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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday the 26th of February. An emotional day for Israel as the two young Bibas boys and their mother are laid to rest. A member of the family said they could have been saved, but Israeli officials preferred revenge.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Still to come on the Global News Podcast.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Why an Australian radio host is out of a job. The energy giant BP says it will pump $10 billion a year into boosting oil and gas production while slashing spending on cleaner, renewable energy sources. Environmental groups have criticised the sharp reversal of clean energy targets. Here's Leanna Byrne.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
For decades, people living with disabilities in Somalia have faced discrimination and isolation. More than 10% of Somalia's adult population lives with a disability, some injured in attacks by al-Shabaab militants during decades of civil war. They have struggled to find jobs, access education and participate in politics.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
However, the new National Disability Protection Law promises to change that by ensuring legal recognition and greater inclusion. Activists say the real challenge now lies in implementation. Our reporter, Vardosa Hanshi, has just returned from Mogadishu and has this report.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
The funeral came as Israel and Hamas resolved their latest dispute over the ceasefire deal for Gaza. On Saturday, Israel refused to release 600 Palestinian prisoners due to be handed over after six Israelis had been freed in Gaza. It accused Hamas of parading the hostages for propaganda purposes.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Fadosa Hanshi reporting from Somalia. An Australian couple have been recounting their horror at having to sit next to a body on a flight. They described how they ended up sitting near the dead woman for several hours on the Qatar Airways plane. David Lewis is following the story.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Negotiators in Egypt say an agreement was reached to free the Palestinians as part of the final swap of the first phase of the ceasefire deal. Yolan Nel in Jerusalem has been giving the details to my colleague Lucy Hockings.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Well, that was Marty Sheargold with his view of the Australian women's football team, who reached the semi-final of the last World Cup. Not content with comparing the Matildas to 15-year-olds, he also implied their matches were boring. Our Australia correspondent Katie Watson in Sydney told us more.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Katie Watson in Sydney. Finally, The Substance, starring Demi Moore, is one of the favourites for Best Picture at the Oscars on Sunday.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Well, the film depicts a fading celebrity acquiring a black market drug that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. But things go horribly wrong. If it's named Best Picture, it would mark the first big win for a horror film since The Silence of the Lambs more than three decades ago. But why are performances in horrors often overlooked by the big awards?
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Anna Smith is a film critic and host of the Girls on Film podcast. But first we heard from Mark Jenkin, who directed the 2023 horror Ennis Men.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Mark Jenkin and Anna Smith. And that's all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Abby Wiltshire and produced by Tracy Gordon. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
The US and Ukraine agree a deal on minerals, but what of security guarantees? And why oil giant BP is slashing renewable investments and moving back to fossil fuels. Also in the podcast, 10 years on from ISIS, we report on life in Kurdish parts of Syria.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Yolan now in Jerusalem. Kurds in Syria have faced years of conflicts, more than a decade of civil war, and since 2016 battles with Turkish forces and their Syrian allies. Neighbouring Turkey regards the Kurdish armed groups as being linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
BBC Persian correspondent Jia Gol has visited Kurdish-controlled areas in north-eastern Syria to find out what they seek for their future.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
It is a day of deep sorrow in Israel as hundreds of mourners paid their final respects to Shiri Bibas and her two young boys, Gafir and Ariel. They were kidnapped during the 7th of October attacks, becoming a symbol of the horror of that day. Despite desperate hopes they would come home alive, their bodies were returned to Israel last week.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
JR Gol reporting from Syria. Earlier this month, Vladimir Zelensky refused a demand from Donald Trump to hand over half of Ukraine's future mineral resources. That rejection angered the US president, who then accused the Ukrainian leader of being a dictator to the delight of Russia.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Now the two men appear to have patched up their differences and agreed a deal which could be signed at the White House by the end of the week.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
President Trump speaking in Washington yesterday. Under the agreement, a jointly owned fund will be set up, financed by profits from Ukraine's minerals, oil and gas. Mariana Fakordinova is a Ukrainian researcher at the Centre for European Policy Analysis.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Our correspondent in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, James Waterhouse, told me why President Zelensky had now agreed to the deal.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Yeah, no explicit security guarantees, but President Trump said in return for the deal, Ukraine would get the right to fight on. What do the Ukrainians understand that means?
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Today there was a long procession to their final resting place with thousands lining the streets, many carrying flags, saying farewell to the family. Shiri's husband, Yarden Bibas, who spent more than a year in captivity in Gaza himself, made an emotional speech at the funeral.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
James Waterhouse in Kiev. The United Kingdom is one of the biggest foreign aid donors in the world, behind the likes of Germany and the US. But hot on the heels of President Trump's efforts to freeze US development funding, on Tuesday, Britain announced it would slash its aid budget in order to increase defence spending.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Now, UN aid agencies are sounding the alarm, saying the huge cuts pose an existential challenge. I heard more from our correspondent in Geneva, Imogen Folks.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Because these cuts are due to come in over two years. Tell us more about the kind of things that could be affected.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Shiri's sister-in-law, Ofri, criticised Israeli officials over their deaths, saying they could have saved her loved ones, but preferred revenge.
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Bibas family funeral takes place in Israel
Other big donors like Germany also cutting back. I mean, how can these aid agencies make the argument that this is a benefit for the whole world in the face of such strong opposition from the new Trump administration?
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Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
And the decline of nuance.
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Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion.
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Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection, written and presented by best-selling author Oliver Berkman, containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity, and the decline of nuance.
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Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Trump announces multi-billion dollar AI programme
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
Global News Podcast
Trump announces multi-billion dollar AI programme
Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection written and presented by best-selling author Oliver Berkman containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity and the decline of nuance.
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Trump announces multi-billion dollar AI programme
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has a long history of targeting his critics. Now his main political rival has been arrested. The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, was detained as part of an anti-corruption investigation. On Tuesday, Istanbul University said it had annulled his degree, meaning Mr Imamoglu won't be able to be the opposition's presidential candidate as planned.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
President Zelensky said Russia's words didn't match its actions.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
He posted this video as Turkish police surrounded his house.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Emily Withers is a reporter in Istanbul. She says it's been a dramatic day there.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Now, Mr Imamoglu was about to be declared the main opposition party's candidate for president. Does this put paid to his challenge?
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Emily Withers in Istanbul. The UN Migration Agency says more than 60,000 people were displaced in a month in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. The city has been ravaged by violence, with gang members in control of large areas.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
According to the International Organisation for Migration, it's got worse over the past two months, as increased attacks on civilians have led to repeated and historic displacements. Port-au-Prince airport remains closed and much of the capital is under siege. We heard from the IOM's chief in Haiti, Gregoire Goodstein.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Gregoire Goodstein of the International Organization for Migration in Haiti. Traditional bullfights have been banned in Mexico City. Matadors are no longer allowed to kill or injure the animals they face in the ring. But it's a decision that's divided Mexicans, as Isabella Jewell explains.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
For its part, Russia accused Ukraine of attempting to disrupt peace talks by targeting an oil storage facility on its territory. We'll hear from Moscow in a moment, but first to our diplomatic correspondent James Landau in Kiev.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Isabella Jewell reporting. For 40 years, Hans Zimmer has been making some of the most memorable film music, from Rain Man to Gladiator, the James Bond film No Time to Die and Dune. Today, his own film lands in cinemas. Hans Zimmer and friends Diamond in the Desert turns his live show into a big screen experience. Our entertainment correspondent Colin Patterson sat down with him at the piano.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Hans Zimmer talking to Colin Paterson. And Hans Zimmer was behind the theme music for our podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon. If you'd like to hear it, search for 13 Minutes to the Moon wherever you get your BBC podcasts. And that's all from us for now, but the Global News podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Kai Perry and produced by Carla Conti. Our editor is Karen Martin.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
But at the same time, Ukraine has also been striking Russia.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
And presumably the Ukrainians are worried that the Americans will accept Russian demands that aid to Ukraine is stopped as a precondition for any talks.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
James in Kiev, thank you. Well, let's get the view from Moscow. Our Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, is there. Steve, why did Russia carry out these attacks after saying it wouldn't hit energy targets in Ukraine?
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday the 19th of March. President Zelensky has accused Vladimir Putin of breaking a promise not to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Turkish police have arrested the president's biggest political rival, Ekrem İmamoğlu, the popular mayor of Istanbul.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Yeah, playing for time. There's also some suggestion that Vladimir Putin kept Donald Trump waiting for an hour before making that call. Have you heard anything about that? Yeah.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Steve Rosenberg in Moscow. We also heard from James Landale in Kiev. According to the Hamas-run health ministry, 970 people have been killed since Israel launched new strikes on Gaza, though the figures haven't been confirmed. The fragile truce with Hamas was brought to an abrupt end with a devastating bombardment on Monday night.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Dr Tanya Haj Hassan has been treating some of the victims in a hospital in Han Yunis in southern Gaza, and a warning that some of what she told us is distressing.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
The renewed attacks came after Hamas refused Israel's demands to renegotiate the Gaza ceasefire. The Palestinian group wanted to continue with the original plan to hold talks on a second phase, including a full withdrawal of Israeli troops.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
That was always strongly opposed by right-wing members of the Israeli cabinet, like Itamar Ben-Gavir, who resigned over the original agreement and who has now been reappointed as national security minister. Shortly before coming into the studio, we got an update from our Middle East correspondent, Yolande Nell.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
And the UN says two of its staff have been killed at one of its compounds in Gaza.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Now it was a seminal moment in US history that spawned endless conspiracy theories. But now the American government has released the final batch of documents relating to the JFK assassination. The 80,000 pages were made available after President Trump signed an executive order in January. I heard more from our reporter Charlotte Gallagher.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
So it's impossible to say if any new information has emerged so far?
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
And look at the work of Hans Zimmer, composer of some of the world's most memorable film music. Putin is playing a game, so says the German foreign minister after the Russian president appeared to go back on his promise not to target Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Russia reportedly hit an electricity system in Ukraine just hours after the Trump-Putin phone call.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
So will it be enough to end the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination?
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Charlotte Gallagher. But why has the 1963 shooting of President Kennedy inspired so many conspiracy theories? We asked author David Aronovich. Because it was so traumatic.
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Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Author and journalist David Aronovich. And still to come on the Global News Podcast... Mexico City votes to ban traditional bullfighting.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
The fate of the Bibas family has tormented the Israeli public since the Hamas attack of October 7th, 2023. A picture of the two young red-headed boys, Ariel and Gafir, being abducted along with their distraught mother, Shiri, became a symbol of the brutality of that day.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
The father, Yadin Bibas, was released earlier this month, but Hamas said his wife and two children were killed by Israeli bombing in late 2023. Their deaths were never confirmed and many in Israel refused to believe it. Now Hamas has said their bodies will be handed over on Thursday, ahead of the release of six living hostages on Saturday.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
But three years on, with hundreds of thousands dead on both sides, the Russian leader now appears to have the upper hand after seemingly winning over Donald Trump. The first tangible sign of the new reality came in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, as the top Russian and American diplomats met in Riyadh. Our correspondent Tom Bateman was there.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
Mark Lowen in Jerusalem told me about the likely reaction in Israel.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
Now this is part of a series of Handovers, living hostages on Saturday, more dead bodies next week. Is the deal accelerating? It seems to be faster than had been planned.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
A British couple arrested in Iran last month during a round-the-world motorcycle trip have been charged with spying offences. Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who are both 52, are accused of collecting information in different locations across Iran. The BBC's Azadeh Moshiri is in neighbouring Pakistan. She spoke to Tim Franks.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
Technological advances have seen things that were once inconceivable being grown in labs, from red blood cells to human skin, chocolate to diamonds. Now teeth could join that list. Researchers at Tufts University in the US city of Boston say false teeth or dentures could become a thing of the past, as they're on the verge of a breakthrough in creating new teeth from a mix of human and pig cells.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
The BBC's Evan Davis got the details from Dr. Pamela Yellick, Professor of Orthodontics.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
The Canadian novelist and playwright Antonine Maillet has died in Montreal at the age of 95. Lise Doucette looks back at her life.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
Lise Doucette. In the country that brought you Chaucer, Shakespeare, Keats and Wordsworth, it might surprise you there is no national centre to celebrate poetry. But that is about to change. The man behind the project, the UK's poet laureate Simon Armitage, says poetry is the most accessible and democratic of art forms. He told the BBC's Tim Franks,
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
That is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Derek Clark and produced by Marion Straughan, our editors Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
The view from the Ukrainian capital. So what, if anything, can President Zelensky do to influence any settlement of the war? Here's our Ukraine-Correspondent James Waterhouse.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
James Waterhouse in the Ukrainian capital. Just before we came into the studio, President Trump said he would probably meet Vladimir Putin before the end of the month. In a wide-ranging news conference at Mar-a-Lago, he also said he was disappointed by complaints, presumably from Ukraine and Europe, of being frozen out of the talks.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
So, what should we make of the US-Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia? The BBC's Luke Jones spoke to Olga Ivshina from the BBC Russian Service and Irina Tarnayuk of BBC Ukrainian.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Wednesday the 19th of February. We'll have more reaction to the dramatic reset in relations between the US and Russia, as they agree to press ahead with negotiations on the war in Ukraine, despite excluding Kiev from their talks. Israelis learn the fate of the youngest hostages in Gaza.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
And a British couple arrested in Iran last month have been charged with spying. Also in the podcast.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
Marina Tarnayuk of the BBC Ukrainian Service and we also heard from Olga Ivshina of BBC Russia. And still to come on the Global News Podcast.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
The UK announces what's described as a long overdue National Poetry Centre. Untertitelung des ZDF für funk, 2017 Untertitelung des ZDF für funk, 2017 Bukavu war die zweite große Stadt, die den Rebellen nach Goma verfolgt hat. Sie sagen, sie werden ihren Kampf bis zu der kongolesischen Stadt Kinshasa, mehr als 1.000 Kilometer entfernt. Ola Garin schrieb diesen Bericht aus dem oberen Kongo.
