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A woman and a child walk hand in hand through a street filled with debris and damaged vehicles.

Putin’s advisors suggest freezing Ukraine’s front line and ‘declaring a triumph’

Full Episode
49:29

Olga Mudra, 35, and her daughter Natalia, 6, walk in the yard of their house damaged after a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, June 2, 2026.

Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Despite mass Russian assaults on Ukrainian cities, Moscow’s progress on the battlefield stalls. Also, police in Paris suspend dozens of school assistants in more than 100 schools, preschools and nurseries for abusing youngsters. And, Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado says she is planning to return to Venezuela “very soon” and expresses confidence that the country will emerge from authoritarian rule. Plus, a conversation about using the beloved axolotl as a World Cup mascot in Mexico as the real animal remains critically endangered.

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In This Episode

Advisors tell Putin to freeze Ukraine’s front line and ‘declare a triumph’
13:15
Paris’ worst child abuse scandal uncovered in public schools
6:18
BoyWithUke is now Chandol
1:18
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado uses Oslo stage to press for new elections
5:48
Indonesian lunch program is flailing
5:50
US to remove sensors used to study climate change impacts on Atlantic Ocean
6:02
A World Cup mascot raises questions in Mexico City
5:55
South African pop song gets a big boost
1:43