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On the frontlines of the NATO summit

Jul 11, 202357 min
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got a rockstar welcome in Lithuania, as he arrives for the NATO summit in Vilnius. The president has expressed frustration about the lack of a timeline for his country's membership of the alliance, calling it absurd. This ahead of his meeting with US President Joe Biden tomorrow. The American leader comes to the summit with a win already in the bag, Turkey opening the way for Sweden to join the alliance. Correspondent Melissa Bell reports on the latest details from Vilnius. 

Also on today's show: CNN Correspondent Hadas Gold reports from Jerusalem, followed by former Israeli politician Erel Margalit; US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith; Alexander Betts, Director of Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford; author Xochitl Gonzalez 

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