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Dismay in Ukraine as Russia and US reset ties
We have a special report from eastern Congo. And forget dentures, could we soon grow replacement teeth? But first, according to leaked intelligence from February 2022, Vladimir Putin believed his invasion forces could overthrow the Ukrainian government within three days. In the end, his troops were stopped at the gates of Kiev.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
And so what's the next stage in working out whether this injection can be rolled out around the world?
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Dominic Hughes, our health correspondent. President Trump has dropped his threat to step up his trade war with Canada after he said he would double the tariff on steel and aluminium. The White House says the proposed 50% duty will not now take effect. The change of heart came after the Canadian province of Ontario decided not to impose a planned 25% surcharge on its electricity exports to the US.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Here's the American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
President Trump told reporters he respected the decision by Ontario's Premier, Doug Ford. Our North America business correspondent Erin Delmore has more details.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Erin Delmo. It's not unusual for people to like different music to their parents. It turns out that the same is sort of true for birds. A major study of one of the most common species, the great tit, has found that over time the tunes they sing change. The BBC's Evan Davis found out more from Professor Ben Sheldon of Oxford University.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Ben Sheldon of Oxford University. Now, have you heard of space weather? We're planning a collaboration with our colleagues from BBC Weather about just that phenomenon, and we need your help. To explain more, I caught up with our lead weather presenter, Simon King.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Tom Bateman was in Jeddah for the talks and gave us his analysis.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
And as you look at the sun, it's getting quite busy at the moment.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Talking about looking up to the sky, you also keep across meteor showers and eclipses, even though they're not strictly included in the definition of space weather.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Simon King. We're aiming to record something around the equinox, so that is next week. If there's anything you'd like to know, please email globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk or find us on X at BBC World Service using the hashtag Global News Pod. And it would be great if you could record your question as a voice note. Thanks.
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And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Chris Kouzaris and produced by Stephanie Tillotson. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Tom Bateman in Saudi Arabia. So how is Ukraine reacting to all this? Yuri Sak is an advisor to Ukraine's Ministry of Strategic Industries.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Our correspondent in Kiev, James Waterhouse, told us more.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway and this edition is published in the early hours of Wednesday the 12th of March. The US has resumed intelligence sharing and military aid for Ukraine after the Ukrainians agreed to an American proposal for a month-long ceasefire.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
And how much of a difference will the resumption of intelligence and aid to Ukraine make on the battlefield?
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
James Waterhouse in Kiev. And in the past few hours, Ukraine has confirmed that US security assistance and intelligence sharing has resumed. In Washington, President Trump said he would now talk to Vladimir Putin, but it takes two to tango.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Well, for Reaction from Moscow, I spoke to Vitaly Shevchenko, Russia editor of BBC Monitoring.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would present the plan to Russia and that the ball is in their court. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was a positive step.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
But after the warming in relations, particularly with President Trump himself, would Russia risk rejecting the US plan?
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Vitaly Shevchenko. And still to come on the Global News Podcast... ..how birdsong changes between generations.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
At least three people are reported to have been killed after separatist fighters attacked and seized a train in Balochistan in southwest Pakistan. More than 400 people were reported to be on board. Many were taken hostage. The Jaffar Express was travelling from the provincial capital Quetta to the northern city of Peshawar. These people were waiting anxiously for news of their loved ones.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
I got an update from our South Asia regional editor, Anbarasan Etirajan.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
An annual injection designed to guard against HIV has completed an important early safety trial. Ukraine has been under huge pressure to sign up to President Trump's vision of a peace deal with Russia. The Americans even halted intelligence sharing and military aid. But after talks in Saudi Arabia, the Ukrainians have agreed to a US proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
Do we know how they were able to stop the train?
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
More than 20 million people around the world are considered to be at high risk of contracting HIV. A drug in the form of a daily pill can prevent it, but only about 3.5 million people take it. Now, researchers are hoping that a yearly injection can be a game-changer in the fight against the virus.
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Ukraine accepts 30-day ceasefire
And it's just passed an important safety trial, as I heard from our health correspondent Dominic Hughes.
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First deaths as wildfires wreak havoc in LA
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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First deaths as wildfires wreak havoc in LA
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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First deaths as wildfires wreak havoc in LA
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Lina Sinjab reporting from Damascus.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
We look at the impact of the huge winter storm on the east coast of America on the thousands battling homelessness.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
A study into the use of artificial intelligence to help identify cases of breast cancer has found that technology can improve detection rates with no increase in false positives. The German study also suggested AI could help reduce the workload of medical staff. Stefan Bunk is one of the authors of the study and founder of AI software firm Vara.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Resident Lynn Levin-Guzman told a local TV station she went to her parents' neighbourhood to hose down their house.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
is so much better already stefan bunk as we heard earlier in the podcast a devastating wildfire has been spreading through parts of los angeles but on the east coast of america a huge winter storm has brought snow ice and freezing temperatures shelters have been opening their doors to rough sleepers after a surge in homelessness over the past year from washington here's tom bateman
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Mimi Teller from the American Red Cross is at an evacuation centre in the city where people have been arriving with very few belongings.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
That report by Tom Bateman. Sam Altman, boss of the chat GPT owner OpenAI, has been named in a lawsuit accusing him of childhood sexual abuse. He has denied the claims. Our business presenter, Suranjana Tiwari, has the details.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Our business reporter, Sarenjana Tiwari. As the new year dawned, businesses in Norway faced a key deadline requiring them to ensure more women are sitting on their executive boards. Back in 2008, it was the first nation to introduce a 40% gender quota on boards of listed companies, firms on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
The Norwegian parliament extended that to all large and medium-sized private companies, around 8,000 businesses in total. So, have they all met the deadline? Nula McGovern was joined by Hege Ruudlund, founder of a recruitment company, and first up, Linda Littler-Kalso-Orsa, CEO of a salmon producer and winner of Norway's Woman Board Award in 2022.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Linda Littler, Kelsa Orsa and Hege Radland talking to Nuala McGovern. Now there's some good news for those who start the day with a cup of coffee. A European Heart Journal study has found that morning coffee drinkers have a lower risk of death than those who don't touch the stuff and are 31% less likely to be killed by cardiovascular disease.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
But the researchers at Tulane University in Louisiana found no health benefit for people who drank coffee all day. The report looked at the health, nutrition and lifestyle of more than 40,000 adults in the US. Dr Liu Qi is the lead author.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
The fires are being fuelled by gusts of up to 100 miles an hour, 160 kilometres an hour, caused by a seasonal weather pattern known as the Santa Ana winds and by the recent months of dry weather. Just before we recorded this podcast, I got an update from our correspondent in Los Angeles, Peter Bowes.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Martin Williams and produced by Richard Hamilton. Our editor is Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Of course wildfires are not uncommon in California but you've lived in Los Angeles for many years. How does this compare?
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Peter Bowes in Los Angeles. And just a reminder that we're planning a special edition of the Global News podcast to look at the extent to which extreme weather events are directly linked to climate change. So if there's anything you want to ask our experts, email us at the usual address, globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. And if you can, please put your question in a voice note.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
The US President-elect Donald Trump has doubled down on his desire to make America bigger, posting a picture of a map depicting Canada as part of the United States. In a wide-ranging news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, the former reality TV star also spoke about acquiring Greenland from Denmark, renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and taking back the Panama Canal.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
The Panamanian Foreign Minister, Javier Martinez-Acha, said the sovereignty of the waterway was non-negotiable.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday the 8th of January. Reinforcements are being brought into Los Angeles to fight fires that have forced thousands to flee.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
France has warned Mr Trump against threatening the sovereign borders of Europe, while Germany said borders must not be moved by force after the President-elect refused to rule out military action to take control of Greenland. The vast, mineral-rich island is an autonomous territory of EU member Denmark. But what is the view there? Malik Hansen is head of Greenland's Foreign Policy Society.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Mike Hansen in Greenland. So how likely is it that the US would use the military to expand its territory? James Jeffrey is a former US Deputy National Security Advisor.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
European nations warn that borders must not be altered by force after Donald Trump refuses to rule out military action to take Greenland. And China steps up relief efforts in the earthquake zone in Tibet.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
James Jeffery, a former US Deputy National Security Advisor. This afternoon in China, Qinghai province was hit by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake. Although such tremors can damage buildings, it was much less powerful than the 7.1 magnitude quake that struck the neighbouring region of Tibet on Tuesday morning. Rescuers there are racing against time to get people to safety.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Survivors trapped in the rubble of thousands of collapsed buildings risk dying of hypothermia in the harsh winter conditions. At least 126 people are confirmed dead. Hundreds more are injured. Professor Bishal Nath Upreti is head of the Centre for Disaster Management in neighbouring Nepal.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Professor Bishal Nath Upreti in Nepal. Reporters can't travel to Tibet without permission from the Chinese government, so our correspondent Laura Bicker is monitoring the relief operation from Beijing.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Laura Baker in Beijing. As the new government in Syria begins trying to rebuild international ties with countries like Germany and the UAE, there are calls for Syrians at home to take an active role in shaping the new constitution. After five decades of repression under the Assad family, the streets are now bustling with activists and young professionals openly discussing the future of the nation.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
As Lina Sinjab reports from Damascus.
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Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes
Civil society activists in Damascus discuss the future of Syria. The wildfires currently burning in at least three parts of Los Angeles are so fierce that extra firefighters have been brought in from Northern California and Arizona. The worst of the fires is in the wealthy Pacific Palisades neighbourhood between Santa Monica and Malibu. At least 30,000 people have been forced to evacuate.
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Trump's threats to seize Greenland and Panama Canal
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
It's a chance to speak directly to a huge television audience. President Donald Trump, a consummate showman, has been a near permanent fixture on our screen since his second inauguration just over six weeks ago. But the speech on Tuesday night primetime allowed him to use the full political pageantry of the United States to get his message across.
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
Mr. Trump spoke for more than an hour and a half, the longest ever presidential speech to Congress, covering tariffs, illegal immigration and free speech. There were cheers from Republicans and some protests from Democrats. The House Speaker Mike Johnson even ordered Democratic Congressman Al Green to be removed from the chamber for heckling Mr. Trump. Here's a flavour of the event.
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
Donald Trump there. The democratic response to his address came from Senator Elisa Slotkin.
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
Senator Elisa Slotkin. Just after President Trump finished speaking, I spoke to our correspondent in Washington, Merlin Thomas, and asked what she made of it.
