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Monday, 24 February 2025 - 32 minutes

French president Emmanuel Macron is in Washington DC for talks with Donald Trump as he - and later in the week Keir Starmer - attempt to stop a deal on the Ukraine war that favours Russia. How do you get through to the president?And, the price of eggs keeps rising in the US due to cases of bird flu. Will it cost the president politically?Justin, Anthony and Marianna joined Matt Chorley on 5 Live to answer your questions...HOSTS:
• Matt Chorley, 5 Live Presenter
• Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
• Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent
• Justin Webb, Radio 4 PresenterGET IN TOUCH:- Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB
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- Or use #AmericastThis episode was made by George Dabby with Catherine Fusillo. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app.You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers.US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below.The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r
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Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm

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