Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Sunday, the 28th of December, these are our main stories. Voting is underway in the election stage by Myanmar's military leaders amid a civil war and humanitarian crisis. The poll has been labelled a sham.
President Zelensky is going to Florida for a crucial meeting with Donald Trump about the Russia-Ukraine peace plan, and China proposes stricter rules for human-like AI systems. Also in this podcast, Hondurans in the US are sending home more money in remittances than ever before we hear from people in both countries. And tennis is set for another battle of the sexes.
A lot of people think it's just going to sort of cause division and mirth. It's kind of lose-lose for Sabalenka and therefore the kind of women's tennis movement. Is this the sequel no one asked for? The polls have opened for a general election in Myanmar, the first held in the country since the military seized power in a coup nearly five years ago.
It's taking place despite the fact that the country is in the grip of a civil war and humanitarian crisis. The military government has been trying to inspire voters but the elections have been widely slated as a charade. intended to rebrand the army's rule.
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of Myanmar's military staging a controversial election?
It won't among all those who are opposed to the military. But where I think it will count is it will perhaps give a sense that there is some forward momentum to something else. Also, internationally, China is fully backing this election.
there's a wonderful irony here china which doesn't have elections or multi-party system is actually giving technical assistance and advice on how to do it probably the first time china's done this but china is worried about state collapse the anarchy in myanmar the fragmented opposition groups is for china which has a huge border with myanmar is so risky china feels they've got to go ahead with elections support this regime and i think other asian countries will somehow reluctantly follow suit so the
poll is over. Jonathan Head. Donald Trump will later meet Ukraine's President Zelensky in Florida following weeks of intense diplomacy. It began after the release of a 28-point plan which came out of negotiations between Washington and Moscow.
Ahead of his talks with Mr Trump, President Zelensky consulted with allies, briefly stopping off in Canada on Saturday to meet the Prime Minister Mark Carney. At a news conference, President Zelensky said the latest Russian airstrikes on Kyiv demonstrated that Russia didn't want peace. This attack is, again, Russia's answer on our peace efforts. And it really shows that Putin doesn't want peace.
And we want peace. And he's a man of war, but he's afraid to speak about it publicly. But we see the steps. And what we need, we need to stop this war. The meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents is expected to discuss the most politically sensitive parts of a US peace proposal that would ultimately be presented to Russia.
Our correspondent in Washington, Sean Dilley, told us what we can expect from the meeting. The key areas that we would expect discussion on is the territory in the Donbass region of Ukraine that Russia would like for President Zelensky to hand over. That's not something, obviously, that has gone down well with President Zelensky.
Instead, the two men are expected to talk about the possibility of a free economic area or a demilitarized zone where troops from Russia and Ukraine would pull out. But, but, that's still an area that's going to be controversial with Russia because they've said that they were unhappy with some areas of the negotiations. They say it was unacceptable.
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Chapter 3: How are deportation fears in the US affecting remittances to Honduras?
And President Putin said just the day before the meeting that if there is not an agreement, then Russia would achieve its military ambitions with force if necessary. That's the one key area. But the other key area is what any security guarantee would look like. What happens if a peace agreement is made? And then there would be any reneging technically on anyone's part.
Would it be fair to say that the only way this meeting is going to achieve something is if President Trump comes out of it feeling like he's the winner? Do you know, I'm going to engage directly on that because I don't think I actually know. I think part of the... reality with President Trump is that he is very adept at negotiations. People can like him, they can loathe him.
He's not going to enter into negotiations unless he thinks there's something in it for the United States. He said in the past that what it is about is stopping war in Ukraine. But look, let's not forget, President Trump can't speak for President Putin.
What he might be able to do is to have a very, very good idea of any back-channel discussions, any direct conversations with President Putin as to where a compromise can be met. Obviously, we know from President Zelensky being kicked out of the Oval Office earlier in the year after a high-profile bust-up with President Trump and J.D.
Vance, President Trump's vice president, that President Trump would certainly want to feel that he's won. But ultimately, there is an awful lot riding on this one. And President Trump, who speaks about having ended eight wars across the world, will be very keen to do anything that moves towards recognition for his peace efforts. Surely the underlying problem here,
is that essentially the position between President Zelensky and President Putin is irreconcilable. To a degree. I mean, President Trump has spoken about his concerns that Ukraine's elections that would, in the normal run of things, have been held in May of 2024 haven't happened. So we're expecting President Trump to raise the issue of elections in Ukraine.
That's something that President Zelensky says could happen within months if the security of that process could be guaranteed. But actually, one thing that Donald Trump... would be very aware of. You only need to read his various writings on his negotiating tactics. It doesn't matter whether President Putin and President Zelensky like each other.
What matters is, is there a business deal effectively that could be done that could save lives? As artificial intelligence becomes a part of our daily life, countries around the world are questioning how the technology should be regulated. China, which is known for controlling information using state propaganda and censorship, has issued draft rules to govern the use of human-like AI systems.
Our reporter Paul Moss spoke to Oliver Conway about the proposed changes, starting with just how important AI is in China. It's huge. You know, I mean, first of all, the numbers last year, the number of Chinese people using AI doubled in just six months. It's now more than half a billion. But this isn't just about numbers. I think it's about the role that China thinks it can play with AI.
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