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29:25

US hails 'tremendous' progress at Ukraine talks

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2025/11/24

The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has given an upbeat assessment of talks with Ukrainian officials about how to end the war with Russia. Mr Rubio said sticking points which remained were "not insurmountable". US, Ukrainian and European officials have been meeting in Geneva in Switzerland to discuss a peace plan that US negotiators devised with their Russian counterparts. It has been widely criticised as sympathetic to Moscow's aims.Also: a BBC investigation has exposed people in Sierra Leone

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47:28

Rubio: ‘tremendous progress’ made at Ukraine peace talks

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2025/11/23

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a “tremendous amount of progress” has been made in talks to finalise a Ukraine peace deal. Talks in Geneva between Ukrainian, US and European officials are focusing on a 28-point draft plan and will continue on Monday. Kyiv and its European allies have raised concerns about the proposals, saying they mirror Russia’s demands, and that more work is needed to reflect Ukraine and Europe’s needs. Also in the programme: we speak to the UN’s climate chief on the deal

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14:24

23/11/2025

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2025/11/23

Brad finds himself in an awkward position, and Leonard drops a shocking bombshell.

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48:12

Senators ask if Trump's Ukraine peace plan really is...

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2025/11/23

The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has insisted that President Trump's 28 point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war was drawn up by the US -- contradicting senators who said he told them it was a Russian "wish list". We look into that suggestion. Also in the programme: What do the bandits kidnapping schoolchildren in Nigeria really want? How a celebrated Argentinian writer discovered that her nanny was a KGB agent; and the BBC's climate correspondent shares some reflections as the COP climate

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29:09

The Global Story: The oil lobbyist who tried to sink...

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2025/11/23

The American lawyer, oil lobbyist and master strategist Don Pearlman is said to have chain-smoked his way through almost every UN climate gathering from the early 1990s until his death in 2005. Some of those who saw Pearlman operate in Kyoto, where the first legally binding international agreement on climate change was agreed in 1997, say he created the playbook for stalling climate talks. The Kyoto protocol was never ratified by the United States, and Pearlman is now the subject of a major play,

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36:51

COP30 deal fails to mention fossil fuels

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2025/11/23

The UN climate summit in Brazil has closed with a commitment to triple adaptation funding for developing countries, but there was no explicit mention of the fossil fuels that drive climate change. A bitter row at COP30 saw oil-rich nations led by Saudi Arabia overcome more than 80 countries that wanted a deal advancing previous commitments to transition away from oil, coal, and gas. Also: President Trump says his plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war is "not his final offer" as Kyiv and its allies

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42:44

COP30 fails to secure fossil fuel pledges

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2025/11/22

Nearly 200 nations agree on a compromise deal on tackling climate change at the COP30 summit in Brazil - but without any commitment to phase out fossil fuels. We speak to Sierra Leone Minister of The Environment and Climate Change Jiwoh Abdulai, who represented the Least Developed Countries group on finance and transition talks. Also in the programme: All educational institutions in Niger state have been ordered to close following a mass abduction on Friday of more than three hundred children and

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41:39

Will Ukraine accept the American peace plan?

BBC ·

2025/11/22

US and Ukrainian talks set to take place in Switzerland, but will Ukrainian public opinion accept the proposals? Also in the programme: Key MAGA figure Marjorie Taylor Green to quit Congress after falling out with President Trump; and Rosalia, the multilingual Spanish singer on her new album. (Photo: Zelensky and his wife place wheat sheaves at statue. Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)

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27:41

The Happy Pod: Donating my kidney transformed a...

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2025/11/22

We hear about a rare meeting between a living organ donor and the child whose life was transformed by receiving her kidney. Aly Coyle says she was delighted to see 5-year-old Xavier happy and healthy after the transplant. His parents tracked her down through social media to say thank you, and describe her as an angel who's now part of their family. Also: how a new machine could dramatically increase the number of liver transplants, by improving the way the organs are stored outside the body. A media

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27:07

Inside India's war on Maoists

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2025/11/22

For nearly 60 years, the Indian government has been fighting a violent group of Maoists in the country. They are followers of the late Chinese leader, Mao Zedong and have carried out bombings and killings in different parts of India. Now, the Indian authorities claim to be on the brink of defeating these insurgents and has said that they will be fully removed by March 2026. There is one group that has been attributed with the recent success against the Maoists, known as the DRG or District Reserve

