Lengthy Talks, No Progress

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Despite five hours of talks between Russia and the US, they failed to reach an agreement for ending the war in Ukraine. Both President Zelensky and NATO officials say that Putin shows no sign of making "meaningful concessions. Julianne Smith was Ambassador to NATO under President Biden, including during Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. She joins the show from Washington DC. Also on today's show: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert; Republican Senator Bill Cassidy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	Leader of Russia because he really doesn't want to finish this war.
0:15.0	And the Kremlin accuses Europe of scuttling a pro-Russia peace plan.
0:20.0	But as predicted, nothing was achieved between Putin and Trump's closest envoys after
0:25.1	marathon talks in Moscow.
0:27.4	Former U.S. ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, joins us.
0:31.3	Then...
0:32.3	My brother is missing.
0:33.3	Anyone who saw...
0:34.1	My cousin went missing yesterday in Zakeem.
0:36.5	Ahab Adal Mansour, 16 years old, went missing in the Zikkim area.
0:41.3	Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, the Palestinians who went missing while trying to
0:46.7	get aid at the Israel-Gaza border, Jeremy Diamond investigates.
0:51.3	And...
0:52.3	There are atrocities committed every day by Jews which is shameful
0:55.8	and unbearable and as I said unforgivable settler violence on the rise again in
1:01.7	the West Bank former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert joins me to share a stark
1:06.8	warning plus my life has been dedicated to making sure that all Americans have access to adequate
1:13.0	health care. Health care under attack in America, Republican Senator and qualified Dr. Bill Cassidy
1:19.8	talks to Walter Isaacson about the threat to crucial benefits and his proposal to save them. Welcome to the program, everyone.
1:30.3	Welcome to the program, everyone.
1:48.1	I'm Christiana Manpur in London.
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