Alex Ritson

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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Sunday, the 18th of January, these are our main stories.

Demonstrations in Greenland as Donald Trump threatens export tariffs on eight European countries which oppose his plan to take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Uganda's electoral authorities declare Yori Museveni president for a seventh term despite opposition accusations of widespread voter fraud.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, admits, as he puts it, a few thousand people died in the recent anti-government protests.

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A US federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that 3,000 ICE agents sent to Minneapolis should face restrictions on what tactics they can use.

Ever since his first presidency, Donald Trump was keen to get hold of Greenland.

But since the audacious US raid on Venezuela, the president has been increasingly strident about his desire to buy the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

On Saturday, he threatened eight European allies with tariffs if they continue to oppose his plan, starting at 10% before rising to 25%.

The nations in the firing line include Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany and the UK.

Just hours before the announcement, people in Greenland took to the streets to protest against Mr Trump's threats to annex the Arctic Territory.

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Stephen Miller, Mr Trump's deputy chief of staff, told the Fox News channel in the US why the president was so focused on Greenland.

The French President Emmanuel Macron called Mr Trump's threat of tariffs unacceptable, saying Europe would respond in a united and coordinated manner.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said applying tariffs on allies for defending NATO's collective security is completely wrong.

And European Union leaders have warned the tariffs risk a dangerous downward spiral in transatlantic relations.

I asked our North America correspondent David Willis if President Trump's threats and fresh economic tariffs