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
Hallo, ich bin Oliver Conway und wir machen das hier auf 4.30 Uhr auf GMT, am Dienstag, den 5. März. Donald Trump hat den längsten jahrelangen Präsidentensprache im Kongress geliefert. Er hat gesagt, er hätte mehr erreicht, seit er 43 Tage vor der Regierung zurückgekehrt ist, als die meisten Regierungen in vier oder acht Jahren.
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
Yeah, I mean, I guess for many Americans, they're not so interested in what happens overseas. And that's why a lot of the focus was on domestic issues. With regard to Elon Musk, that was a very long section where he listed all the apparent areas where money has been wasted. I wonder if they're doing that correctly.
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
because they feel some Americans are beginning to push back at what is happening at that department. He also spoke about trying to get the price of eggs down and he tried to blame that on Joe Biden. So is there some sense he is sort of starting to feel a bit of pushback from some in the American population?
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
But on the international front, as you say, he spoke about Ukraine. He also spoke about tariffs, said the US was going to take trillions of dollars from those. And again, two of those other countries that he's been interested in, Greenland and Panama, he also spoke about those.
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
In der Ukraine hat er Präsident Zelenskyj bedankt, dass er rausgekommen ist und gesagt hat, dass er von Russland starke Signale bekommen hat, dass es bereit ist für Frieden. The US leader also defended his imposition of tariffs on America's main trading partners, while acknowledging they could cause disruption.
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
And just a little bit on that sort of division that we saw in Congress between the Democrats and the Republicans. Very stark.
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
And that is all from this extra edition of the Global News Podcast. It was mixed by Caroline Driscoll and produced by Chantal Hartle. Our editors Karen Martin, I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Bonus: President Trump addresses Congress
There were frequent chants of USA from Republicans and protests from Democrats, one of who was kicked out of the chamber. We'll hear the main points of the President's speech and get analysis from Washington. Every year the US President gives an address to the joint houses of the US Congress, highlighting recent achievements and outlining priorities for the year ahead.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, that seems a good moment to look at the impact of Donald Trump's second presidency on the rest of the world.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, talking about toughness, Jeff from New Zealand has what he calls a tongue-in-cheek question. If Trump decided to take Greenland by force, wouldn't he be obliged to also defend Greenland from US forces under the NATO treaty?
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We're going on to another near neighbour. Emilio in London has a query about Donald Trump's decision to designate Mexican cartels as terrorist organisations. Emilio says, how might this change policies, security strategies and socio-economic relations in both the US and Mexico?
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President Trump: Your questions answered
And Katrina, the Inflation Reduction Act, is that something that's going to be easy to dismantle?
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, next, we have some questions on Ukraine.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
And we got this from a YouTuber called Polemicist, who's curious about President Trump's effort to force Russia to end the war in Ukraine by getting OPEC to cut oil prices. Polemicist wonders if lowering oil prices might actually help tackle Russia's 9% inflation rate.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, first of all, in answer to your question, Daniel, I suppose Europe is so concerned because of fears that Russia may not stop at Ukraine and move on to other countries, perhaps. And of course, all the death and destruction that's occurring on European soil. But perhaps Gary and Katrina, who are US experts, can talk about President Trump's position on the war in Ukraine.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, on the subject of economic pressure from the US, we had this question.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, Frederick's concerned that Chinese products could be redirected to European markets, possibly increasing unemployment in Europe. But I guess tariffs could have many unforeseen impacts.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Nick takes us to a question that he says many Americans Googled in 2016. Should I move to Canada? He says they're about to get their own far-right populist prime minister. The economic opportunities in the states still seem higher. So is there any reason to make the move?
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Right, well, let's have a look at Donald Trump's success at the ballot box. We had this question from Ian.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Overly liberal rhetoric. Is that what won it for Donald Trump?
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, on a similar theme, Farn in South Africa asks if the return of Donald Trump is a turning point for liberal policies on asylum and gender and things like that. And in particular, he asks, does it herald the end of extremely polite type of presidents?
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, let's hear from a couple of people who are perhaps more worried about populism.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Marco there with that second question. Well, putting aside the fact that Donald Trump's electoral victory wasn't quite the landslide that he claimed, what has been the impact of his success on liberal voices, well, particularly in the US?
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, he certainly signalled that he wants to get on with things. And we had this question, no name attached to it, about three of the issues that Donald Trump campaigned on.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
And that's all from this special edition of the Global News Podcast. Thanks very much to Gary O'Donoghue.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
And thanks to you for all the questions. Apologies if we didn't have time to get to yours. This edition was mixed by Gareth Jones and produced by Chantal Hartle. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Yeah, I mean, very interesting the way that eggs have been going up despite what Donald Trump promised before the election.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well let's get to two more questions which I think relate to executive orders.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Thank you. Well, certainly on the death penalty, I think that's fairly straightforward, Gary.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
And Katrina, I think we saw a raft of orders about the military just last night on Monday.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
You're listening to a special edition of the Global News Podcast. Hello, I'm Oliver Connolly. We're recording this on Tuesday the 28th of January and we have two guests for you.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, in a way, I think you might have helped address this next question.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Well, Sunil from India had this question about President Trump.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
And we're going to be answering your questions about Donald Trump's first week back in office as President of the United States of America. And thank you for all the questions you sent in. We'll start as Donald Trump did himself, straight after his inauguration with the blizzard of executive orders he signed, a record 26 on day one. So here are two questions from Alejandra in Chile.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
Gary, as our listeners may know, you're blind. How accommodating is the US for people with disabilities and what's the Trump administration's attitude to that?
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President Trump: Your questions answered
And you're telling me you may have got an indication of his attitude with regards to Trump Tower.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
You're listening to a special edition of the Global News Podcast. We had an email from someone who works at the International Rescue Committee in the US who wished to remain anonymous. This person said, many of us are feeling unstable in our jobs. Many of our refugee and asylum clients are scared of being deported.
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President Trump: Your questions answered
What do you think will happen to the resettlement agencies who built entire careers on the US refugee programmes? Will they be able to withstand this presidency?
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Our Asia-Pacific Editor Celia Hatton. One of the oldest towns in Belgium, Gerhardsbergen, is also home to two of its oldest festivals. They take place each year on the same Sunday in February to celebrate the end of winter. They include Christian and pagan elements such as fire, live fish and bread.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
But one of the festivals, the Krakelingen, has run into controversy with animal rights activists, as Alice Adderley explains.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
When the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer goes to Washington on Thursday, what can he do to win over Donald Trump? The US President has long complained about Europe freeloading on defence by relying on America. The French President visited the White House on Monday and now France is reportedly willing to use its nuclear deterrent to help protect Europe.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Few might recognize his name, but Clint Hill was a central figure in one of the most infamous episodes of American history. The Secret Service agent tried and failed to shield President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated. Mr. Hill has died at the age of 93. Here he is speaking to the BBC in 2017 about what happened in Dallas on the 22nd of November, 1963.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Paris has been undergoing a major transformation as it tries to become a greener, less polluted city by reducing car use in favor of bikes. And it seems to have been working. Cycling rates have soared. But as Anna Holligan now reports, the death last year of a 27-year-old cyclist revealed a dark side to Paris' cycling revolution.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Now the British government has signalled that it too is willing to step up by boosting defence spending. It will be partly funded by cutting the UK's overseas aid budget. Keir Starmer spoke to Parliament.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Finally, a man in the Colombian city of Cartagena has been arrested after seemingly trying to smuggle cocaine under a wig. Law enforcement have released images on social media showing off their haul and the man's shaved head. David Lewis has the story.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
That is all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast very soon. This one was mixed by Kai Perry and produced by Chantal Hartle. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
And what about cutting the aid? How much difference will that make?
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
And that, coupled with the increase in defense spending, is likely to go down well in Washington.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
And how is all this likely to go down with British voters?
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Our political correspondent Rob Watson. Just over a year ago, Vladimir Putin accused the US of trying to dismember Russia in order to plunder its natural resources. But now, with Donald Trump in the White House, Russia seems happy to allow the Americans in. It has the fifth largest reserves of rare earth minerals in the world.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
And the Kremlin said today there were broad prospects for cooperation with the US. This was President Putin himself on Monday.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Mr Putin also mentioned deposits in what he called the new territories, occupied Ukraine. President Trump has been pressuring Ukraine to sign an agreement with the US on its minerals and talks are ongoing. But now the EU is offering the Ukrainians a separate deal, as I heard from our Europe regional editor, Danny Eberhardt.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Yes, and now the Russians are saying, hey, we've got lots of minerals too and people are welcome to come and help us develop them, especially the Americans.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Eleven weeks after the Assad regime was overthrown, the new authorities in Syria have opened a conference in Damascus to discuss how the country will be run. On Monday, the European Union suspended some selected sanctions, such as restrictions on oil and gas, to try to encourage support for a transition to democratic rule. Murtasem Sioufi is head of Civic Group, the Day After Association.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
But parties in Syria's autonomous Kurdish region have complained that there is only token representation for minority groups at the conference. An official from one Kurdish party, Salih Islam, told the BBC his group had been excluded.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday the 25th of February. Britain says it will increase defence spending by slashing funding on aid. The scramble for rare earth metals. The EU makes its own offer to Ukraine even as the US demands a deal.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Our Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab told us more.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
A so-called planetary parade, which started last month, is heading towards its grand finale. Later this week, stargazers will be able to see several planets together without the need for powerful telescopes. Scientists say it's the closest we'll come to a full planetary alignment in a lifetime. Here's astronomer Rebecca Allen.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Taiwan's Coast Guard has detained a cargo ship and eight members of its Chinese crew after an undersea cable in the Taiwan Strait was damaged. Five cases of sea cable malfunctions have been reported by Taiwan since the start of this year. And it says it can't rule out the possibility of interference by the authorities in Beijing. I heard more from our Asia-Pacific editor Celia Hatton.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
And Syrians meet to discuss their post-Assad future, but the Kurds say they've been excluded. Also in the podcast.
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Britain announces biggest increase in defence spending in decades
Taiwan has not blamed the communist authorities in Beijing directly, but certainly there is a history of intimidation from mainland China towards the island.
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Signs of imminent ceasefire deal for Gaza
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Signs of imminent ceasefire deal for Gaza
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Signs of imminent ceasefire deal for Gaza
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Signs of imminent ceasefire deal for Gaza
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Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
To bring it into the light and almost alchemise some of that evil stuff that went on and take back the power.
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Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
And the decline of nuance.
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Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
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Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion.
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Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Pop stars and tech titans, founders and filmmakers, inventors and investors, we cover them all. And for the first time, we're talking about a video game designer.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Pop stars and tech titans, founders and filmmakers, inventors and investors, we cover them all. And for the first time, we're talking about a video game designer.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
He made a billion, but is he good, bad, or just another billionaire? Find out on Good Bad Billionaire, listen on the BBC app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
He made a billion, but is he good, bad, or just another billionaire? Find out on Good Bad Billionaire, listen on the BBC app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Pop stars and tech titans, founders and filmmakers, inventors and investors, we cover them all. And for the first time, we're talking about a video game designer.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
He made a billion, but is he good, bad, or just another billionaire? Find out on Good Bad Billionaire, listen on the BBC app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
Yemi Anada in Jerusalem. For some years, South Korea has seen a backlash against feminism, largely from young men who blame the movement for societal issues. Women who advocate gender equality are accused of being man-haters. Online, young men try to get them fired from their jobs. And these online attacks have even spilled into real life.
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It's left women too scared to admit they are feminists, as our sole correspondent, Jean McKenzie, has been finding out.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
The epicentre was about 80 kilometres north of Mount Everest, but tremors were also felt in Nepal and parts of India. Ektev Adhikari leads the National Emergency Operations Centre in Nepal.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
And that report from Seoul by Gene McKenzie. You can hear more on Assignment wherever you get your BBC podcasts. An English conservation charity, Fauna and Flora, has drawn up a watch list of 10, quote, weird and wonderful species around the world that it's working to save in 2025. They range from a tiny chameleon to the mighty whale shark. Each is in danger from changes to its habitat.
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The charity's boss, Christiane Teleki, told Nicky Schiller why they were taking action.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
Christiane Teleki of Fauna and Flora. The beginning of January is full of good intentions as people who feel they may have overdone it in December try to get back on track. But one TikTok craze is taking it to the extreme. The 75 hard is a mixture of wellness, dieting and exercise. Lots of exercise. David Lewis has been finding out more.
