This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Janet Jalil and in the early hours of Thursday, the 20th of February, these are our main stories.

As the bitter war of words between Ukraine and the United States intensifies,

Donald Trump describes Vladimir Zelensky as a dictator.

European leaders express support for Ukraine's embattled president.

Microsoft unveils a chip powered by a new state of matter,

which it says shows a quantum computing revolution is only years away.

Also in this podcast, they have said that it sounds a bit like a clearance sale,

you know, like bargain bin kind of territory,

which is perhaps not the sort of thing that you'd be wanting to give us the message

when it comes to tourism.

Why a campaign to get people to visit New Zealand is being ridiculed by Kiwis.

In just a week, the US under Donald Trump has gone from being Ukraine's biggest ally to becoming embroiled in a bitter war of words, even as Trump officials have held peace talks

with Russia that excluded Ukraine and

Europe. In his latest jaw-dropping attack on Ukraine's president, Mr. Trump lashed out at

Vladimir Zelensky, calling him a dictator without elections who had done a terrible job as

leader. Here's what he posted on social media. His words

have been voiced by one of our colleagues. Think of it. A modestly successful comedian,

Vlodemir Zelensky, talked to the United States of America into spending $350 billion to go into a war that couldn't be won that never had to

start, but a war that he, without the US and Trump, will never be able to settle. The United States

have spent $200 billion more than Europe, and Europe's money is guaranteed, while the United

States will get nothing back.

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