Trump’s envoys to visit Moscow, Kyiv with new plan ‘to end the war’

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US negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are expected to arrive in Moscow on Saturday for talks on how to end the war in war in Ukraine. The envoys are expected in Kyiv on Sunday, in what would be the first visit to the Ukrainian capital by either man since President Trump returned to office. Also in the programme: after a court case that has gripped America for weeks ends in a mistrial, we hear about the psychological condition that was central to the proceedings; scientists believe they may be one step closer to detecting dark matter for the first time; and a new play revisiting India’s Bhopal disaster opens in London this weekend. Joining Julian Worricker on the programme this morning are Stephanie Baker, senior writer at Bloomberg News in London, and Ganeshan Wignaraja, Sri Lankan-born economist and visiting senior fellow at the ODI global affairs think tank. (Picture: firefighters work at the site of a warehouse hit by a Russian drone strike in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, September 4, 2026. Credit: Alina Smutko/Reuters)