar Bhati and it's very good to have you with us. Coming up today, will a $5 million |
| 0:15.2 | bounty lead to the capture of the most wanted gang leader in Haiti? Also, how chemicals from your hair could make your |
| 0:22.6 | teeth healthier and how smart eyewear could help with hearing difficulties. But first, he is a man |
| 0:30.4 | in high demand. It seems everyone is trying to get a piece of President Trump ahead of that |
| 0:35.9 | face-to-face one-to-one meeting |
| 0:38.0 | with President Trump on Friday in Alaska. |
| 0:41.0 | European leaders, including President Zelensky, a meeting across the day holding virtual |
| 0:45.6 | talks, including with President Trump, stressing the need to protect Ukraine's interests. |
| 0:50.9 | And whilst Mr. Trump has spoken of some potential sopping of land between Russia and |
| 0:55.3 | Ukraine, the latter and its European allies insist that there will be no redrawing of the |
| 1:01.1 | country's borders by force. So is Ukraine being sidelined? Not according to Fred Flights, |
| 1:07.4 | who was chief of staff of Donald Trump's National Security Council during his first |
| 1:11.3 | term. I note that President Trump and his administration are going to extraordinary means |
| 1:16.5 | to make sure that there are close consultations to get the positions of Europe and Ukraine. |
| 1:22.3 | But Trump has met repeatedly 101 with Zelensky. There's no harm in him meeting 101 with Putin. |
| 1:28.6 | And look, Ukraine is not the only issue that Trump and Putin will be talking about. |
| 1:33.2 | Russian and American president should be talking and meeting frequently to promote global |
| 1:38.5 | security. |
| 1:39.8 | Meeting with Putin is not a concession. |
| 1:41.5 | It is a requirement of good statesmanship. |
| 1:44.1 | It is Joe Biden who hurt |
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