Can Ukraine accept 'land for peace' deal?

Reports from the Alaska summit indicate that Putin has demanded Ukraine surrender it's two eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, in exchange for freezing the battle lines in other areas of the country. President Zelensky has firmly rejected ceding the Donbas, but is expected to face pressure from Donald Trump to accept the terms during talks in Washington on Monday. We get reaction and analysis from Kyiv.

Also in the programme: can anything cool down Paris' political debate over air conditioning infrastructure? And the Mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan tells us why Chappell Roan ought to follow through, and trade the city life for the Canadian prairie.

Joining Krupa Thakrar Padhy is journalist and culture writer Ella Dorn, and Fuad Musallam, assistant professor of social anthropology at the University of Birmingham.

(Picture: Activists wearing masks of US President Donald J. Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) tear a paper map of Ukraine during a protest called 'No dirty deals at the expense of Ukraine' in Berlin, Germany, 14 August 2025. Credit: FILIP SINGER/EPA/Shutterstock)