PodcastThe World in Brief from The EconomistOctober 22, 2026

Putin agrees to peace negotiations; websites taken down over security bug, and more

Putin's conditional peace-talks agreement and surging AI-driven costs at Meta and Tesla dominate today's geopolitical and corporate news.

Putin-Witkoff meeting: Putin agreed "in principle" to American-brokered peace talks next month after meeting Trump envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg; Ukraine hasn't confirmed participation, and Russia released an American prisoner as goodwill.
PHP security flaw: Critical vulnerabilities found in PHP (runs ~70% of websites) by researchers using an advanced OpenAI model forced sites offline; the PHP Foundation issued patches.

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