Is Donald Trump Still Interested in Ukraine?
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BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at whether President Trump is still interested in Ukraine? It comes as the “coalition of the willing” of European countries meet in Brussels.
James is joined by Ukraine Correspondent, James Waterhouse in Kyiv and former UK Defence Attache to Moscow and Kyiv John Foreman.
Also, is the government about to nationalise British Steel? James and Henry discuss that and the latest government efficiency drive.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | So all week, the whole world, newscast included, has been talking about this trade war. |
| 0:10.0 | But as I think I said in one of our many tariff-related episodes, the real war in Ukraine |
| 0:15.5 | rages on. |
| 0:17.3 | And a question about that is, has Donald Trump moved on from that? |
| 0:21.3 | Or is the US president still interested in Ukraine in what's happening there? |
| 0:25.7 | Is any progress being made towards a peace deal? |
| 0:28.4 | That's what we're going to talk about on this episode of newscast. |
| 0:31.5 | Newscast from the BBC. |
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| 0:44.0 | So hurt that a miracle let us happen. Frankly, I think we need a British Trump. |
| 0:48.0 | Take me down to Downing Street. Let's go have it to work. Blimey. Hello, it's James in the studio. |
| 0:54.3 | And in the second half of this episode, |
| 0:56.1 | we're going to be talking about whether the UK government |
| 0:58.6 | is going to step in to rescue the British steel industry |
| 1:02.1 | to nationalise it potentially. |
| 1:04.0 | But right now, remember Ukraine? |
| 1:06.6 | We're going to go back to that. |
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