In today's episode, we analyze the high-stakes diplomacy over Ukraine, as US envoys meet with President Putin in Moscow. Our deep dive dissects the dissonance between Russia's aggressive rhetoric and its engagement in talks, and the conflicting ways the outcome is being framed by Washington and the Kremlin. Our second analysis untangles the profound contradictions in US policy toward Latin America, where threats of military strikes against Venezuela for drug trafficking are happening at the same time as the politically-motivated pardon of a convicted narco-president from neighboring Honduras. We also cover the day's top headlines, including the surging death toll from floods in Asia, the Pope's peace mission in Beirut, and the arrest of a former top EU official for fraud.

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