Russia-Ukraine peace talks end after two hours
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Kyiv's chief negotiator describes US-mediated negotiations with Russia as difficult and complex, but says there has been progress. Also: European football authorities investigate claims of racism in the Champions League match between Real Madrid and Benfica. Investigators looking into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they believe she is being held somewhere close to her home in Arizona. Researchers in Britain assess the threat from the Chikungunya virus in the Asian tiger mosquito, saying it could spread across Europe. The internet page showing the first ever YouTube video is saved for posterity by London's Victoria and Albert Museum. And excitement builds ahead of the debut of Skimo at the Winter Olympics in Italy.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.4 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 16 hours GMT on Wednesday, the 18th of February. |
| 0:16.7 | Progress at Ukraine peace talks, but territorial claims by Russia remain an obstacle. |
| 0:22.2 | Why the Chikungunya virus could be spreading in Europe. |
| 0:25.9 | And the first ever YouTube video page is saved for posterity. |
| 0:32.1 | Also in the podcast, lots of different skills. |
| 0:34.8 | You have to be a really good, competent downhill skier. |
| 0:37.2 | You have to be really competent on the mountain terrain. You have to be a really good, competent downhill skier. You have to be really competent on the mountain terrain. |
| 0:39.7 | You have to be incredibly fit to almost hill-runner-type fitness to get up the steep. |
| 0:44.6 | The new Olympic sport of Schemo makes its debut on Thursday. |
| 0:48.9 | So what is it? |
| 1:00.8 | The latest round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which ended today, have been described as difficult. |
| 1:07.2 | But Ukraine and the US say progress has been made, particularly between military negotiators. |
| 1:12.8 | Russia described the meetings in Geneva as business-like, and the Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umarov had this update. |
| 1:15.2 | Security parameters and mechanisms for implementing possible decisions were discussed. |
| 1:20.2 | A number of issues were clarified, while others remained under additional coordination. |
| 1:25.2 | We are focused on working through the key provisions |
| 1:28.0 | required to finalize the process. This is complex work that requires alignment among all parties |
| 1:33.9 | in sufficient time. There is progress, but no details can be disclosed at this stage. |
| 1:39.2 | The two sides say they will hold further talks when they're both ready. The main sticking point |
| 1:44.1 | still seems to |
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