Ukraine, Russia and US hold trilateral talks

Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the US are meeting in Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral talks since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. We speak to our Ukraine and Russia analysts and to our Washington correspondent.

Kremlin has repeated its demand that Ukraine must withdraw from the eastern Donbas region. We hear from Ukrainians about whether they would ever consider ceding the territory for peace.

We break down the deal that will allow TikTok to keep operating in the US.

The United Nation's top human rights official has urged the authorities in Iran to reconsider, pull back and end their brutal repression. We speak to our correspondent who has interviewed Volker Türk in Geneva.

We speak to casting directors about their craft, as the first-ever Oscar nominees for Achievement in Casting were announced on Thursday.

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: Rescuers stand in front of an apartment building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine January 22, 2026. Credit: Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters)