Janet Jalil

Also in this podcast, an Italian newspaper says it's become the first in the world to offer a daily edition produced by artificial intelligence.

Also in this podcast, an Italian newspaper says it's become the first in the world to offer a daily edition produced by artificial intelligence.

It was a highly anticipated phone call.

It was a highly anticipated phone call.

In the course of a lengthy conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the Russian president agreed to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days, but stopped short of agreeing to the unconditional 30-day ceasefire that the US had been calling for.

In the course of a lengthy conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the Russian president agreed to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days, but stopped short of agreeing to the unconditional 30-day ceasefire that the US had been calling for.

Ukraine's leader, Vladimir Zelensky, said his country had always supported a truce on attacking energy infrastructure, but that Russia wasn't ready to end the war.

Ukraine's leader, Vladimir Zelensky, said his country had always supported a truce on attacking energy infrastructure, but that Russia wasn't ready to end the war.

I asked our State Department correspondent Tom Bateman for his assessment of the call.

I asked our State Department correspondent Tom Bateman for his assessment of the call.

And this was a moment when many people thought that it was an opportunity for Donald Trump to prove that he can deliver on his claim that he can end the war in Ukraine soon. But it seems that Russia is stalling rather than making the concessions that are needed for an agreement.

And this was a moment when many people thought that it was an opportunity for Donald Trump to prove that he can deliver on his claim that he can end the war in Ukraine soon. But it seems that Russia is stalling rather than making the concessions that are needed for an agreement.

Tom Bateman. Well, as the Russian threat looms over Europe, German lawmakers... Abgegebene Stimmkarten 720.

Tom Bateman. Well, as the Russian threat looms over Europe, German lawmakers... Abgegebene Stimmkarten 720.

have in a historic vote approved a massive increase in defence spending, financed by the borrowing of hundreds of billions of dollars. A seismic shift for a debt-shy country still scarred by the horrors of its Nazi past.

have in a historic vote approved a massive increase in defence spending, financed by the borrowing of hundreds of billions of dollars. A seismic shift for a debt-shy country still scarred by the horrors of its Nazi past.

And it's a shift that could reshape not just Germany's but Europe's defence at a time when Donald Trump has made it clear that for the first time since the Second World War, other Western nations can no longer rely on the US defence shield. The vote was called by Germany's Chancellor-in-Waiting, Friedrich Metz.

And it's a shift that could reshape not just Germany's but Europe's defence at a time when Donald Trump has made it clear that for the first time since the Second World War, other Western nations can no longer rely on the US defence shield. The vote was called by Germany's Chancellor-in-Waiting, Friedrich Metz.

Our security correspondent, Frank Gardner, watched the vote in the Bundestag in Berlin.

Our security correspondent, Frank Gardner, watched the vote in the Bundestag in Berlin.