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Trump and Putin hold two-hour phone call on Ukraine

The Russian leader says he is prepared to discuss "compromises" on Ukraine after a "frank conversation" with his American counterpart.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken by phone to discuss the war in Ukraine and how to end it.

So what's changed? We'll get analysis from Moscow and Washington.

Also on the programme: a very limited re-start of aid to Gaza from Israel, after an eleven-week blockade; and as a new exhibition opens in London, featuring a replica of John Lennon's childhood bedroom, we hear from his sister.

(Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with students and teachers at a concert hall of a music school as he visits the Sirius educational centre for gifted children near Sochi in the Krasnodar region, Russia, May 19, 2025. Credit: Reuters)

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