Chris Barrow
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One, however, has turned out to be wilder than most. She's a 21-year-old Egyptian called Hajar Abdul-Qadar, whose first round match at an International Tennis Federation event in Nairobi is quite something to behold, especially because the prize money for the tournament is $30,000.
Footage on the ITF website shows her struggling to hit the ball. Her German opponent, ranked 1026th in the world, dropped only three points in her six-love, six-love win, and unbelievably two of them were double faults. So just how bad was it? James Kamarasami put that question to Tamara Prenn, a sports writer with the British Daily Mail newspaper.
And that's all from us for now. There'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later on. If you'd like to comment on this podcast and the topics we're covering, do send us an email. Our address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. This edition was mixed by Nick Randall. The producers were Paul Day and Nikki Verrico. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Chris Barrow, and until next time, thanks for listening. Goodbye.
Global News Podcast · Russia's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow bomb blast · 17 Dec 2024
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Chris Barrow, and at 14 GMT on Tuesday 17th December, these are our main stories. A Russian general sanctioned for using banned chemical weapons in Ukraine has been killed in a bomb blast. Kiev said they carried it out. We have the latest.
A powerful earthquake flattens buildings and cuts communications on the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. And the pop star Adele has been accused of copying a Brazilian composer. Also in the podcast... Christian worship continues in Syria but how are people feeling after a tumultuous week in the Middle East?
We start in Moscow in an ordinary neighbourhood just a few kilometres southeast of the Kremlin where in the early hours of this morning a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a scooter went off outside the entrance to an apartment block. This local resident Yulia was nearby.
The blast killed a senior Russian general, Igor Kirillov, who was in charge of Russia's chemical weapons as well as his assistant. The attack comes a day after Ukrainian prosecutors accused the general of using banned chemical weapons. The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg is in Moscow and gave me the latest.
Is the assumption by residents there that Ukraine did this? Because I know there are claims from within the security forces of Ukraine that this was carried out by the Ukrainian side.
And is this, it sounds like, a significant blow to Russia's war effort and organisation at the top?
A powerful earthquake has hit the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, damaging and even flattening some buildings in the capital Port Vila. Communications have also been affected after the magnitude 7.3 quake, which was followed by tremors. The BBC managed to get through to Dan McGarry, a journalist based in Port Vila.
Our correspondent Katie Watson is monitoring events from Sydney.
How usual is it for Vanuatu to get extreme weather events? Because it sounds like, from what Dan McGarry was saying, that they do happen, but just not to this extent.
Katie Watson. The leader of the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime is calling for sanctions against the country to be lifted. Ahmed al-Sharah, who's now Syria's de facto leader, told a visiting British envoy that it was important to end restrictions imposed during the rule of Bashar al-Assad so that displaced Syrians could return home.
Some HTS fighters and families are returning to the western city of Homs. Our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette, made regular trips there throughout the war and has just returned to the city.
Lise Doucette. Researchers in Germany say they've deciphered an inscription which could be the oldest known evidence of Christianity in Europe. The writing is on a scroll in an 1800-year-old silver amulet, which the archaeologists digitally unrolled. Sophie Smith reports.
That was Sophie Smith.
And you're looking and then just confused. The letter that was delivered to the wrong address 17,000 kilometres away. Let's turn to Wisconsin now where at least two people have been killed and six others wounded in the latest school shooting in the United States. A female student opened fire inside a classroom of the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison on Monday morning.
The police chief, Sean Barnes, gave details about the suspect.
Naomi Ruckham from our partner broadcaster CBS gave us the latest.
Naomi Ruckam from CBS. Now, let's see if you can hear the similarity. This is our first song...
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