NEW Season 1 Oct 21, 2026 · 47 min
Russia says it will resume talks on ending Ukraine war
The United States and Russia say they are ready to resume three-way peace talks with Ukraine. Earlier, Russia freed Stephen Hubbard, a retired US schoolteacher, who had been held in custody since 2022. We speak to Mr Hubbard's American lawyer, Martin De Luca.Also on the programme: the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control has urged countries to share information about Nigeria’s first confirmed case of Ebola; and we hear from one of France's leading public intellectuals, Edouard Louis, on the wider reasons behind the country's demonstrations. (US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff arrives in Saint Petersburg Credit: Reuters)
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