Trump-Putin call, Biden cancer diagnosis, Pope Leo’s first mass & more

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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President Donald Trump is set to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin today. Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Israel has launched a major ground offensive in Gaza, alongside deadly airstrikes. There’s an update on how a Mexican ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge. Plus, what Pope Leo XIV said in his first mass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:07.4	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:10.8	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:17.2	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:23.1	Now that's term time working.
0:24.5	Offered at Amazon.
0:26.8	Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:29.0	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:29.8	Conditions apply.
0:37.2	From CNN, I'm Charlie Drever with the five things you need to know for Monday, May 19th. President Donald Trump is set to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin today on ending the war in Ukraine.
0:45.3	Trump announced the phone call in a post on his truth social platform over the weekend,
0:50.3	after representatives from Kiev and Moscow held face-to-face talks in Turkey on Friday.
0:56.0	A Kremlin spokesperson also confirmed that preparations for today's talks were happening.
1:02.0	Trump has previously said he doesn't think there'll be a significant breakthrough on peace talks until he speaks to Putin.
1:08.0	And speaking to ABC News, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Wittkoff was optimistic about the conversation.
1:15.1	I believe that the president is going to have a successful call with Vladimir Putin.
1:20.5	They know each other.
1:21.8	The president is determined to get something done here.
1:25.8	And hopefully, if he can't do it, then nobody can.
1:29.8	Meanwhile, Russia battered Ukraine overnight with its largest drone strike since the war began.
1:35.9	That's according to the Ukrainian military, who say Russia launched 273 drones in just one night,
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