Nick Miles
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The head of the junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, flew to Bangkok for a regional economic summit. He's been largely ostracised from the global stage, relying on support from Russia and China, so his presence today marks a rehabilitation of sorts. But the dire domestic reality to which he'll return will shape his immediate fate.
There's now a short-term ceasefire in Myanmar, but the Burmese people often see their fortunes as divine judgement on the deeds of their leaders. Rising anger, despair and disease would represent a new and dangerous threat to the hunter.
Myanmar's military hasn't allowed foreign journalists into the country since the earthquake, but our correspondent Yogi Talimai managed to cross the border and made her way to Mandalay, the country's second largest city. This is the second of her reports.
That report by Yogita Limbai in Mandalay. It is Autism Acceptance Week around the world. Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people communicate and interact and how a person's brain develops and functions from infancy through adulthood. It's a condition that is misunderstood.
A new report from the UK has found that Somali children in Britain are six times more likely to be referred for autism than children from any other background. The condition itself is said not to be recognised in the Somali culture. There isn't even a name for it in the Somali language.
So, parents of these children with the condition have not been able to get the help they need, both in the UK and in Somalia, because they fear judgement from the community. So they struggle on in silence. But things are starting to change. In 2020, a Somali autism advocate introduced a new word, mangar, meaning unique mind, to describe autism in Somali.
And in Mogadishu, the Mustakbal Centre is helping such children find a place in society. Audrey Brown spoke to Noora Abe, the founder of Autism Independence here in the UK. How would she define autism?
Nora Abe, the founder of Autism Independence in the UK. Even if you've never played a video game before in your life, you've probably heard of Super Mario and Donkey Kong, two of the hugely popular characters created by the Japanese gaming company Nintendo. Well, Nintendo is also a giant in the video console world. Seven years ago, it launched the Nintendo Switch.
It has sold more than 150 million consoles since then. Now it's come up with an upgrade, the Switch 2. These gamers in New York had the chance to try it out.
But the Nintendo Switch 2 is being launched at a rather inauspicious time with hefty American tariffs being put on Japanese imports. I asked our technology reporter Tom Gherkin whether that's taken the shine off the launch.
And Tom, how price sensitive is the market for these games? Will many people say, look... I'll suck it up because it's a must-have item.
Do you think, though, the general trajectory of the industry is upwards? Video games market $200 billion around the world at the moment. Is it going to go up, do you think?
So Tom, what is special about this new Switch 2 that may mean it is a big seller despite the inauspicious timing?
And that's all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. 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 Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Nick Randall. The producer was Liam McSheffery.
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 Thursday 3rd April, these are our main stories. President Trump has announced sweeping tariffs on imports to the United States, starting at a baseline of 10% and rising steeply for countries with the highest trade deficits with the US.
A BBC reporter in Mandalay, close to the epicentre of last week's earthquake in Myanmar, says no rescue work is being carried out on many of the collapsed buildings and hospitals don't have the staff or resources to cope. Also in this podcast.
But is the asteroid, codenamed 2024 YR4, hurtling towards a collision with the moon? President Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on goods entering the US from around the world. He said the date would be remembered as Liberation Day when prosperity returned to America. Mr Trump spoke to an invited audience in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.
President Trump said American taxpayers had been what he called pillaged by foreigners for more than 50 years, but he said it was not going to happen anymore.
Mr Trump then outlined what he called the tariff imbalances which the US currently faces in the global market.
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