
US-Russian Relations at a 'Low Point'
US Secretary of State meets with Russia's President Putin and Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Russia where he has met with President Putin and Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov. Mr Tillerson said ties with Russia are at a low point and must improve, while Mr Lavrov said the two sides needed to overcome "time-bomb issues" inherited from Barack Obama's administration.
Also in the programme; the latest on the investigation into the explosion targeting the team bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund; and celebrating with one of the oldest women living in Africa on her 117th birthday.
(Picture:Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attend a press conference after their talks in Moscow on April 12. Credit: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)
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