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Since China annexed Tibet in the 1950s, it's kept a tight control on the autonomous region. Our correspondent Laura Bicker is monitoring developments from Beijing.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
David Lewis reporting. Now, after this week's severe winter storm in the US and the deadly flooding in Spain last year, we're planning a special edition of the Global News podcast to look at the extent to which extreme weather events are directly related to climate change. So if there's anything you want to know, email us at the usual address, globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk.
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And if you can, please put your question in a voice note. And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Daniela Varela and produced by Tracy Gordon. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
And how have the authorities been reporting on all this? Obviously, they control the media.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
Laura Becker in Beijing. Tingri County in Tibet, near the epicentre of the earthquake, is a popular base for climbers preparing for Everest expeditions. But few attempt the ascent at this time of year, and the sole mountaineer with a permit had already left base camp after failing to reach the summit.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
I heard more about the possible impact of the quake on Mount Everest from our global environment correspondent, Navin Sinkadkar.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
And tell us more about the area that's been affected. It's just north of Nepal, isn't it?
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
And just describe the difficulties that will be facing rescuers trying to get into Tingri County, where the earthquake was felt the most.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
Our global environment correspondent, Navin Sinkhadkar. The French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has died at the age of 96. An avowed opponent of immigration, the former paratrooper brought his populist brand of ideology into mainstream French politics. And he made it all the way to the second round of the presidential election in 2002.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday the 7th of January. An earthquake has struck near Mount Everest in the Chinese region of Tibet, killing more than 100 people. The French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has died at the age of 96.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
He ran the Front National for nearly 40 years before handing over to his daughter Marine in 2011. Hugh Schofield sent this report from Paris.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
Hugh Schofield on Jean-Marie Le Pen, who has died at the age of 96. Staying with France, and exactly ten years ago we were reporting on a major shooting in Paris. An office in Paris under attack by suspected Muslim extremists.
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Well, in the end, it turned out that Islamist gunmen had killed 12 people at the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, including several of its best-known cartoonists. In the following days, the phrase Je suis Charlie echoed around the world as a slogan for free speech. A decade on, the French president Emmanuel Macron has laid a wreath at the scene of the attack.
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And Paris marks 10 years since the deadly Islamist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
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The French National Anthem. Well, our correspondent Hugh Schofield, who you heard a moment ago, is in Paris and told us more about the anniversary events.
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Now, of course, you were on the scene a decade ago. How did it feel at the time and how have things changed since then?
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Hugh Schofield in Paris. Still to come on the Global News Podcast...
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
We report on the anti-feminist backlash in South Korea.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
We hear about new efforts to protect ten weird and wonderful species. A powerful earthquake in the Chinese region of Tibet has killed at least 106 people as we record this podcast. The centre of the 7.1 magnitude quake was Shigatse, one of the world's highest regions and traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, the second highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism.
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Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet
The UN has accused Israel of attacking a clearly marked aid convoy in Gaza, saying its efforts to save lives in the Palestinian territory are at breaking point. Tom Fletcher, the UN's Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs, says deliberate attacks from Israeli forces and Palestinian gangs are making an already difficult situation much worse. Yusra Abu Sharak is an aid worker in Gaza.
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Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Emiat Nader, told us more about the challenges facing relief workers.
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Myanmar declares week of mourning as death toll rises following earthquake
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Myanmar declares week of mourning as death toll rises following earthquake
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The Congolese president. The UN force in Congo has warned that the fighting risks reigniting ethnic tensions dating back to the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and before. Jason Stearns is a former UN investigator. He spoke to my colleague James Copnell.
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Reagan National Airport sits just across the river from Washington, D.C., a seven-minute drive from the White House and right next to the Pentagon. Being so close to the U.S. Capitol, it is very busy. In fact, it has the single busiest runway in the country.
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Jason Stearns, former UN investigator in Congo. Returning to the Middle East now, and the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, UNRWA, is expected to stop work today after being banned by the Israeli parliament. A small number of the agency's workers were sacked after being accused of involvement in the October 7th massacre.
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The UN says UNRWA's work is irreplaceable and that barring it will hurt the most vulnerable. The Peace Research Institute Oslo has just published a report on the possible consequences of the ban. Its author, Jürgen Jentzehaugen, has been speaking to our Geneva correspondent, Imogen Folks.
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But as we record this podcast, it remains closed after a military helicopter collided with a passenger jet coming into land just before 9 o'clock last night. The moment was recorded by air traffic control. Webcam footage from the nearby Kennedy Center showed a huge explosion at the moment of impact. Both the plane and the helicopter then plunged into the icy waters of the Potomac below.
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Jürgen Jensehaugen of the Peace Research Institute Oslo talking to Imogen folks. Next to some new technology that it's hoped could one day revolutionise food production. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US has created robotic insects that could help artificially pollinate crops in the same way bees do now. Suhan Kim is the researcher behind the project.
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Suhan Kim from MIT. Now, I can't quite understand the attraction myself, but motor racing, specifically Formula One, is hugely popular around the world. But one region that misses out is Africa. It hasn't held a race since 1993. But now there's a bid to bring F1 back to the continent. It's being made by Rwanda. Kelvin Kimathi reports.
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In the past few hours, the authorities have been giving an update. John Donnelly is a fire and emergency medical services chief.
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And that report by Kelvin Kimathi. And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. If you want to comment on the pod or anything in it, send an email to globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service and use the hashtag globalnewspodcast. This edition was mixed by Mark Pickett and produced by Alfie Habershon.
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Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Well, shortly before we came into the studio, our North America correspondent, Nomia Iqbal, gave me an update from the airport.
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Now, the plane had 64 passengers and crew on board. It was flying from Wichita in Kansas. And we're hearing that there were a number of people involved in the figure skating community on board.
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And briefly, what do you make of Donald Trump's post on his social media site saying this is a bad situation and it should have been prevented?
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Namia Iqbal in Washington. The recording of air traffic control revealed that shortly before the crash, the helicopter crew were asked if they had the American Airlines passenger jet in sight. There was no clear response. So what might have happened? Jeffrey Thomas is an aviation consultant.
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Aviation consultant Geoffrey Thomas. Eight more hostages, three Israelis and five Thai farm workers, have been freed from Gaza as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. The Israelis have now suspended the release of 110 Palestinian prisoners due to be freed in return.
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The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of what he called unimaginable cruelty after chaotic scenes at the release of seven of the captives in the southern city of Khan Yunis. Well, the handover of the seven took place near the now-destroyed childhood home of the dead Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar. The two Israelis were civilian woman Abel Yehud and eight-year-old man Gadi Moses.
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They were reported to be being held by Islamic Jihad, not Hamas. Earlier, Hamas had freed the final female Israeli soldier it was holding, Agam Berger. She stood on a stage holding a certificate and waving before being driven away by the Red Cross. Our correspondent Nick Beek in Tel Aviv told me first about what happened in Khan Yunis.
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Yeah, now Hamas were criticised after the very first hostage handover of this ceasefire deal. They then moved to a more orderly handover with the four female Israeli soldiers on Saturday. Again, they did the same today with that one soldier. Is it a different group involved in the handover in Khan Yunus because the others were said to be being held by Islamic Jihad?
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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 30th of January. A US military helicopter has collided with a passenger plane above the Potomac River in Washington. More than 60 people are feared dead.
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Nick Beek in Tel Aviv, and Reuters is reporting that Hamas has said it has been informed by the Red Cross that Israel will release Palestinian prisoners later in the day. And later in this podcast, we will return to Gaza and look at the implications of Israel's ban on the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees.
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But first, Brazil is perhaps best known for its football, carnival and beaches, but now it's making waves in the world of cinema. I'm Still Here is breaking box office records and has become the first film in Portuguese to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
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The historical political drama is based on a real story and is touching raw nerves for Brazilians at home and abroad, as Tom Brook reports.
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Eight hostages, including three Israelis, have been freed in Gaza, but Israel has suspended the release of 110 Palestinians in exchange. And a warning that the fighting in Congo could reignite ethnic tensions seen during the Rwandan genocide. Also in this podcast... The Brazilian film that's making history.
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And still to come on the Global News Podcast... A lot of up and down.
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Is Formula One returning to Africa? M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are tightening their grip on the city of Goma and reportedly taking more territory in the east. The armed group, which the UN says is supported by Rwanda, is advancing south towards another major city, Bukavu.
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Efforts to end the fighting are in disarray with the Congolese president, Felix Chisikedi, refusing to attend talks in Kenya. In a televised address on Wednesday night, he was defiant.
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ICRC spokesperson Ashil Depre.
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The harrowing search for the missing in Gaza. And Emilia Perez becomes the most nominated foreign film ever at the Oscars. In the late 1990s, Purdue Pharma aggressively promoted the use of opioids, specifically OxyContin.
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Why a board game about mafia wars in Sicily in the 1980s has caused outrage.
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Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection, written and presented by best-selling author Oliver Berkman, containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity, and the decline of nuance.
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Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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The health authorities in Gaza say more than 10,000 people are missing in the rubble of bombed-out buildings. Since a ceasefire came into effect on Sunday, teams of rescuers have been fanning out across the Palestinian territory to search for those who are unaccounted for, many of them thought to have been killed by Israeli airstrikes.
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The Israeli government has banned the BBC and other international news organisations from entering Gaza. But with the help of trusted local journalists, our correspondent Fergal Keane has compiled this report, which contains upsetting details.
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Fergal Keane in Jerusalem with that report. Uber and Indian rival Ola have been put on notice by the authorities in India over claims they charge users different prices according to whether they used an Apple or an Android phone to hail a cab. India's consumer watchdog is to look into allegations that iPhone users had to pay more for the same journeys.
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India is one of Uber's biggest markets outside the US. I heard more from our South Asia regional editor, Anbarasan Etirajan.
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Its actions helped fuel the drug addiction crisis in America, which has led to 700,000 overdose deaths over the past two decades. Now the firm and its owners, the Sackler family, have agreed a $7.4 billion payout to settle thousands of lawsuits. I got the details from Neda Talfik in New York.
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Yeah, the authorities clearly taking this seriously by calling the firms in. Have they responded at all?
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After a delay caused by the wildfires in Los Angeles, the contenders for the Oscars have been announced. And despite President Trump's recent executive order recognising only two unchangeable genders, it was the transgender cartel musical Emilia Perez that got most nominations.
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Meanwhile, Sebastian Stan was nominated as Best Actor for his role as Donald Trump in The Apprentice. The 97th Academy Awards are due to be handed out on the 2nd of March. I spoke to the arts journalist Vincent Dowd first about the contenders for Best Picture.
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And pick a couple of favourites out of those for the likely winner.
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And take us through the Best Actor and Best Actress nominations.
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OK, and when we come to the 2nd of March, what should we look out for?
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A very good crop of films. Arts journalist Vincent Dowd. A German board game about the mafia wars on the Italian island of Sicily has caused outrage after it was translated into Italian. The sister of a murdered anti-mafia judge has described the game as offensive. Rachel Wright has this report.
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And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Holly Palmer and produced by Stephanie Zachrisson. Our editors, Karen Martin, I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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To bring it into the light and almost alchemise some of that evil stuff that went on and take back the power.
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OK, so take us through this latest settlement.
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Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection, written and presented by best-selling author Oliver Berkman, containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity, and the decline of nuance.
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On the campaign trail, Donald Trump threatened to impose a tax on all imports into the United States, including 60% on goods from China. He even declared that tariff was the most beautiful word in the dictionary. After his swearing in, he backed away from earlier promises to act immediately, but on Thursday he made clear he still wants foreign companies to contribute to the US economy.
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The US president was speaking by video link to business leaders at the World Economic Forum in the luxury Swiss resort of Davos. He also said he wanted Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down the price of oil, saying it would help end the war in Ukraine. So what should we make of it all? Our North America business correspondent is Ritika Gupta.
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And do we have any idea of how companies are likely to respond? How hard would it be for many of them to move their production to America?
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He also said he wanted lower interest rates and specifically wanted the price of oil to be brought down. How does he think that will work?
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A North America business correspondent, Ritika Gupta. And a reminder that if there's anything you'd like to know about Donald Trump's first week in power, now is your chance. We're planning to do a special question and answers edition of the podcast and we need your help. So please send in your questions to globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. And even better, if you can record it as a voice note.
