1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Fourteen minutes away from seven. So Starma the Charmer goes 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: to Washington. He manages to get some real runs on 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: the board with Donald Trump, and then it all falls 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: apart at the weekend when Zelenski goes and hes visited 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: in the Oval Office and things get a bit heated. 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: Gavin Gray is our UK europe correspondent. Starma has now, 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: after all of that has taken place, met with European leaders. 8 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Shoudeau was there as well, 9 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: and they've come up with a four step plan to 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: guarantee peace in Ukraine following hopefully what we have will 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: eventuate as a truce or a peace deal. Kevin, good evening, 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: Good evening, Ryn, Yeah, that sums up what's been going on. 13 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: Frantic frantic exchanges and policies and summits. 14 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 2: Backwards and forwards. They're talking of a coalition of European allies, 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: but there is no coalition that's been formed yet, so 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 2: that's going to be up for debate, of course. But 17 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: I think this idea that as Secure Starmer, the Prime 18 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 2: Minister of the UK said Europe must do the heavy lifting, 19 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: is now absolutely right and accurate. The question is will 20 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 2: America supply anything, air cover, anything like that to help 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: this along. But the focus now moves away from secure 22 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: Starma and the UK to the European Union leaders all 23 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 2: twenty seven now going to meet in a summit in 24 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: Brussels and going to talk through these plans. And of 25 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: course the importance about that, Ryan is there are going 26 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 2: to be all the leaders there, and that includes those 27 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: that were not invited to London at the weekend for 28 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 2: that earlier summit. And many of those, or some of those, 29 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: I should say, are much friendlier with Vladimir Putin, and 30 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 2: of course if they're trying to get a unanimous decision, 31 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: that's going to be almost impossible. Hungary's Victor Auburn very 32 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: friendly with Russia and Moscow, and he is likely to 33 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 2: try and absolutely block anything concrete that the others might 34 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: be planning. So we'll have to see how they get 35 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 2: along to that. And this phrase coalition of the willing 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 2: came up. Now, Ryan, if you think that may sound 37 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 2: vaguely familiar, well, yes, because it was the same phrase 38 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 2: the United States used for British help to invade Iraq 39 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 2: more than two decades ago. 40 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought it was an unfortunate term for them 41 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: to be using. Actually, now the cleanup operation underway, this 42 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: after a freight train carrying a toxic chemical derailed. 43 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: This has been really bad. So the toxic chemical is 44 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: benzene that's used in aviation fuel, but it can cause 45 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: cancers among humans. That is thought to be its side effect. 46 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: It has basically derailed off a train in Czechoslovakia. There 47 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 2: was a massive explosion. Indeed, the flames could be seen 48 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 2: some twenty meters high. The Czech Republic being trying really 49 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 2: hard to make to keep on top of that that 50 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 2: the flames now out. But there's a huge cleanup operation 51 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 2: as you can imagine, because this was an absolutely horrific accident. 52 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: It was a freight train and nobody's quite sure why 53 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 2: it derailed, how it derailed, but certainly it has caused 54 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: a massive problem with several tankers and a locomotive. A 55 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 2: locomotive court flames and destroyed in this incident. 56 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: Staying with chemicals is ammonia powered vistle that's arrived in 57 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: the UK. It's stocking at the Port of Southampton. 58 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 2: Yes, and controversial actually because a lot of people that 59 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 2: really don't think it was ever going to work. But 60 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 2: This basically has four different pistons if you like, and 61 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 2: two of them operated by ammonia and the other by 62 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 2: normal fuel. And it's a vessel which is really pretty 63 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: huge and has to go through all sorts now of 64 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: the tests and all sorts of checks by the various 65 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 2: authorities the Maritime and Coastguard Agency here in the UK. 66 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 2: It's a Singapore flagged vessel and it's going to make 67 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 2: its way to West India Dock in London after those 68 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 2: tests conduct by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. It's a 69 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: four stroke engine, two of which capable of being fueled 70 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 2: by ammonia and diesel. As I said, ammonia is a 71 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 2: zero carbon fuel. That's why this is so important and 72 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: has the potential to substantially reduce screenhouse gas emissions when 73 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: used for shipping. So the Coast Guard Agency saying that 74 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 2: it exemplifies how shipping can become more sustainable and it 75 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: wants to see the UK Government at the forefront of 76 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 2: this particular venture. But over the coming months, global shipping 77 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 2: regulators are now going to have the chance to look 78 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 2: at this vessel and to fast track shippings moving away 79 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: from that so called dirty bunker fuel as some would say, 80 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 2: and embrace real zero fuel standards. 81 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: Interesting. We could, of course put the sales back on Gevin, 82 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: but then it would take a while, wouldn't it. Givin Gray, 83 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: you can your correspondent 84 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Dupless Ellen Drive, Listen live to 85 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,559 Speaker 2: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 86 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.