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On today's podcast:

(1) French President Emmanuel Macron said the country felt anger and shame following widespread violence over the weekend and called for order to be restored.

(2) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Donald Trump of trying to pressure Kyiv into surrendering to Russia, escalating a week-long row with the US president.

(3) Russia’s Vladimir Putin proposed a meeting with President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping next month to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

(4) The euro fell against most of its Group-of-10 peers as tensions in Ukraine escalated, and widespread protests in France deepened worries about the country’s fiscal health.

(5) The UK set out plans for work placements in the professional services and construction sectors as ministers work to get a grip on the country’s youth unemployment crisis.

(6) A couple of hundred miles along the Mediterranean coast from Antalya, where Turkey is hosting next month’s COP31 climate summit, sits Adanalioglu Beach. Along its sands, fingernail-sized pieces of shredded plastic in bright, artificial colors regularly wash ashore.

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