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

I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Wednesday the 5th of March, these are our main stories.

Ukraine's President Zelensky says he's prepared to work under Donald Trump to secure a lasting peace.

But will it work?

We hear about reaction to an Arab-led plan for the future of Gaza,

the dark and hidden cost for children in Sudan's civil war,

and also in this podcast.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.

Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.

A reimagining of one of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets

is uncovered at an English university.

And we're beginning with a conflict that appears to be running at two different paces.

On the battlefield, the war between Russia and Ukraine has, for a time now,

appeared to be slow and grinding.

On the diplomatic and strategic level, though, things are developing at a breathless pace.

Overnight in Washington into Tuesday, there was the latest move from the

Trump administration, an announcement that it was suspending US military aid to Ukraine. Then, on Tuesday

afternoon, the Ukrainian president, Volodym Zelensky, tried via the social media platform

X to repair some of the diplomatic damage from the Oval Office confrontation last Friday,

saying none of us wants an endless war.

Then, in his evening address, Mr Zelensky repeated his gratitude to America and Mr. Trump for military support to Kiev.

Ukraine will always be grateful to America for all the support that has been and continues to be provided,

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