Nick Miles
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Lise Doucette, the number of people being executed around the world by their governments is at its highest level in 10 years. That's according to a new report by Amnesty International. It lists China as carrying out the most executions, as our security correspondent Frank Gardner reports.
Decades of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan could be coming to an end as the finishing touches are being put to a peace deal. But the fate of ethnic Armenian prisoners currently on trial in Baku is not part of the deal. The neighbouring nations have fought two full-scale wars over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which Azerbaijan regained full control of two years ago.
The former leaders of the separatist region are now being tried in Baku's military court, accused of war crimes. Among them is billionaire philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan, who founded one of Armenia's most prestigious educational institutions. His trial is scheduled to restart on Tuesday. Reyhan Dimitri travelled to Armenia to meet those affected by the detentions.
Dan from China.
Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, all countries that rely heavily on food aid from abroad. Now the United States seems to be saying it will stop providing its portion of assistance. That at least is according to the UN's World Food Programme, which says the move could amount to a death sentence for millions of people.
Imogen Folks, who's in Geneva, where the WFP is based, told me more about the background.
And you say critical situations in those countries. What could be the potential impact on places like Afghanistan, Somalia?
Now to a life-giving technology. A woman in the UK has given birth to a baby girl two years after she'd had a womb transplant. The extraordinary thing is that this was all made possible because Grace Davidson's sister, Amy, was the donor. Grace's baby has been called Amy too in recognition of her aunt. Our medical editor Fergus Walsh reports.
And that's all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later on. If you enjoyed this podcast, please feel free to subscribe on your app platform and share it with a friend or fellow news enthusiast. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, you can send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk.
You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag globalnewspod. This edition was mixed by Daniela Varela-Hernandez and the producer was Stephanie Prentice. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Nick Miles and until next time, goodbye.
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Friday, the 4th of April, these are our main stories. President Trump has said his policy of putting steep tariffs on US imports is going very well, despite huge falls in stock markets. The new taxes have led the World Trade Organization to revise down its growth forecast.
It now expects the global economy to shrink by 1% this year. The authorities in Gaza say an Israeli airstrike has killed over 30 displaced people sheltering in a school.
The Japanese gaming company Nintendo has revealed the Switch 2, the long-awaited successor to one of the best-selling consoles in history. Donald Trump has defended the tariffs he's announced on US imports from around the world, despite a global stock market sell-off. Wall Street suffered one of its worst days in recent years on Thursday.
But speaking to reporters as he left the White House, Mr Trump expressed optimism.
We'll hear more about what the US president had to say in a moment, but let's hear from India, Vietnam, Japan and South Africa. And first, from the US.
By one estimate, more than $1.5 trillion was wiped off the value of shares on Wall Street at the start of Thursday's trading. Shares in tech firms were the worst hit. Apple's value dropped by more than $250 billion. The dollar also fell and there's been a slide in oil prices. Investors fear the tariffs will hit growth and drive up inflation worldwide.
Despite all this, President Trump remained buoyant. I heard more from our North America correspondent, David Willis.
And David, in that clip we heard from Mr. Trump, he referred to what's happening as an operation that's going to work. To what extent do Americans like the idea of being operated on?
And no sign of any kind of dissent within the Trump administration, far from it at the moment.
David Willis in Los Angeles. The World Trade Organization has revised its forecast for global economic growth sharply downwards in the light of the new US tariffs. In contrast to its previous forecast of 3% growth for the world economy this year, the agency now expects a contraction of 1%. Jonathan Josephs reports.
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