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Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent on Pope Francis's health, European leaders meeting · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: International correspondence with ins and Eye insurance, peace of mind
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  Speaker 1: for New Zealand business. At thirteen to six, get a
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  Speaker 1: greater UK. Hello Kevin other Andrew, you've got Zelensky. What's happening?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, big meeting there in London, Lancaster House, right in
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  Speaker 2: the heart of London. Plenty of people outside Downing Street
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  Speaker 2: cheering when the President of Ukraine v Loto Mezzelenski arrived
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  Speaker 2: and the Prime Minister. That really does reflect the strength
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  Speaker 2: of feeling for the country. Now with you to get
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  Speaker 2: a press conference in about ten to fifteen minutes, Andrew.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, this is all about really trying to
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  Speaker 2: work out how US Europe relationships are going to develop,
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  Speaker 2: and also of course what can the Ukrainians expect now
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  Speaker 2: from Europe. Will Europe step up and do the heavy lifting.
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  Speaker 2: But even if they do that heavy lifting, by which
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  Speaker 2: I may even mean boots on the ground, more money,
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  Speaker 2: more arms, more logistics, they are demanding or they need
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  Speaker 2: they stay American air cover. And that is something at
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  Speaker 2: the moment that Donald Trump says he's not going to supply,
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  Speaker 2: but we do know he flip blops. Yeah, I know.
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  Speaker 1: But at the same time, this conversation is not about
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  Speaker 1: continuing the war. It's about a piece. It's about having
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  Speaker 1: a peace with a security guarantee, which everyone's getting a
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  Speaker 1: bit confused. They think that Selenski now wants to carry
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  Speaker 1: on with the war, but he wants to have a
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  Speaker 1: security guarantee poots on the ground to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: Putin doesn't come back once they come up with some deal.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there was speculation, not confirmed, speculation that Donald Trump
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  Speaker 2: thinks that if the American companies start digging for the
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  Speaker 2: minerals in the east and north of Ukraine, by the
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  Speaker 2: very fact they're American Putin, wouldn't you try and evade again.
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  Speaker 2: But that's what the Europeans say is not right, and
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  Speaker 2: that's why they want this proper action plan in place
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  Speaker 2: for the peace.
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  Speaker 1: Now. Pope Francis had a bit of a turn on Friday,
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  Speaker 1: but he's come right a bit, yes.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I wouldn't say completely right, but he was
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  Speaker 2: a call for the third week in a row, absent
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  Speaker 2: and unable to deliver his traditional Angelus prayer in person.
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  Speaker 2: Each week visitors go to the Vatican, usually gathering our
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  Speaker 2: sent Peter Square to see the Pope. Third weekend, he's
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  Speaker 2: not been there. He's spent most of that time in hospital.
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  Speaker 2: He's still there, and it was said that he had
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  Speaker 2: written the text from his hospital room in the past
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  Speaker 2: few days and that was read out for him, and
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  Speaker 2: he told Catholics around the world that he felt their
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  Speaker 2: affection and closeness and said my quote, I feel as
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  Speaker 2: if I'm carried and supported by God's people. He'd had
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  Speaker 2: a peaceful night last night. But this was following, as
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  Speaker 2: you said, a second breathing crisis as it was called
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  Speaker 2: at the start of the weekend. He received extra oxygen report,
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  Speaker 2: but we're being told he was not inturbated, in other words,
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  Speaker 2: did not have one of those breathing tubes down his throat.
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  Speaker 2: So positive news in that sense, but still a long
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  Speaker 2: way from being out of the woods.
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  Speaker 1: Kevin, I thank you so much for more from Early
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