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31:41

Marjorie Taylor Greene quits Congress after Trump feud

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2025/11/22

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she's leaving office after clashing with President Donald Trump over the release of the Epstein files. Also: The US president sets next Thursday as a deadline for Ukraine to accept an American plan for a peace deal with Russia, which appears to give Moscow much of what it wants; bitter disagreements at the COP 30 climate summit in Brazil continue as the talks run overtime; scientists reveal what triggered the Santorini earthquake swarm earlier this year;

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27:14

Raising children on a warming planet

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2025/11/22

Another round of global climate talks is taking place at the COP30 summit, but some are questioning whether there is much point to these gatherings. We bring people together who have decided to take their own action. One guest, Gwynn, suggests the best way to save the planet is to not have children. She has even had surgery so she cannot get pregnant. “Forests and oceans and prairies are being destroyed so I can exist, so I can have my life,” Gwynn tells us. “I decided that I didn’t want to do that,

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21/11/2025 21:06 GMT

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2025/11/21

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

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14:07

21/11/2025

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2025/11/21

CAST AND CREW Writer: Liz John Director: Rosemary Watts Editor: Jeremy Howe Helen Archer … Louiza Patikas Henry Archer … Blayke Darby Natasha Archer … Mali Harries Tony Archer … David Troughton Tom Archer … William Troughton Lilian Bellamy ... Sunny Ormonde Alice Carter … Hollie Chapman Justin Elliott … Simon Williams Jakob Hakansson … Paul Venables Kate Madikane … Perdita Avery Kirsty Miller … Annabelle Dowler Leonie Snell … Jasmine Hyde Phoebe Aldridge … Lucy Morris Finlay … Mark Bonnar

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34:20

Russia warns Ukraine to reach deal or lose more...

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2025/11/21

The US has handed Ukraine a draft peace plan which reportedly reflects many of Moscow's demands, like giving up land. Ukraine's president has held a call with the leaders of Germany, France and Britain. Berlin says the three leaders welcomed US efforts but stressed the need to safeguard European and Ukrainian interests. Also: officials in Nigeria say dozens of pupils and staff have been abducted from a Catholic school - the third mass kidnapping in a week; The United Nations children's agency,

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49:19

Will Ukraine and Europe accept a US-Russian peace plan?

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2025/11/21

The US has presented Kyiv with a draft peace plan that appears to favour many of Russia's demands over those of the Ukrainians. The widely-leaked US plan includes proposals that the Ukrainian government had previously ruled out, such as ceding areas of the eastern Donetsk region that it still controls. Will Ukraine and Europe accept it? Also in the programme: Why some South African women are training to use guns; the latest controversy around this year's Miss Universe; and we'll talk about Frida

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25:51

Zelensky: Ukraine needs a 'dignified peace'

BBC ·

2025/11/21

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will speak to Donald Trump in the coming days about the new peace deal put forward by the US. Mr Trump's plan includes significant concessions to be made by Kyiv. What is his strategy with this provocative proposal? Also: Schools have been closed in parts of Nigeria after a new wave of attacks and abductions. Spain's attorney general has been found guilty of leaking confidential information about the boyfriend of a leading politician. And the old

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51:44

President Trump accuses Democrats of 'seditious...

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2025/11/20

US President Donald Trump has accused Democratic legislators who urged members of the armed forces to disobey unlawful orders of sedition and suggested they should face the death penalty. Also on the programme: a journalist who has followed the Epstein story for years tells us what might be in the files to be released; and American filmmaker Wes Anderson on the pros and cons of AI in the movies. (Photo: President Trump gestures after speaking during a meeting of senior military leaders at Marine

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13:06

20/11/2025

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2025/11/20

Kate has important news, and Leonie comes to the rescue.

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33:43

Ukraine's war children hoping for return to normality

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2025/11/20

As the US is reported to have drafted a deal with Russia on Ukraine, we look at the impact the war has had on Ukrainian children. Also: Facebook and Instagram start closing Australian teenager's accounts ahead of the social media ban next month. A court in the Philippines has found a former mayor, Alice Guo, guilty of human trafficking linked to a scam centre in her town. As fears mount of a Chinese invasion, Taiwan issues instructions to its citizens of what to do if war breaks out. We hear from

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