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President Trump and President Putin meet in Alaska tomorrow. We’ll look at what’s at stake for Russia’s economy, with sanctions on its oil and gas still biting.

Plus a last push in Geneva for the world’s first treaty to end plastic pollution… but with more than a hundred countries rejecting the latest draft, is it about to fall apart?

And who really invented Germany’s Bratwurst? A tasty row is sizzling between two proud cities.

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Published on Thursday, 14th August 2025.

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