ANALYSIS: Putin senses a long-awaited win

Lengthy talks between US negotiators and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ended without a breakthrough on a potential deal to end the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin aide said. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh analyses what the Kremlin’s mindset for a peace deal might be. 01:21 • Source: CNN 7 videos Lengthy talks between US negotiators and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ended without a breakthrough on a potential deal to end the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin aide said. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh analyses what the Kremlin’s mindset for a peace deal might be. 01:21 • Source: CNN ANALYSIS: Putin senses a long-awaited win 01:21 CNN’s Stefano Pozzebon was at Simon Bolivar Intl Airport in Venezuela when US deportation flights landed, despite President Trump declaring the country’s airspace should be considered closed. 01:20 • Source: CNN CNN is at airport in Venezuela as US deportation flights land 01:20 Despite having no official role in the Trump administration in his second term, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, played a key role in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas and is now at the center of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. CNN’s Alayna Treene explains his role in these talks. 01:52 • Source: CNN Jared Kushner’s unconventional role in peace negotiations 01:52 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told reporters Wednesday that US President Donald Trump is the “one person in the whole world” who could break the deadlock in Ukraine and kickstart peace talks with Russia. 00:33 • Source: CNN NATO chief: 'only one person' can break deadlock on Russia-Ukraine: Trump 00:33 For the fourth time, Bad Bunny has been crowned the most-streamed artist on Spotify globally with 19.8 billion streams this year, according to Spotify. CNN correspondent Isabel Rosales reports. 00:43 • Source: CNN Spotify Wrapped results: Bad Bunny is the top artist 00:43 Anderson Cooper goes inside an overcrowded prison in Africa where people sometimes wait for years before a trial. What he found may surprise you. Watch this special episode of The Whole Story on Sunday, Dec, 7th at 8pm ET. 00:47 • Source: CNN They're becoming lawyers inside prison 00:47 A private Chinese space firm successfully sent its Zhuque-3 rocket to orbit but failed in its historic attempt to re-land the rocket booster – the first such trial by a Chinese firm as the country’s growing commercial space sector races to catch up with American rivals like SpaceX. 00:41 • Source: CNN Chinese reusable rocket booster crashes during first historic orbital test 00:41 See more videos