Hello and welcome to Almondor. Here's what's coming up.

After 300 days of conflict, Ukraine's president takes his plea to Washington.

I ask Democratic Senator Chris Coons what Zelens

what Zelens can achieve as Kyiv continues to ask for more help to fend off Russia.

Also ahead, despair as the Taliban banned women from universities in Afghanistan.

I speak to the manager of an education center in Kabul that has been forced to close.

Then...

Tunisia was once the bright spot of the Arab Spring.

So why is the country backsliding

on its Democratic games?

NPR's Leila Fadil recently traveled there

and joins me live.

And finally, we have to be thoughtful

about how we approach people with mental health disorders.

But I would think that it's a good idea

just to hospitalize everybody.

Professor Elwyn Sachs gives her take on a controversial new mental health plan in New York

and shares her own struggle with schizophrenia. Welcome to the program. I'm Sarah Sidner in Los Angeles sitting in for Christian

Amanpour. A historic surprise visit, Ukrainian President Vladimir Vizilinsky is in the U.S. today on his first trip outside his homeland

since Russia's invasion nearly 10 months ago.

He's meeting with President Biden and addressing Congress as lawmakers prepare to vote on a spending

bill that includes billions of dollars for Ukraine and NATO allies.

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