The World This Week - In Putin’s Orbit, Trump & the ‘Madman theory’, Europe's defining moment, German elections

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The World This Week - In Putin’s Orbit, Trump & the ‘Madman theory’, Europe's defining moment, German elections

Three years after ending all official communications with Moscow, the US government is suddenly back in Russia’s orbit. The two nuclear powers were sitting down in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday finding a path to ending the Ukraine war and more besides. The talks were no longer about how to deal with the aggressor in the conflict, but how to normalise relations and make Russia a potential partner for future energy deals. So what of Ukraine?