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Thank you. Strange though it may seem, stand-up comedy is booming in Ukraine. Many performers report that humour, no matter how bleak, is helping people cope with the war. The BBC's Vitaly Shevchenko has been finding out what's been making Ukrainians laugh and why.
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Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Anton Tymoshenko!
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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Friday, the 24th of January. US states reach a $7 billion settlement with the makers of a painkiller that fuelled the American opioid epidemic. President Trump tells international business leaders to move production to the US or face big tariffs.
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Vitaly Shevchenko. Scaling the world's highest peak is on the bucket list of many a mountaineer, but the sheer number of climbers attempting Everest has led to both overcrowding and a build-up of waste. Now, the Nepalese government says it's increasing permit fees by more than 35%, from $11,000 to $15,000. But will it make much of a difference over what is already a costly adventure?
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Theo Leggett spoke to Tim Mosedale, who's reached the top himself seven times and who runs a company offering expeditions to the Himalayan peaks.
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Tim Mosdale. If you were listening to the podcast last week, but that was reduced after the Taliban takeover. But as the ICRC spokesperson in Kabul, Achille Dupre, explained to my colleague Paul Moss, their work hasn't stopped.
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And why Mount Everest is becoming even more expensive to climb. Also in the podcast...
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Lucy Williamson in Janine in the occupied West Bank. Women's rights groups in Iraq have expressed outrage after MPs passed a law that could in theory permit children as young as nine to get married. Activists say it would in effect legalise child rape.
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The changes give religious courts more power over marriage, divorce and child custody, allowing Shia clerics to rule according to a hardline interpretation of Islamic law. Critics of the measures include Shirouk Abayachi, head of Iraq's National Civil Movement.
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Former Iraqi MP Sharouk Abayachi. I asked our Middle East regional editor, Sebastian Usher, about the significance of the changes. But first, he told me about the current law.
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And so what are the changes and what will be the impact?
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When he was campaigning for the White House, Donald Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of becoming president. That deadline has passed and the fighting goes on. Many Ukrainian supporters feared the new US administration would pressure Kiev into accepting a peace deal favourable to Russia.
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And is there support in Iraq for more religious input into these kind of decisions?
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Our Middle East regional editor, Sebastian Asher. Clothes for people who have disabilities need to be practical, but designer Victoria Jenkins is working to also make them fashionable. She's created a new line that's been launched by one of Europe's biggest clothing stores, Primark. She's been telling Sean Lay more about it.
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But after barely mentioning the conflict during his inauguration celebrations, Mr Trump has now come out with a warning for Vladimir Putin, saying unless Russia agrees to make a peace deal soon, it will face tougher economic measures. I heard more from our Washington correspondent, Nomia Iqbal.
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Victoria Jenkins talking to Sean Lay. Finally, to the cat making headlines around the world after accidentally becoming a frequent flyer. The pet made three lengthy plane journeys between New Zealand and Australia in just 24 hours, as Rebecca Wood explains.
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Rebecca Wood. And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Caroline Driscoll and produced by Alfie Habershon. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks. And the decline of nuance.
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Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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One area where he has been taking action is immigration and specifically allowing refugees into the US. The State Department says even if they had approval to settle there, they are not allowed to arrive. Tell us about the impact of this.
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And that was Namir Iqbal in Washington. Well, those latest developments are just the latest sign of how busy Donald Trump has been since he was sworn in on Monday. Next week here on the Global News Podcast, we're going to take stock on how much has changed with a Q&A special on his first seven days as the 47th president.
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So if there's anything you'd like to ask our US experts, then please email globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. And if possible, please record your question as a voice note. Thank you. Staying in the US and a new wildfire has flared up near Los Angeles. Dense smoke can be seen across a wide area around Castaic Lake, some 40 kilometres north of the city, with people ordered to evacuate.
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The authorities are warning that increased winds could fuel the flames. The fires that hit Southern California earlier this month were among the most devastating in US history, destroying thousands of homes and killing 27 people. Shortly before we recorded this podcast, I got the latest from our correspondent near this new fire, Peter Bowes.
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Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection, written and presented by best-selling author Oliver Berkman, containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity, and the decline of nuance.
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And have they resolved the water issues which hampered firefighting efforts in Los Angeles itself?
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You mentioned the winds and indeed the aircraft being used to fight the fires. At the moment, then, the winds aren't causing too many difficulties for those aircraft as they were earlier on in the fires in L.A. ?
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Peter Bowes, north of Los Angeles. A BBC investigation has found that psychiatric hospitals are being used by China to silence critics of the communist authorities. The practice, which some in China call being mentally illed, was made illegal a decade ago. However, the BBC has spoken to victims who say they were forced into psychiatric units by Chinese police.
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Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Thursday, the 23rd of January. President Trump tells Russia to end what he calls the ridiculous war in Ukraine or face tough economic action. A new wildfire is burning north of Los Angeles as winds pick up again.
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That report by Nima Pratton. And you can hear the full investigation, Troublemakers, Drugged, Framed and Detained, on the BBC World Service YouTube channel or wherever you get your BBC podcasts. Now something rather different. And given they spend their time kicking a ball around a muddy field, there's long been a cliché that footballers are a bit thick. i.e. lacking in intelligence.
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But a new study of professional players in Brazil and Sweden suggests the opposite is the case. They're actually smarter than the average person. Alfie Habershon reports.
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Footballer and maths star Manuela Kanji ending that report by Alfie Havishen. And still to come on the Global News Podcast... Oh, it's my dream.
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And a BBC investigation finds that psychiatric hospitals in China are being used to silence critics of the communist authorities.
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The designer launching a fashion line for people with disabilities. Palestinian health officials say at least 10 people have been killed in an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin. The incursion, codenamed Iron Wall, has entered its second day. Israel says the occupied area is a, quote, big hub for terrorists. Lucy Williamson reports from Jenin.
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Professor Hugo Spears. Still to come on the Global News Podcast...
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The ugly creature that's won fish of the year.
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Returning to the conflict in Ukraine now, and the Ukrainians may have signed up to the American plan for a ceasefire, but Russia has not. So what levers might the US be able to pull? Some in the Republican Party have called for new or tougher sanctions, an idea floated by President Trump himself.
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Jamie Kumar Asami spoke to Maria Shagina at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, asking first what type of sanctions has America already imposed on Russia?
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Hamas says the ground operation is a new and dangerous violation of the ceasefire, and it's launched rockets at Israel. Hundreds of people have been killed since Israel resumed its attacks on Gaza on Monday night. Saqib Roqadiyah is a doctor at Nasser Hospital in Han Yunis.
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Maria Shagina, Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. A unique medical trial has been carried out in Bangladesh to try to identify patients suffering from methanol poisoning even before symptoms begin. Experts believe only a tiny fraction of victims of this potentially fatal poisoning are diagnosed and treated in time.
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But it's hoped this new initiative could change that and save tens of thousands of lives. This report from our health correspondent, Matthew Hill.
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Matthew Hill reporting. And there's more on this in the documentary What's Your Poison? The Methanol Crisis, wherever you get your BBC podcasts. Do you know what to do in a national emergency? What would you pack if you had time? Well, the French government is distributing a survival manual to every household to help prepare for war and disaster.
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Last year, Nordic nations, including Finland and Sweden, issued millions of updated guides with advice on how to cope with increasing security threats in Europe. So why is France doing this? Isabella Jewell spoke to Bernadette Kehoe.
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Just before we came into the studio, I got an update on events in Gaza from our Middle East correspondent, Emi Anada.
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Finally, don't judge a blob by its cover. Once named the world's ugliest animal thanks to its unique appearance, the blobfish is now being celebrated for its differences and has just taken the title of Fish of the Year. Found mainly off the coast of Australia and Tasmania, the creature is known for its misshapen jelly-like silhouette.
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Marine conservationist Lorna Dugan explained how the blobfish beat off the competition.
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Lorna Dugan. And that's all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Jack Wilfan and produced by Vanessa Heaney. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Yeah I mean tell us more about that rocket attack the first time I imagine since the ceasefire was agreed.
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And is there any hope of getting the ceasefire back on track? I understand some key members of the Israeli cabinet aren't keen on it.
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Emi Anada in Jerusalem. Following his phone call with President Trump yesterday, the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, said a lasting peace can be achieved this year. But so far, Vladimir Putin hasn't even agreed a temporary ceasefire, and the Americans appear reluctant to put pressure on him. The shift in US foreign policy under Donald Trump has led to soul-searching in Europe.
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And today, EU nations are discussing how to provide extra support for Ukraine and to beef up their own security. On his way into the meeting in Brussels, the Lithuanian president, Gitanas Nauseda, said Russia posed a real threat.
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Europe regional editor Danny Eberhard in Brussels told me more about the talks.
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Yeah, I mean, would they even be discussing this stuff if it wasn't for President Trump's new approach?
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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 20th of March. The Israeli military tells Palestinians not to use the main road linking north and south Gaza, while Hamas fires rockets into Israel. EU leaders meet to discuss how to beef up European defence in the face of Russian threats.
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The former motor racing boss Eddie Jordan has died in South Africa at the age of 76. The flamboyant Irish businessman was also a successful television pundit. Retired Formula One star Damon Hill says he was a huge influence.
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Damon Hill, the BBC's former Formula One correspondent, Jonathan Ledyard, told me why Eddie Jordan was so special.
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Yeah, tell us more about his team and how he challenged the more established teams.
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Jonathan Ledgerd on Eddie Jordan, who has died at the age of 76. Canada has condemned the execution of four Canadians in China amid continuing diplomatic tensions. The Chinese embassy in Canada defended the executions, telling CBC News that, quote, whoever violates the law of China must be held accountable. More details from Stephanie Prentice.
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And a unique medical trial is being carried out in Bangladesh to identify victims of methanol poisoning. Also in the podcast, the French survival manual for armed conflict and natural disaster.
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Stephanie Prentice. London's black cab drivers are well known for their detailed grasp of the roads in the British capital. In fact, studies have shown their brains actually change due to the amount of information they're storing. But it takes years to memorise all the routes needed to pass the infamous test known as the knowledge. Here's one driver called Billy.
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Well, there are now calls to make the knowledge easier, as a think tank warns that black cabs could vanish from the capital streets within two decades, in part because of the severe demands on the drivers. Hugo Spears is a professor of cognitive science at University College London.
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Tributes are paid to motor racing boss Eddie Jordan, who's died at the age of 76. Israel is once again tightening its grip on Gaza, deploying troops in an area known as the Netzarim Corridor, a buffer between north and south. The Israeli army has warned people to avoid the main road through the middle of the Palestinian territory.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
But in the past few hours, footage has been released of Vladimir Putin apparently visiting a command post in Kursk, the Russian region partly captured by Ukrainian forces last year. I very much expect that all combat tasks will be fulfilled and that the territory of the Kursk will soon be completely liberated from the enemy, said Mr Putin. He was dressed in camouflage gear.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
Celia Hatton. And still to come on the Global News Podcast.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
How a climate research project could help cities prepare for extreme temperature swings.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
The former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is in the custody of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He was detained on an ICC arrest warrant in connection with his war on drugs and flown from Manila to the Netherlands. More than 6,000 drug dealers and others were killed during Mr Duterte's tenure between 2016 and 2022.
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Anna Holligan spoke to us from the detention facility.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
and a hooligan in The Hague. It's seen as a major setback for Europe's push for green energy and electric vehicles. The Swedish battery pioneer Northvolt has filed for bankruptcy after being plagued by financial problems. Stephanie Zachrisson has this report.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
The Russian chief of staff, General Valery Gerasimov, told him Russian forces had now recaptured 86% of the occupied land. Ukraine has acknowledged some setbacks there, but said fighting was continuing. Russia's gains come as the US waits for the Kremlin's response to the American ceasefire proposal agreed by Ukraine. So what is the likely thinking in Moscow?
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And that report by Stephanie Zachrisson. New research has found that the world's 100 most populated cities are becoming increasingly exposed to extreme weather swings, with disasters up by 400% over the past half century.
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Commissioned by the charity WaterAid, the study indicates that southern Asian cities are shifting towards a more extreme wet climate, while European and Middle Eastern cities are more prone to droughts. It said cities across Africa and Asia emerged as the most at risk.
