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Hello, slightly odd episode this one,

in that the news is still unfolding as we were recording it.

So loads of European leaders, including Kirstarmer, dashed to Paris on Monday afternoon

for a last-minute summit hosted by Emmanuel Macron in response to what the

Americans have been saying over the last week or so about their plan or their idea of a plan

for what happens to Ukraine following the Russian invasion. And over the weekend, Kirstarmer put out

some words in an article in the telegraph saying that he would be quite prepared to provide British troops for some kind of peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if that is what negotiations end up with.

So we've got quite a lot of movement domestically, quite a lot of movement internationally.

And at the same time, there's a US delegation and a Russian delegation heading to Saudi Arabia to have some

kind of discussions this week, although we don't know exactly how detailed they're going to be

and how much of them are going to be about Ukraine or just how much of them are going to be about

US-Russia relations.

So there's a whole load of uncertainty about what's happening in the world. But as we were

recording this episode of newscast, there was a bit of uncertainty about just what was happening

with that meeting in Paris because leaders were sort of leaving it. So we knew it was over.

We just didn't really know what had been discussed, but in that case it's actually a perfect metaphor for just the entire situation,

which will hear us unpack with some very wise experts on this episode of Newscast.

Newscast from the BBC. I like landscape. I don't think I'm being rude.

Japping, unemployed people who are overweight. That is not the agenda.

It's the fun police working overtime. The star is born, Elon.

So, perked that a miracle with us happen. Frankly, I think we need a British Trump.

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