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

Hello, I'm Nick Mars, and at 13 hours GMT, on Wednesday the 6th of August, these are our main stories.

The US Special Envoy has met President Putin in Moscow, as Washington's latest demand for a ceasefire in Ukraine draws closer.

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I got fired on the spot in front of everybody because I couldn't fit in the minuscule white trousers.

They'd give me to the wear for the show.

After a fashion brand is deemed to have made its female models look too thin,

we look at the pressure across the industry.

The clock is ticking, counting down the hours until the Friday deadline set by President Trump

for Russia to declare a ceasefire in Ukraine. Moscow faces the prospect of more sanctions and steep tariffs

if it doesn't comply. Ukraine's president, Volodymy Zelensky, has been stressing once again what he wants to

happen. It is very important that Moscow has begun to heed the pressure from the world,

from the United States of America, from the threat of tougher sanctions for the war. Indeed,

one of the key sanctions tracks is against Russian oil.

For Russia to agree to peace, it must run out of money for the war. We are working towards

this, and I am grateful to everyone in the world who supports us. The US envoy, Steve Whitkoff,

is in Moscow for talks. Pictures show him being greeted by a smiling President Putin,

and they went on to have a three-hour-long meeting.

Our Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, says it's the fifth time they've met this year.

But on this occasion, there's a difference.

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