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Katerina Michaelides, Professor of Dryland Hydrology at the University of Bristol, co-authored the report and spoke to Tim Franks about its findings.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
I asked Lisa Fox from the BBC Russian service.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
Katerina Michaelidis of the University of Bristol. Spotify has revealed it broke a record last year for the highest annual payout to the music industry. According to a new report, the streaming platform paid $10 billion in royalties in 2024. That's ten times greater than a decade before. Our media and arts correspondent David Sillitoe has the details.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
Now, apologies if you've heard this already, but a reminder that we're hoping to record a Q&A podcast about space weather. But to do so, we need your questions. And in case you're wondering exactly what space weather is, here's a reminder from our weather presenter, Simon King.
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Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. And that is all from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast very soon. This one was mixed by Pat Sissons and produced by Stephanie Tillotson. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
Because it comes at a time when Russia appears to be making advances on the battlefield. So I guess they may not want to pause.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
Now, you said that Russia is in a more difficult position than it's faced for some time. I mean, in terms of what's happened with Donald Trump now apparently moving towards the Ukrainians, what's been the reaction to that in Russia?
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway and this edition is published in the early hours of Thursday the 13th of March. President Trump says a US team is on its way to Russia to outline his Ukraine ceasefire plan, even as President Putin is reported to have gone to the front line.
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Lisa Fox from the BBC Russian service. The tensions between the US and its longtime trading partners look set to intensify after President Trump said he would of course respond to the tariffs announced by Canada and the EU on Wednesday. The They came in retaliation for the new American taxes on all steel and aluminium imports.
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One of the president's main justifications for tariffs is to tackle the US opioid crisis. Fentanyl has killed a record number of Americans, and almost all of it is smuggled across the border from Mexico.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
The Mexican authorities have arrested hundreds of cartel members and handed some over to the US, but despite the increased pressure on them, the gangs say it is business as usual, as Quentin Somerville reports from the Mexican side of the border.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
Will American tariffs stop the fentanyl coming in from Mexico? Our correspondent has been to meet one of the drug smugglers there. And the Pakistani army says it's rescued hundreds of hostages from a hijacked train, but more than 20 passengers and 30 militants are dead.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
That report from the US and Mexico by Quentin Somerville. The brutal hijacking of a train by separatist fighters in Pakistan, which began on Tuesday, is now over, according to the military. The army said 33 militants were killed and the remaining hostages freed. The train, carrying 440 passengers, was halted by an explosion on the approach to a tunnel in a remote area of Balochistan province.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
The army said 21 civilians and four soldiers were killed by the Baloch Liberation Army. Many people are still waiting for news of their loved ones as freed passengers arrive at different railway stations along the train's route. Survivors shared harrowing accounts of the attack.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
We found out that the train was stopped and firing followed after that. And then everyone just ducked to avoid the bullets.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
Survivors from that train attack. There have been some questions about the account from the authorities, as I heard from our South Asia regional editor, Anbarasan Etirajan.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
Now, I read that this location was 14 kilometres from the nearest road, lots of mountains around there. What's happened to all the survivors? How have they been able to be taken to safety?
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
A patient survives for 100 days with a heart made of titanium. The Russian president tends to steer well clear of the fighting, even as he throws hundreds of thousands of his troops into the so-called meat grinder in Ukraine.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
It's been called a medical milestone. A man in Australia has lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while awaiting a transplant. The longest ever. Sian Harding is a professor of cardiac pharmacology at Imperial College.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
Our Asia-Pacific regional editor Celia Hatton spoke about it to Andrew Peach.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
Pop stars and tech titans, founders and filmmakers, inventors and investors, we cover them all. And for the first time, we're talking about a video game designer.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
Pop stars and tech titans, founders and filmmakers, inventors and investors, we cover them all. And for the first time, we're talking about a video game designer.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
He made a billion, but is he good, bad, or just another billionaire? Find out on Good Bad Billionaire, listen on the BBC app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
He made a billion, but is he good, bad, or just another billionaire? Find out on Good Bad Billionaire, listen on the BBC app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
Pop stars and tech titans, founders and filmmakers, inventors and investors, we cover them all. And for the first time, we're talking about a video game designer.
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Trump says he expects to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia
He made a billion, but is he good, bad, or just another billionaire? Find out on Good Bad Billionaire, listen on the BBC app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Still to come on the Global News Podcast, a baby born on a crowded migrant dinghy.
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Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection, written and presented by bestselling author Oliver Berkman, containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity and the decline of nuance.
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Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
Frelimo has been the governing party of Mozambique since independence from Portugal in 1975. It won the most recent election in October, although this was heavily disputed and led to widespread protests. Now the opposition leader, Venancio Mondlane, has returned to Mozambique from exile. Human rights activists say more than 300 people were killed during the government's crackdown on protests.
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We heard more from Fernando Lima, a journalist in the capital Maputo.
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Fernando Lima in Mozambique talking to the BBC's James Copnell. The Darien Gap, an expanse of jungle linking South and Central America, has become a popular route for migrants trying to enter the US. But it's also one of the most deadly, with armed gangs, steep mountains, turbulent rivers and dangerous wildlife. Despite the risks, more than 300,000 migrants made the journey last year.
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Multiple wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles, with at least three completely uncontained. The two largest, Eton and Palisades, now cover more than 110 square kilometres. Five people have died and more than 1,000 structures have been destroyed, including the homes of celebrities like Billy Crystal, James Woods and Paris Hilton.
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The Panamanian government is trying to clamp down on illegal crossings and the US President-elect Donald Trump is likely to support such a crackdown. Our reporter Mimi Swaby has been following one young woman who made the journey and some listeners may find parts of the following report distressing.
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We got an update from David Acuna, Battalion Chief at the California Fire Service.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
A report by Mimi Swaby. A former security guard at Harrods, one of the most famous shops in Britain, has told the BBC about the, quote, clear racism and bullying he witnessed during Mohamed Al-Fayed's ownership of the luxury department store.
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His account follows a BBC documentary in September that included more than 20 women's claims that the late Egyptian businessman had sexually assaulted or raped them. Claire Macdonald told us more.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
Some reports now say firefighters have made progress against one blaze, the Sunset Fire that was threatening to engulf the Hollywood Hills, though some buildings along Sunset Boulevard are in ruins. In the Pacific Palisades to the west, fire crews are facing a shortage of water and have only been able to watch as one of the city's most expensive neighbourhoods burns.
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Clare MacDonald. The BBC sent Harrods a detailed list of the allegations made by Henry, as well as the previous accusations. The firm referred us back to its original statement following September's documentary. Harrods said it was utterly appalled by the abuse allegations and that it is now a, quote, very different organisation to the one owned and controlled by Al-Fayed.
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It also said it's looking to settle allegations of abuse as quickly as possible without lengthy legal proceedings. Many newspapers and websites carry a striking photograph today, a newborn baby on board a migrant dinghy. It was captured just minutes after the birth by a photographer on a Spanish rescue boat.
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The mother was making the crossing between West Africa and Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, alongside 63 other migrants. We heard more from Reuters journalist Aisling Lang in Madrid.
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And that's all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Daniela Varela and produced by Tracy Gordon. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection, written and presented by best-selling author Oliver Berkman, containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity, and the decline of nuance.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
John Sudworth in the Pacific Palisades. Well, the dry vegetation that's fueled the fires has been linked to a phenomenon known as hydroclimate whiplash, a rapid swing between extremely wet and extremely dry conditions. Vegetation around Los Angeles grew rapidly during two extremely wet years, but it's dried out over recent dry months.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
New research from the University of California says climate change has boosted these types of whiplash conditions by 31 to 66% globally since the middle of the 20th century. For more on the growing danger from wildfires, we heard from John Valiant, author of Fire Weather, a true story from a hotter world. He spoke to Emma Barnett.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles
John Valiant talking to Emma Barnett. And a reminder that with so many extreme weather events around the world hitting the headlines recently, we're making a special edition of the Global News Podcast to look at where this trend is going and what we should be doing as societies and individuals to try to reduce the risk. If you have a question, please email us or better still, send a voice note.
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The address, globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. A new chapter is starting for the whole world in 11 days' time. The words of President Volodymyr Zelensky referring to the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump. He was speaking at a meeting of Ukraine's allies at the Ramstein US Air Base in Germany, the 25th such gathering since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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and likely the last involving the current US administration. In the past few hours, the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has announced a new $500 million aid package for Ukraine. I heard more about it from our Eastern Europe correspondent, Sarah Rainsford.
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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We are recording this at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 9th of January. The fires around Los Angeles are visible from space as they continue to burn, but firefighters have managed to control the blaze threatening Hollywood.
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Yeah, do we get any idea from what he was saying what he thinks the new world will look like once Donald Trump takes office?
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Our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford. Now, in a liberal and egalitarian country like Sweden, you might think men wouldn't mind their wives earning more than them. But according to a new study of 20,000 Swedish couples, when a wife receives a higher wage than her husband, he is more likely to be diagnosed with a mental health problem. Richard Hamilton reports.
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The Ukrainian president says a new chapter in the war with Russia will open when Donald Trump returns to the White House. And what happens when Swedish women earn more than their husbands? Also in the podcast, crossing the Darien Gap jungle.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
After crashing the vehicle, the driver opened fire before being shot dead by police. At a news conference, FBI Special Agent Alethea Duncan said investigators didn't believe he was acting alone.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Sebastian Usher in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
After a metallic object from space crashes down in Kenya, we hear why it keeps happening.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
The authorities in Montenegro say 10 people have died in a multiple shooting in the town of Setinja. The government has cancelled New Year celebrations and declared three days of mourning. Here's our Balkans correspondent Guy De Launay.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
From busy freeways to classic car street racing, Los Angeles has long been considered the capital of American car culture. But as the city gears up to host World Cup football in 2026 and the Summer Olympics in 2028, LA's mass transit system is being expanded and new bike lanes are popping up all over the city. So can LA break its love affair with the car? Reagan Morris reports from Los Angeles.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Reagan Morris reporting from Los Angeles. An investigation has been launched in Kenya after an object the size of a grand piano fell from the sky. The Kenya Space Agency said the piece of debris which landed in a village was a separation ring from a rocket launch vehicle and reassured locals it posed no threat.
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It said it was meant to either burn up during re-entry or fall into uninhabited areas such as oceans. So how often does something like this happen? Dr Megan Argo is a senior lecturer in astrophysics.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
This man had been in a nearby hotel when the attack took place. He was among those who tried to help the injured.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Megan Argo from the University of Central Lancashire. After more than 600 years, Denmark has dropped the final reference to its territorial demands on Sweden, removing its northern neighbour's symbols from its royal coat of arms. Rustapuka explains the historical context.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
It is a vital maritime aid that's loved by non-seafaring folk too because of its poetic sound. BBC Radio is celebrating 100 years of the shipping forecast.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Viking, north of Cera, south of Cera, 40s, Cromarty. Cyclonic, becoming northerly, 6 to gale, 8. Rain, then snow showers, good, occasionally poor. Fourth, Tyne Dogger.
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It's read out twice a day, three times at weekends, and provides predictions by the Met Office on wind speed, sea state and visibility. And despite the development of more sophisticated forecasting technology, the rhythmic delivery, like you heard there, has inspired musicians and poets alike.
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So very important in keeping shipping safe over the years, is it still needed?
