Trump says peace deal 'up to Zelensky'

Donald Trump set the table for a second round of peace talks involving, Ukrainian President Zelensky and European leaders, after failing to achieve a breakthrough in direct talks with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. With the future of the Russian occupied regions of Donetsk and Luhansk remaining as a major sticking point, we speak to Marta, a Ukrainian woman forced to flee her home in the Donbas following the invasion.

Also in the program: The European Commission warns that in the last week alone it has received the same number of requests to help fight wildfires than it received during the whole of 2024, and we hear from Jim Sanborn, the architect of the cryptic sculpture housed at the CIA's Virginia headquarters.

Presenter Krupa Padhy is joined by the writer and broadcaster Maria Margaronis, and former Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment at NATO, Camille Grand.

Photo:U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to a joint news conference following their meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Credit: Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool