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World Service,17 Jun 2026,49 mins

Zelensky meets Trump at G7 Summit

Newsday

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At the G7 gathering of world leaders Ukraine's President asks his US counterpart Donald Trump for more air defence missiles. What sort of difference could it make? We ask a Ukranian MP Also at the G7 summit Donald Trump has said the Strait of Hormuz will fully reopen soon and insists it will remain toll free. We look at whether any shipping is currently moving in the Strait and the job that needs to be done to make the waterway safe. And a retired Briitish couple describe having warning shots fired near them by a Russian warship - the couple were on a yacht sailing off the coast of the Isle of Wight when the incident happened. Presenters James Copnall and Barbara Plett Usher. (Photo: World leaders at G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains. Credit: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters).

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