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The United Nations said at least 798 Palestinians were killed near aid-distribution sites in Gaza between May 27th and July 7th 

As debate time ended for Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, the president’s tax-cutting package moved to a special session known as vote-a-rama. 

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said that Iran could start producing enriched uranium again “in a matter of months”. 

Senior Russian general killed. Meanwhile US envoy arrives for talks with President Putin on how to end the war in Ukraine. The Russian foreign minister, in a US interview, said peace negotiations were progressing. 

India and Pakistan announce tit-for-tat measures after deadly Kashmir attack. Ukraine responds to worst strike on Kyiv in months. Trump calls on President Putin to 'STOP!' Also: the woman who fooled the world's top magic society 

Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia’s ambassador in London, Andrei Kelin. Thanks to the war in Ukraine and allegations of Russian hybrid warfare in Europe and beyond, diplomatic relations between Moscow and the West are poisonous. Is Vladimir Putin right to think he’s reshaping geopo ... Show More

President Putin gives his response to the US plan for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Also; the rise in measles cases, and the first bear to get brain surgery wakes up after hibernation. 

Kremlin says President Putin has visited a command post in the Kursk region, where Russia has been retaking territory seized by Ukraine last year. Also: Pakistan train hijack over, and 100 days with a titanium heart. 

Polish President Andrzej Duda says Russian President Vladimir Putin will attack other states if the Kremlin wins its war in Ukraine. He spoke with hosts Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz after meeting with President Joe Biden and House Speaker Mike Johnson in Washington.  See omnystud ... Show More

Disarming Syria. Asylum for Edward Snowden. Arming Iran. Deploying troops to Crimea. Is Vladimir Putin flexing his muscles, while our own president fades into the background of world politics, or is it all a global game of smoke and mirrors? Russia is one of the world’s largest o ... Show More

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first visit to North Korea in 24 years has resulted in the signing of a partnership agreement for mutual aid if either nation is attacked. Apparently encompassing a whole range of areas, including medical education and scientific pursuits, parti ... Show More

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken by phone to discuss the war in Ukraine and how to end it. So what's changed? We'll get analysis from Moscow and Washington.Also on the programme: a very limited re-start of aid to Gaza from Israel, after a ... Show More

Michael Hirsh, a senior correspondent at Foreign Policy has gotten us all thinking with his column, “Putin’s thousand-year war.” Read more here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/12/putins-thousand-year-war/