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Ukraine’s president persuades - and annoys - in the US

President Zelensky persuaded the US President to give Ukraine more aid – but also alienated Republicans – during his visit to the US.

President Zelensky persuaded the US President to give Ukraine more aid – but also alienated Republicans – during his visit to the US. Does the fate of Ukraine now turn on the result of November's US election?

Also in the programme: we hear from Syria, as tens of thousands of refugees cross the border fleeing Israeli attacks on Lebanon; and crowds in Mexico City call for justice, ten years on from the killing of 43 students which shocked the world.

(IMAGE: US President Joe Biden (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L), during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 26 September 2024. / CREDIT: Alexander Drago/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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