Q&A: Trump & King Charles, Russian oil and a lesson on drones
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
As Donald Trump is afforded a royal welcome by the United Kingdom, many are seeing his unprecedented second state visit as a test of whether soft power diplomacy still works. The trip comes as Washington insists it will only apply additional sanctions against Moscow if Europe stops buying Russian oil. So can Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer get the US president to change his position?
This week, Jamie and Vitaly are joined by the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent James Landale, who has been observing events in Windsor where King Charles III hosted President Trump.
Today’s episode is presented by Jamie Coomarasamy and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Laurie Kalus and Julia Webster. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The executive producer was Lewis Vickers. The series producer is Chris Flynn. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | It's 1,303 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:12.2 | And this week, Donald Trump has been here in the UK on an unprecedented second-state visit, |
| 0:17.6 | as Prime Minister Sakeir Stama royally ramped up the charm in his attempts to win round |
| 0:22.3 | the US President with just a little help from King Charles. |
| 0:26.4 | In two world wars, we fought together to defeat the forces of tyranny. |
| 0:34.0 | Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand together in support of Ukraine |
| 0:43.7 | to deter aggression and secure peace. |
| 0:48.3 | Observers in Kiev will be hoping that all the pomp and ceremony go some way towards |
| 0:52.5 | softening Mr Trump's resolve to only introduce |
| 0:55.8 | new sanctions against Moscow once Europe stops buying Russian oil. In a prime time interview on |
| 1:02.5 | British television on Sky News, Volodymy Zelensky insisted the US should be strong enough to go |
| 1:07.8 | it alone on sanctions, rhetoric that was echoed by a growing number of Republican senators |
| 1:13.0 | who are reportedly becoming tired of American inaction. |
| 1:17.2 | And with events in guards are expected to dominate the agenda |
| 1:20.2 | at the UN General Assembly, Unger, in New York next week. |
| 1:24.0 | The Ukrainian president will hope the UK and others |
| 1:26.5 | can keep Ukraine on the mind of |
| 1:29.1 | key decision makers in Washington. Well, as always, our team are here to answer all of your |
| 1:34.3 | questions on where we stand after a week of soft power diplomacy. That's coming up on |
| 1:39.8 | Ukrainecast. Ukraine cast from BBC News. Life is not safe in Ukraine, nowhere in Ukraine. |
| 1:46.5 | We've had three years of bloody conflict now. |
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