Trump exempts Russia from sanctions

US President Donald Trump has used his presidential authority to block numerous sanctions on Russia that were recently passed by the US Congress.

Also in today's programme: President Trump's new press secretary is ousted after five days, more national protests set to take place in France today; and we hear from the athletes hoping to win the Powerchair Football World Cup.

Presenter Celia Hatton is joined by Poppy Coburn, a columnist for the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper and Jonathan Goodman, an assistant professor in the Depatment of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge in the UK

Photo: US President Trump meets with Russian President Putin in Alaska 15 Aug 2025 Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque