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Russia proposes more direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul

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Russia鈥檚 foreign minister has briefed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on a 鈥減eace memorandum鈥 to end the war in Ukraine. Sergei Lavrov has suggested direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul on Monday, when he says the memorandum will be presented to Ukrainian negotiators. Meanwhile the German chancellor has pledged more military aid to Ukraine, as Russia masses thousands more troops on the country鈥檚 north-eastern border. We speak to someone living in a city in the region.

Joel Le Scouarnec, the former surgeon who has admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, mostly children, between 1989 and 2014 has been sentenced to a maximum term of 20 years in jail. We explore reaction to the case in France.

And the man who wrote Succession, Jesse Armstrong, speaks to us about his directorial debut, a movie about 鈥渢ech bros鈥.

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