Hello everyone and welcome to the Ammanpur hour.

Here's where we're headed this week.

Is Ukraine's future now tied to the war in Iran?

President Volodymya Zelensky fears it might be.

He joins me as his country gets some long-awaited and much-needed cash.

It's really the question of our life, of the surviving, of defending, so we need this money

very much.

Then, dire straits, ceasefire, but no end to the war on Iran.

Just how does the world get out of this conflict?

I asked Nate Swanson, who worked on this issue for both the Trump and Biden administrations.

Also on the program, a desperate escape from North Korea, how two brothers and their young children

reach freedom after 10 years of planning.

And the future is peace, the hope of a Palestinian and an Israeli

whose friendship was born out of such deep grief.

They join us with a profound plea for a new beginning.

Plus, with Iranian cultural gems left in ruins from my archives, how the deep history of ancient Persia fascinated the world and once lured in an unexpected tourism boom.

Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpur in London. It's been yet another no good, very bad week for President Trump,

cracks appearing in the MAGA movement at home and abroad,

a key ally in Europe, Hungary, pivoting hard towards the European Union this week

as MAGA star, Victor Orbán's successor, takes the reins.

Who's benefiting from that? Well, Ukraine

for the moment, the pro-Putin-Oban had blocked a much-needed loan. But late this week, New Hungary

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