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Can Burnham sweet-talk Trump at their first meeting?
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Andy Burnham will meet Donald Trump in person for the first time today at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Top of the agenda are the conflicts in Iran and Ukraine, North Sea drilling, trade deals and AI. So who wants what? Will there be any curveballs? And can the PM charm his opposite number in this first face-to-face?
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Guest: Ben Clatworthy, Whitehall editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producers: Olivia Case, Robyn Simon.
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