Nick Miles
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This is the changing of the guard outside the Royal Palace in the heart of Copenhagen. At a time, of course, when there's been a big change in Washington, D.C., President Trump now fundamentally changing some of the relationships with America's closest allies, countries that have stood shoulder to shoulder with America for decades. And, of course, Denmark is in that group.
Hans-Tino Hansen runs Risk Intelligence. They give advice on threats around the world. President Trump claims U.S. control of Greenland is an absolute necessity for international security.
Still, Denmark has said it will spend an extra $2 billion on defence, including in the Arctic. And Hans believes security there can be bolstered without an American takeover, but with deals that restore the scope of US influence.
With President Trump eyeing up Greenland's mineral wealth, we've come to meet Professor Minik Rösching, one of the world's leading geologists. Professor Roshing warns that the vastness of his homeland and the lack of infrastructure are just two elements of why Greenland may not be the cash point some Americans may hope for.
And then there's the question of who exactly would work the mineral mines.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen was Danish Prime Minister for most of the noughties and then NATO Secretary General.
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Saturday, the 8th of March, these are our main stories. President Trump has again taken aim at Ukraine, saying he's finding it more difficult to deal with Kiev on a peace agreement than Moscow. Syrian troops are reported to have executed more than 160 people in a former Assad stronghold.
Police give an update on the cause of death of Hollywood actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy. Also, did drugs help the trauma heal? It has been another confusing day in the long and tortuous path towards peace in Ukraine.
Less than an hour after Washington threatened to impose additional sanctions and tariffs on Moscow because of its latest heavy bombardment of Ukraine, President Trump seemed to come out in support of Vladimir Putin. He said his Russian counterpart had done what any leader would, given its adversary had just been denied US arms and intelligence.
Anomia, Mr. Trump sagt, es ist schwieriger, mit der Ukraine zu handeln, als mit Moskau. Das scheint für die Ukraine in den USA-Kiev-Gesprächen, die nächste Woche in Saudi-Arabien stattfinden, zu sein.
Aber wir wissen nicht, wann das sein wird.
On an earlier edition of this podcast, we brought you the news that civilians have been executed by Syrian security forces in an area which has seen clashes with those loyal to the former president, Bashar al-Assad. Now more details are emerging. A war monitoring group says the number killed in the coastal province of Latakia has risen to more than 160.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the total includes 13 women and 5 children, all of whom were from Assad's minority Alawite community. Syria's Interior Ministry has acknowledged what it called individual violations. Mohammed lives in a village close to the provincial city of Jabla. He says he witnessed a convoy of motorbikes accompanied by vehicles in the city.
Syriens Transitional Leader Ahmed Al-Shara sagt, er wird das, was er den Asad-Regime genannt hat, verfolgen und sie zum Trial bringen. Sechs bulgarische Bürger, die in den USA leben, sind vor langen Gefängnissen für Spionage für Russland. Die Polizei sagt, dass der Fall einer der größten und am meisten komplexen Außenintelligenz-Operationen der USA ist.
Drei der Gruppe wurden am Freitag verurteilt, während die restlichen drei ihre Einwohnung früher verurteilt haben. The trial heard the group had engaged in a series of surveillance and intelligence operations, targeting people and places of interest to Russia over a period of three years. They were arrested in February of 2023, as our correspondent Daniel DeSimone reports.
Officials have revealed the likely cause of death in the case of the American actor Gene Hackman and his wife, who were both found dead at their home in New Mexico. Authorities revealed a timeline which suggests Betsy Hackman, the actor's long-term partner, died first and Mr. Hackman a week later. Our US correspondent Peter Bowes was following the press conference.
Those details really are tragic. A carer dying and then leaving nobody to care for what was obviously an extremely vulnerable Mr. Hackman. Do we know what happens next in this case or where does it go now?
Now, what seems to be a bit of a first in women's professional sports. Hundreds of tennis players on the WTA tour will be eligible for 12 months paid maternity leave. Everyone will receive the same amount, which hasn't been disclosed, irrespective of their ranking. And players won't have to repay the money if they later choose not to return to the sport.
Grants will also be made available for fertility treatment. So, how important is this announcement, considering tennis players are self-employed? A question Tim Franks asked Eleanor Crooks, tennis correspondent for the Press Association.
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