Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 4,16 Oct 2026,45 mins

Trump blames Zelensky for Ukraine impasse as mid-terms loom

The World Tonight

Available for over a year

US President Trump is in campaigning mode as the mid-term elections take place in two weeks, but he's simultaneously embroiled in a geopolitical spat with the leader of Ukraine after agreeing to buy millions of barrels of Russian diesel. We look at what impact Trump's foreign policy is having on the mid-term race. Also on the programme: as Prime Minister Andy Burnham says more power should be devolved from Holyrood to the Scottish regions, we hear from the SNP. And we hear from the powerchair footballers preparing to take part in the World Cup for electric wheelchair users in Argentina.

Programme Website
More episodes