Ukrainian President willing to meet Vladimir Putin

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Turkey on Thursday to take part in direct talks with Russia, but no ceasefire has been agreed. This comes after a forceful message from President Trump demanding that the two parties engage with each other.

Hamas say that they will release the last surviving American Israeli hostage, Edan Alexander, as talks on a ceasefire continue.

Today the Philippines will go to the polls in mid term elections. Battling it out will be the country's two major political clans, the Marcos family and the Dutertes.

Presenters: Rob Young and Lukwesa Burak

(Photo: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at a joint press conferences following a meeting of the 'Coalition of the willing.' Credit: Dolzhenko/EPA-EFE)