Trump the Peacemaker?

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that with Trump in the White House, he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner”.

And, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken to Putin on the phone in the first call between a major western leader and the Russian leader since December 2022.

Laura and Paddy discuss what it means for Ukraine, plus news of a “impasse” in government over social care. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Bella Saltiel. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:04.8	You're back!
0:05.9	Hello, I've been away.
0:07.1	Did anything happen in the last few weeks?
0:08.9	Nothing happened.
0:10.1	I missed the budget and the US election by being away.
0:13.2	And a new leader of the Tory opposition.
0:16.0	So everything has changed.
0:18.4	It has.
0:19.1	I mean, do you think I should go away more often?
0:22.6	No, I don't because I missed you.
0:24.0	To help the news business.
0:25.2	I'll tell you what I'm great.
0:26.3	I mean, I've been listening.
0:27.7	It's been very good to listen.
0:29.7	When I think back to your selection,
0:30.1	yes.
0:32.1	I'm so glad by not being here,
0:40.9	I didn't have to be one of the people saying it's too close to call. And also the newscast was the episode that had Stephanie Flanders of Bloomberg say,
0:41.4	Yes.
0:43.0	Wall Street's call it for Trump.
0:45.0	She said that on newscast weeks ago.
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