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
In a post on his social media site, the US President-elect Donald Trump linked the attack to immigration, although that was before the suspect was named as a US Army veteran and US citizen born and raised in Texas. Police said that more than 300 officers had been on duty in New Orleans at the time of the incident.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Talking about the human voice, some people who have nothing to do with the sea just like to listen to it. Yes.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was produced by Harry Bly and mixed by James Piper. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
The city was due to host the Sugar Bowl, a classic American college football game, although it has now been postponed. Our North America correspondent Rowan Bridge has this assessment.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Our North America correspondent, Rowan Bridge. Well, earlier I got an update from BBC journalist Anna Adams, who was at the scene.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Thursday, the 2nd of January. We have the latest on the suspected terror attack in New Orleans, as the US authorities say they do not believe the man who rammed his truck into New Year revelers acted alone.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Yeah. And coming less than two weeks after a similar incident in Germany, there must be questions about how a vehicle was able to get into such a busy area. I understand they were replacing bollards in the area.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
BBC's Anna Adams, who is in New Orleans. A Tesla Cybertruck has exploded outside Trump Tower in the US gambling resort of Las Vegas, killing one person. Seven others were injured. The incident is being investigated by the FBI. The Tesla boss, Elon Musk, said his entire senior team were looking into what happened. The Trump organisation said the safety of its guests was its top priority.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
David Charnes is an investigative reporter from CBS News in Las Vegas. He spoke to Sean Lay.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
One person dies after a Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump Tower in Las Vegas. And a new way of studying DNA in human remains that could change our understanding of our history.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
David Charnes from CBS News. And since we heard from him, Elon Musk has tweeted again, saying, we have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks that and or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself. There is no confirmation about what Elon Musk is saying from the authorities.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
The second Trump term starts in less than three weeks and business leaders are trying to work out what it'll mean for them, particularly with the threat of new tariffs. In India, some manufacturers are feeling optimistic, hoping to benefit if US companies decide to move operations away from China. The BBC's Archana Shukla reports from Bengaluru in southern India.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Also in the podcast... The Shipping Forecast celebrates 100 years on air.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Archana Shukla in Bengaluru, southern India. Scientists have developed a new way of studying DNA in human remains that could help us understand more about our ancestors. The new method, outlined in the journal Nature, is being used to analyse thousands of bones and take another look at human history. Here's our science correspondent, Pallab Ghosh.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
But we start in New Orleans, which was hit by a suspected terror attack just after 3am into the new year. There have been a number of developments since the coverage in our earlier podcast. The coroner of the city now says at least 15 people were killed when a pickup truck ploughed into revelers in Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of the city.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Our science correspondent, Pallab Ghosh. As people in Syria celebrated the new year, they were also marking a new era. 2025 will be the first year in a quarter of a century that Bashar al-Assad will not be in charge. The new de facto leader, Ahmed Asharar, held talks this week with Christian and Kurdish representatives as part of efforts to show his government will be open to other groups.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Both minority communities have concerns about the Islamist roots of the new authorities. HDS is still designated as a terrorist organisation by many countries. Syria is made up of many ethnicities – Arabs, Druze, Kurds, Christians – and some fear it may be hard to keep the country together. Our Middle East analyst Sebastian Usher is in Damascus. He spoke to Andrew Peach.
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The Global Story: Maradona and the trial transfixing Argentina
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The Global Story: Maradona and the trial transfixing Argentina
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The Global Story: Bolsonaro: Is it all over for the 'Trump of the Tropics'?
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Gaza special: Three freed hostages back in Israel
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Gaza special: Three freed hostages back in Israel
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Monday, the 17th of February. US officials are preparing for talks with Russia over Ukraine, while the Europeans are set to hold a meeting of their own in Paris.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
And still to come on the Global News Podcast, the North Korean defector becoming a K-pop star.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
And a relic believed to be a tooth of Buddha has returned to China after being displayed in a temple in Thailand. Austria's Interior Minister Gerhard Kahner has said a knife attack in the southern town of Villach on Saturday appears to have been linked to the Islamic State group. A 14-year-old boy was killed and three people are still being treated in hospital.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, says the meeting in France on Monday is an opportunity to reset Europe's security arrangements. Here's our Europe editor, Katja Adler.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
The suspect is a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker. Our Vienna correspondent Bethany Bell reports.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
During last year's presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised he would make it harder for undocumented migrants to remain in the United States. By the end of last month, immigration and customs officers were arresting more than 700 migrants a day on average, more than double the figure from the last year of the Biden presidency.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
Planes have landed in India and Venezuela, carrying hundreds of deportees. But what impact is all this having on American industries like farming? In some sectors, officials estimate that more than 40% of workers are undocumented migrants. This report from the newsroom's Stephanie Prentice.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
Stephanie Prentice Korean pop music may have taken the world by storm, but it's banned in North Korea. Last year, a young man there was reportedly executed for watching and distributing South Korean music and film. But now a young defector called Yoo Hyuk has become the first North Korean member of a K-pop boy band, which is due to make its debut in the US later this year.
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We heard more about him from Yuna Koo of the BBC Korean service.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
Uniku from the BBC Korean service. China has for decades practised panda diplomacy, lending pandas to zoos around the world. But what about relic diplomacy? Well, Thailand has just returned a tooth believed to be from Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. Our Asia-Pacific editor, Jason Lee, has been looking at the story and he spoke to Rachel Wright.
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Jay Sung Lee talking to Rachel Wright. A lost work by the French sculptress Camille Claudel has sold at auction for more than $3 million after being rediscovered by chance. The bronze, titled The Mature Age, was found in a Paris apartment that had been empty for 15 years. James Reid reports.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
The Israeli Prime Minister says he's working to make President Trump's plan for the future of Gaza a reality. And the Democratic Republic of Congo says Rwanda is ignoring calls for a ceasefire after M23 rebels seized the city of Bukavu. Also in the podcast, a year on from the death of Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison, a defiant message from his widow.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
James Reid. And that's all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Ricardo McCarthy and produced by Stephanie Tillotson. Our editors, Karen Martin, I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
The starkest rendering of the new US approach to Europe came in a speech by the American Vice President J.D. Vance to the Munich Security Conference. That event is now over, but the Europeans have been left reeling, as we heard from our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
Our chief international correspondent, Lise Doucette. Well, of course, Ukraine is not the only conflict that President Trump has been voicing his opinions on recently. His suggestion that Palestinians should be moved out of Gaza led to fears the ceasefire there could collapse.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
The Israeli prime minister on Sunday again expressed his strong backing for the idea, which the Palestinians and Arab nations have firmly rejected. Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking after talks with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in Jerusalem.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
Mr Netanyahu is sending negotiators to Egypt on Monday to discuss the, quote, continued implementation of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire, while his security cabinet will meet to consider the second phase. Tom Bateman is travelling with the US Secretary of State and had this assessment of the joint news conference in Jerusalem with the Israeli Prime Minister.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
Yeah, and where are Arab nations in all this?
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
Other news now. The Democratic Republic of Congo says Rwanda is ignoring calls for a ceasefire after M23 rebels, who it backs, seized a major city in eastern Congo. The Congolese communication minister said Rwanda was violating the DRC's territorial integrity and insisted the government was working to restore order in the city of Bukavu.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
The coming days could be crucial in shaping negotiations over the war in Ukraine. US officials are due in Saudi Arabia for talks with the Russians. Ukraine says it hasn't been invited, nor have the Europeans, who hold an emergency summit of their own in Paris.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
Richard Kugoy. Bukavu is the second city taken by the rebels on the Congolese-Rwandan border in a matter of weeks. A resident in Bukavu told us when he first became aware of the M23's presence in the city.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
The speed with which President Trump has upended the old consensus on European security was underlined by the US special envoy on Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, when asked who would be involved in talks on ending the war.
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Diplomacy gathers pace over war in Ukraine
A resident of Bukavu. Hundreds of people gathered in Moscow on Sunday at the grave of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a year after his death in a prison in the Arctic. They marked the anniversary despite warnings from the Kremlin the authorities would be watching. His widow, Yulia Navalny, sent this message from exile.
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Our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg watched as people laid flowers at Alexei Navalny's grave.
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Ukraine talks could see Europeans excluded
Our South Asia regional editor, Anbarasan Etirajan.
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Now, the US Special Envoy has said that Europe will not have a seat at the proposed peace talks, even though European nations have been asked to contribute to maintaining post-conflict security. Retired General Keith Kellogg told a global security conference in Munich... The negotiations would involve the US, Russia and Ukraine.
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Why the humble US one cent coin may soon be on the way out.
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There's been an outbreak of looting in the city of Bukavu in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after rebels entered the city on Friday. Reports say there was little resistance from the Congolese army as the M23 fighters swept in. African Union leaders have been discussing the conflict at their summit in Ethiopia. More details from Richard Hamilton.
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Europe would not take part directly, but would still have an input, he said. And he said Russia would face tough demands.
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The world number one men's tennis player, Yannick Sinner, has accepted a three-month ban over two positive drug tests. It was reduced from two years after negotiations with the anti-doping agency, prompting outrage from some. Charlie Eccleshare is a tennis writer for The Athletic. He's been talking to Lee James.
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Charlie Eccleshed, talking to Lee James. One of Donald Trump's more eye-catching ideas to cut what he sees as US government waste is to stop the US mint making one-cent coins. The penny, as it's known, features the profile of Abraham Lincoln. But President Trump says it's too expensive to produce. Robert Waples is professor of economics at Wake Forest University.
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Robert Waples talking to Krupa Paddy. The combined total of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic has fallen to its lowest level since satellite measurements began half a century ago. Dr Caroline Holmes is a polar climate scientist at the British Antarctic Survey. She spoke to Simon Jack.
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Keith Kellogg. US officials have said the American Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead a high-level delegation in direct talks with Russian officials on ending the conflict in Ukraine in the coming days in Saudi Arabia. Earlier at the Munich conference, the Ukrainian president said Europe needed its own army as it could no longer rely on guaranteed American support.
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Dr Caroline Holmes talking to Simon Jack. Hollywood has long been synonymous with the film industry, but could its long-held status as the movie capital of the world be under threat? Well, these days it's much cheaper to film in places like London, Toronto or Sydney. And Tinseltown is facing new problems as a result of the recent wildfires in Los Angeles.
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Now there are calls for fire recovery efforts to include a boost for local TV and film production. Reagan Morris in Los Angeles has this report.
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Our security correspondent Frank Gardner reports from Munich.
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I'm gonna win. Reagan Morris reporting from Los Angeles. And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back at the same time tomorrow. This edition was mixed by Rebecca Miller and produced by Oliver Berlau. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Ukraine talks could see Europeans excluded
Frank Gardner reporting from the Security Conference. Well, the speech by the US Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday in Munich was met by stunned silence from many European politicians, but it went down well with the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AFD. With just over a week to go until the German general election, the party is second in the opinion polls.
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Its leaders didn't attend the security conference, but they still spoke to Mr Vance. Sean Lay asked the deputy leader of the AFD, Patrice von Soch, how the meeting went.
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Ukraine talks could see Europeans excluded
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Sunday, the 16th of February. A US envoy says Europe will not be directly involved in Ukraine peace talks, even though it will be asked to provide security guarantees.
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A crush at the main railway station in Delhi leaves more than a dozen dead, as pilgrims travel to and from the Kumbh Mela festival. And Israel and Hamas have completed their latest hostage and prisoner swap, despite fears the Gaza ceasefire was close to collapse.
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The deputy leader of the AFD, Beatrice von Stoch. Now, it had been in serious doubt earlier in the week, prompting dire warnings from President Trump. But the latest hostage and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas has passed off smoothly. Three Israelis were released in return for about 370 Palestinians. It was the sixth swap since the Gaza ceasefire agreement began last month.
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Paul Adams in Jerusalem. So after the latest swap, what are the prospects for the second stage of the ceasefire? A question for our Middle East regional editor, Sebastian Usher.
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Sebastian Asher, our Middle East regional editor. The six-week Kumbh Mela is a huge religious festival in India. Tens of millions of Hindus have already visited this year. Many more hope to do so before it ends on the 26th of February. But with large crowds come risks. Last month, at least 30 people died in a stampede.
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Now pilgrims travelling to or from the festival have been caught up in a crush at the main train station in the capital, New Delhi. At least 15 people are reported to have been killed, including three children. The deputy commissioner of Delhi Police, KPS Malhotra, said the station was overcrowded.
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Efforts to shore up the film industry in Hollywood. By engaging directly with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump has already signalled he is willing to ignore European concerns over a possible deal over the war in Ukraine.
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I got more details from our South Asia regional editor, Anbarasan Etirajan.
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Now, the Kumbh Mela has been going on for several weeks. There has already been one deadly crush at the scene there. Why weren't the authorities prepared to stop this kind of thing happening at a train station that they would have known was going to be busy? Well, it's the Indian capital.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Yeah, and tell us more about these items described as irreplaceable.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
And of course, extremely embarrassing for the museum given that these were on loan.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Anna Holligan in the Netherlands. A German aerospace engineer has set a new world record after living underwater for 120 days. Rudiger Koch said his aim was to prove that oceans are a viable environment in which to live. His company built a submerged capsule around 15 minutes by boat off the coast of northern Panama.
