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Today, the UK is in talks with other countries to set up overseas “return hubs” for failed asylum seekers. Adam and Chris are joined by Caitriona Perry chief presenter for BBC News and diplomatic correspondent James Landale. They also discuss the will they, won’t they of the last 24 hours over a meeting between Putin, Trump and Zelensky. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren and Joe Wilkinson . The technical producer was James Piper. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, we look at talks between world leaders and their officials in Turkey, where a breakthrough on peace in Ukraine was hoped for.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the country's capital Ankara, but Russian President Vladimir Putin stayed away despite having proposed talks.Russia editor Steve Rosenberg joins to discuss what Putin’s thinking is, as does former MI6 officer Christopher Steele.And - positive news for the UK’s economy. It’s grew more than expected at the start of the year. Deputy economics editor Dharshini David tells Adam whether it’s expected to continue to grow.You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Shiler Mahmoudi, Julia Webster, and Rufus Gray. The technical producer was James Piper. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

Today, what is President Trump achieving with his tour of the Middle East?On Wednesday President Trump met with the leaders of Syria and Qatar on his first major foreign trip as President. James is joined by the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent James Landale and BBC’s chief presenter in Washington Caitriona Perry to discuss Also, James and Alex explain today’s the announcement by the Justice Secretary today that prisons are at 99% capacity, and what the government say they are going to do to address it. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by James Cook. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Shiler Mahmoudi and Julia Webster. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.