Russia continues bombing as peace talks with Ukraine begin
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
With little optimism about the outcome of the latest peace talks, Ukraine says it will focus on military matters. Its team said it's trying to get a sense of what Moscow and Washington were "really ready for." Also: dozens are feared to have been killed by gunmen in central Nigeria. Walmart becomes the first "traditional firm" to become worth more than one trillion dollars. Water shortages worsen in parts of South Africa, with people fearing the prospect of "day zero." Iran allows female motorcyclists to obtain licences. Two former South Sudanese refugees walk the length of Britain to draw attention to the conflict in their home country. And the Muppet show celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new special episode.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News Podcasts from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.2 | I'm Emily Thomas and at 16 hours GMT on Wednesday the 4th of February, these are our main stories. |
| 0:19.7 | There's little hope of a breakthrough between warring |
| 0:22.2 | Russia and Ukraine at peace talks in Abu Dhabi. Dozens of people are feared dead and the death toll |
| 0:28.4 | is still rising after armed gangs attacked a remote village in central Nigeria. And women |
| 0:34.3 | are for the first time officially allowed to ride motorbikes in Iran. |
| 0:41.8 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:43.8 | Now we made it so far. It was commitment. |
| 0:47.2 | You are doing something because of the pain that you have. |
| 0:50.3 | So we made it here. |
| 0:51.5 | The former child refugees walking the length of Britain to highlight the war in South Sudan. |
| 1:03.5 | It's not been the best start to peace talks to try to end the war in Ukraine, |
| 1:07.8 | nearly four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion. |
| 1:11.7 | Ukrainian and Russian negotiators are in Abu Dhabi for the U.S. broker negotiations, |
| 1:16.6 | but the Kremlin said that the war will continue until Kiev agrees to Moscow's terms. |
| 1:22.4 | President Putin wants the land, his forces have captured, and more. |
| 1:26.6 | President Zelensky has rejected any withdrawal of Ukrainian forces. In the land, his forces have captured, and more. President Zelensky has rejected any withdrawal of |
| 1:29.3 | Ukrainian forces. In the meantime, Russia is continuing to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure. |
| 1:36.1 | Irina Vovk is a resident in Kiev. Now we have a very big problem with electricity. We don't have heating in our homes. A room temperature is about |
| 1:48.5 | six or ten degrees. And I use warm bottles of water to sleep. I live with my daughter. She cannot |
| 1:56.6 | study normal. She cannot use online lessons. And now I'm thinking that maybe in some days later, |
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