US holding talks with Ukraine

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The American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has denied that the United States is deliberately withholding its support from Ukraine but admitted that President Trump was frustrated about a lack of progress towards peace with Russia. He was speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting in Norway involving President Volodymyr Zelensky and the US special envoy, Steve Witkoff. We hear from people in Ukraine. The BBC has travelled to one of the epicentres of South East Asia's wildfire and toxic haze crisis. Our reporter explains what she has seen. And bear encounters are rising around the world. Earlier this month, a man was killed after a bear broke into his home in Mongolia - and last week, one was sprung browsing library stacks in California. We speak to three people in different parts of the world about what it is like to come face-to-face with a bear. Presenter: James Reynolds. (Photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hugs US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff next to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Oslo, Norway, October 20, 2026. Credit: NTB/Heiko Junge /via Reuters)