Trump & Zelensky Meet At The Pope's Funeral

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Today, we discuss the pictures coming from The Vatican of President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump meeting in St Peter’s Basilica before Pope Francis’ funeral.

Laura and Paddy discuss whether it could be an important moment as discussions about an end to the war in Ukraine continue. 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. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9 New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn and Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The weekend series editor is Chris Flynn. 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	Laura's back. We're back.
0:06.4	We're back.
0:07.1	Two people dominate the news in chairs.
0:10.6	Not you and me.
0:11.7	Not you and me.
0:12.5	Thank God for that.
0:13.3	It's astonishing two people in two chairs pictures I've ever seen.
0:18.2	It's an incredible picture.
0:19.8	And if you haven't seen it yet,
0:21.0	I'm sure you'll see it splashed all over the newspapers tomorrow Sunday,
0:24.3	but we are recording on Saturday afternoon.
0:26.2	And the images coming out of Pope Francis' funeral in Rome
0:30.0	were extraordinary enough.
0:32.5	But it is a photograph of Donald Trump
0:35.7	and President Vladimir Zelensky
0:38.2	deep in conversation sitting on two small red and gold chairs
0:43.8	in the margins of the geometrically incredible marble of St Peter's Cathedral in Rome.
0:52.5	They're saying things they both agree are historic. We're going to
0:55.5	discuss what they've said in a day full of symbolism, solemnity and summity on this Saturday
1:02.7	newscast. Newscast from the BBC. He has just compared me to the fat controller. Did I say that?
1:10.6	I can't believe I said that. Next question.
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