The Week: Trump To Meet Putin (Again) and Gaza Ceasefire Deal

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today, President Trump says he will meet President Putin in Hungary for Ukraine talks after “very productive” phone call.

The conversation comes a day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to visit Trump in Washington DC on Friday. Adam and Chris are joined by Caitriona Perry, chief presenter for BBC News in Washington, and Jane Corbin, Panorama presenter.

They also discuss the Gaza ceasefire deal and the collapsed China spy case.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.5	With American politics, everything seems to be changing by the second.
0:11.9	Yeah, sometimes the news does a full 180 while we're recording the podcast.
0:16.4	It can be a difficult job, but we stay up to date on your behalf.
0:19.9	Makes sense of what's happening in the US with new podcast episodes throughout the week.
0:24.2	America.
0:25.0	Listen on BBC Sound.
0:27.9	Hello.
0:28.7	Now, if you were listening to the last episode of Newscast, you will have heard the breaking news
0:32.3	cliffhanger at the end that Donald Trump is going to have face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin
0:36.3	in Hungary in the near future.
0:38.4	And I said, don't worry, I'm about to sit down with some seasoned international affairs observers
0:43.2	to record the newscast TV show, which was on BBC 1 on Thursday night. So that is what you will hear
0:49.2	now, right here in the newscast podcast feed. Newscast. Newscast from the BBC.
1:11.0	Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. I was the tappletail in the class. Can I have an apology, please? I trust almost nobody. That daddy has to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow. I feel delulu with no solulu. Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey.
1:28.6	Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. And Chris in the newscast studio. And we're joined by Panorama filmmaker Jane Corbyn. Hello, Jane. Hello. You've been appearing on lots of our podcasts lately. It's been a busy week. And also in Washington, D.C. is Katrina Perry. Hi, Katrina. Hello, a busy week here too.
1:31.0	Well, and we will talk about lots of the big momentous things that have happened this week. But just as we're recording this episode on Thursday evening,
1:34.5	a bit of breaking news where you are, Katrina. Donald Trump's had a marathon phone call with
1:39.3	Vladimir Putin, which is interesting in itself. But he's also now going to have another set
1:43.9	of face-to-face talks
1:45.0	with the Russian president, this time in Hungary.
1:48.1	He have really interesting developments.
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