This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Jeanette Jalil, in the early hours of Wednesday the 19th of March, these are our main stories.

In a much-anticipated phone call with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin has rejected an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine,

but agreed to halt Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.

Amid international outrage over Israeli strikes on Gaza that have reportedly killed more

than 400 people, Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says this is just the beginning.

Two NASA astronauts who've been stranded in space for nine months

have landed safely back on Earth. Also in this podcast, an Italian newspaper says it's become

the first in the world to offer a daily edition produced by artificial intelligence. Tuesday's

inaugural edition provides a scathing look at President Trump

and a selection of AI-generated letters from supposed readers.

It was a highly anticipated phone call.

We begin today at the White House,

where a high-stakes phone call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a White House advisor.

We are following some breaking news in Washington. In a statement out moments ago, the White House says, quote, the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire.

In the course of a lengthy conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin,

the Russian president agreed to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days,

but stopped short of agreeing to the unconditional 30-day ceasefire that the US had been calling for.

Ukraine's leader, Vladimir Zelensky, said his country had always supported a truce on attacking energy infrastructure,

but that Russia wasn't ready to end the war.

We'll support any proposals that lead to a sustainable, just peace.

But for this, we have to understand what's at stake.

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