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The underwater room is connected to another chamber on the surface by a tube containing a narrow staircase, providing a way down for food and visitors, including a doctor. Mr Cox spoke to us from his home under the sea.
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Aerospace engineer Rudiger Koch.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Why men have become taller much faster than women over the past 100 years.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas have carried out a second hostage and prisoner exchange as part of their Gaza deal. Four female Israeli hostages were handed over in return for 200 Palestinian detainees, a ratio of 50 to 1. The releases in Gaza were a lot more orderly than the chaos seen in the first swap on Sunday.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
The civil war in Sudan has been going on for a year and three quarters, costing tens of thousands of lives and triggering what the UN has called the world's worst humanitarian tragedy. In the past few days the fighting appears to have intensified, with the armed forces claiming gains in the capital Khartoum.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Meanwhile, their rivals, the Rapid Support Forces, are stepping up efforts to capture El Fasha in the western Darfur region. The paramilitary group has been besieging the city since May and last week issued an ultimatum for the armed forces to leave. Now there are reports of a deadly attack on one of the last functioning hospitals there. The latest reports say 67 people were killed.
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I got an update from our Africa regional editor, Richard Kugoy.
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And do we know who is likely to have carried out this attack?
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
And tell us what is the latest in the overall battle for al-Fasha, the army holding on as the RSF tries to take it?
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Israeli captives Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa and Nama Levy, all aged 20, and Liri Albag, 19, waved as they were paraded on a stage in the Palestinian territory. Lucy Williamson has this report from Tel Aviv.
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Richard Kugoy there. The Russian authorities say they've finished pumping out fuel oil from a grounded tanker involved in a large spill last month. The vessel, part of which split off, was one of two wrecked in the storm in the Kerch Strait off the tip of Crimea. The other one sank. Here's our Europe regional editor, Danny Eberhardt.
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Danny Eberhard, our Europe regional editor. Alexander Lukashenko has been in charge of the former Soviet Republic of Belarus for more than 30 years, and he looks set to win again in Sunday's presidential election, although critics have dismissed it as a sham. His fiercest opponents and potential rivals are either in prison or in exile.
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In the last election in 2020, Mr Lukashenko claimed to have won with 80% of the vote. That sparked mass protests, which were brutally crushed. Our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports now on the man dubbed Europe's last dictator.
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Steve Rosenberg reporting from Minsk, capital of Belarus. Now to some new data that suggests men have become taller and heavier much faster than women over the past century. The study suggests that as living conditions have improved, both height and weight have increased, but this has happened much more quickly in men than women. Stephanie Prentice told us more.
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Stephanie Prentice talking to Valerie Sanderson. In the Australian Open tennis, there was an upset in the women's final, with the American Madison Keys beating the world number one Arena Sabalenka. However, for those watching on YouTube, the action on court may have looked rather different.
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Tennis Australia has been running a free live stream where players appear as animated versions of themselves a few seconds behind real time. The idea is to introduce new younger viewers to the sport. There are a few notable differences. The tennis balls are unusually large, players' heads are out of proportion and their rackets sometimes drift away from their hands.
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Marker Reid from Tennis Australia told the BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones how the animated stream works.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back at the same time tomorrow. This edition was mixed by James Piper and produced by Richard Hamilton. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Lucy Williamson in Tel Aviv. Over in Ramallah, there were celebrations as buses arrived carrying released Palestinian prisoners. Our correspondent John Donison was there.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
John Donison in Ramallah. As we heard a moment ago, there is currently a disagreement over the implementation of the deal, with Israel refusing to allow Palestinians to return to their homes in northern Gaza. The Israeli army spokesman is Daniel Hagari.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Our Middle East analyst Sebastian Ascher told us more about what's behind the dispute.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
But apart from that hiccup, the ceasefire agreement appears to be holding reasonably well.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Our Middle East regional editor, Sebastian Asher. In the aftermath of the Hamas massacre of 7 October, Israel said its objective was to destroy the Palestinian group that's run Gaza for nearly two decades. However, despite its military operation, the scenes at the latest hostage handover suggest that Hamas remains in charge.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Owen Bennett-Jones spoke to Hugh Lovett from the European Council on Foreign Relations about the group's capabilities.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
You love it from the European Council on Foreign Relations talking to Owen Bennett-Jones. Meanwhile, the White House issued a statement saying the world celebrates as Donald Trump secures the release of four more Israeli hostages. The United States will continue with its great partner Israel to push for the release of all remaining hostages and the pursuit of peace throughout the region.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
And a quick reminder that if there's anything you want to know about Donald Trump's first week back in the White House, then do get in contact as we're recording a Q&A special next week. If you'd like to ask about his actions on cryptocurrencies, pardons, climate change, immigration tariffs or anything else, then email us. The address? globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk or find us on X at Global News Pod.
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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Sunday, the 26th of January. Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners are released in the second exchange of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Thirteen foreign peacekeepers are killed in eastern Congo.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
And it would be great if you could record your question as a voice note. Thanks. Other news now. And 13 foreign peacekeepers have been killed in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Congolese army is trying to hold back Rwandan-backed rebels. The M23 group is advancing on the city of Goma on the border with Rwanda.
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Although they've been operating in the area for years, they have never made such great territorial gains, and are doing so partly because of revenues from taxing mining operations. The BBC's Emery Makumeno was at a government press conference and told us more about what was said.
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Emery Makumeno in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa. Police in the Netherlands are hunting for thieves who apparently blasted their way into a museum and stole priceless artefacts. The gang broke into the Drents Museum in Assen overnight, escaping with pieces on loan from Romania, some of which dated back to the 5th century BC. Arthur Brand is an art theft investigator.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
And a drone strike on a hospital in the Sudanese city of El Fasha is reported to have left nearly 70 people dead.
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Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
Our correspondent in the Netherlands, Anna Holligan, told us more about the robbery.
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Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection, written and presented by best-selling author Oliver Berkman, containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity, and the decline of nuance.
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The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection, written and presented by bestselling author Oliver Berkman, containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity and the decline of nuance.
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Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
Scott Embry. And still to come on the Global News Podcast... The unusual sounds coming out of bus ticket machines in the capital of Georgia.
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Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
The paralysed man who's discovered new sensations with a robotic arm. Donald Trump has had a complicated relationship with Vladimir Putin. But since his return to the White House, he's been urging the Russian leader to agree a peace deal with Ukraine, saying otherwise the US would increase sanctions, tariffs and taxes on Russia.
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Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
Well, next to an update on the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the M23 rebel group, backed by Rwandan troops, have been making big gains in recent weeks. In our earlier podcast, we reported that the rebels were nearing the city of Goma in the mineral-rich east of the country.
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Since then, we've heard that the Congolese general defending Goma, Regional Governor Peter Chirimwami, has died of wounds sustained in battle. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes since the start of this year.
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The UN peacekeeping force in the region says it's been engaged in intense combat with the rebels while it's been supporting the Congolese army with heavy artillery fire. The UN human rights spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, said she was deeply alarmed about the increased risk of attacks in Goma.
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Well, Akil Imani Saleh Choma Choma is an independent journalist based in Goma. He told us what was known about the military governor's death.
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Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
Journalist Gilimani Saleh Choma Choma in Goma. The Spanish authorities say they've dismantled an international drug smuggling and money laundering ring based in Barcelona. It follows a three-year multinational operation. Our Europe regional editor Danny Eberhard has the details.
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On Friday, Mr Putin gave his first public response, attempting to flatter the US president by repeating the lie that Mr Trump had actually won the 2020 election and suggesting that Russia's invasion of Ukraine might never have happened if, quote, that victory hadn't been stolen. On a visit to North Carolina, Mr Trump repeated his call for oil prices to be lowered to force Russia to end the war.
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Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
Passengers getting on buses in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Friday morning heard rather unusual sounds coming out of the ticket machines. That is a burst of the Georgian national anthem, but there were also recordings of pro-European protests, soundbites from speeches and the European Union anthem.
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It comes after nearly two months of protests over the Georgian government's decision to suspend talks on joining the EU. I heard more from our correspondent in the Georgian capital, Rehan Dimitri.
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So obviously the authorities unhappy about it. What about ordinary Georgians? How did they react?
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Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
Rehan Dimitri in Georgia. A Bulgarian woman charged with being part of a Russian spy cell operating in the UK and Europe has denied knowing the information she gathered would be sent to Russia. 33-year-old Katrine Ivanova has been giving evidence in her defence in court here in London, from where our investigations correspondent Daniel de Simone reports.
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And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back at the same time tomorrow. This edition was mixed by Ricardo McCarthy and produced by Alison Davis. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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But President Putin rejected that logic, saying both the US and Russia needed prices that were neither too high nor too low.
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Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
Vitaly Shevchenko, Russia editor at BBC Monitoring, gave me his assessment of President Putin's intervention.
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Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
Do you think the reason that President Putin has come out in this way is because he might be worried about economic pressure from the Americans?
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And what is Ukraine's position on all this? Because Vladimir Putin was saying they were the ones refusing to talk.
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Vitaly Shevchenko of BBC Monitoring. And a reminder that if there's anything you'd like to ask about Donald Trump's first week as a returning US president, then we'd like to hear from you. Whether it's about his moves on cryptocurrencies, pardons, climate change, immigration, tariffs or anything else.
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We're recording a special Q&A edition next week, so please email us your question to globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk or find us on X at Global News Pod. And if you can record your question as a voice note, then so much the better. Thank you. Hamas has announced the names of four more hostages to be freed as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
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A spokesman for the group's military wing said Israeli soldiers Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Nama Levy and Liri Albag would be released on Saturday. Hamas has committed to freeing 33 captives in the initial phase, 12 women and children and 21 men who are sick or over 50. The Palestinian group is expected to release living hostages first, but could then hand over bodies.
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Hamas is also due to provide a status report on the condition of the remaining hostages on the list, including two young children. Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Nick Beek, has more details about the four due to be released.
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Nick Peake in Jerusalem. Well, the four Israeli soldiers will be freed in exchange for 180 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Last Sunday, 90 Palestinians were released in exchange for the first three Israeli hostages. One of those prisoners has now spoken to the BBC's Sean Lay. She spent seven months in Israeli detention and asked to remain anonymous for her own safety.
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So, does she know why she was detained by Israel?
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Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Saturday, the 25th of January. Vladimir Putin says he's ready for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, but dismisses Donald Trump's threat to use economic pressure on Russia.
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Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
One of the Palestinian prisoners who was released as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, she was talking to Sean Lay. Now to a potentially life-changing development. A Swedish study that's allowed two people with paralysis to temporarily regain their sense of touch.
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Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology used MRI scans to identify regions of the brain linked to hand movements and sensations in order to mimic a sense of feeling using a robotic arm. Scott Imbry from Chicago was one of two patients with spinal injuries to take part in the study. He spoke to Grouper Paddy.
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UN peacekeepers in Congo say they're engaged in intense combat with M23 rebels threatening the eastern city of Goma. And Hamas has given Israel the names of four female hostages due to be released as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
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Jessie and Kitty ending that report from Gemma Dunstan. Microplastic pollution has been described by the UN as a growing threat to the health of humans and the planet. The tiny particles, up to 5mm in diameter, enter rivers and oceans from rubbish, the plumbing system and factories, among other sources. They're taken in by plants and animals, causing damage and entering the food chain.
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They've even been found in human organs. But now researchers in China say they have found a low-cost, sustainable way to filter microplastics out of water, using a sponge made from cotton and squid cartilage. Our science reporter, Esme Stellard, has been looking at the research. She spoke to Nick Miles.
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Esme Stallard talking to Nick Miles. now to a rather unusual retirement home for African penguins. It's been created at the New England Aquarium in Boston as part of efforts to protect the creature. In the wild, the African penguin population declined by more than a third between 2018 and 2023, leading to warnings that they could be extinct within 10 years. Harry Bly has this report.
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That's 28-year-old Will Shears, who goes round parks in London handing out cups of tea. In return, people talk about their lives. Will has started posting the chats on social media in a project called A Mug of Life. The Happy Pod's Holly Gibbs spoke to him over, of course, a cuppa.
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And that was Harry Bly. Now, in our last episode, my colleague Alan Smith asked for your happy sounds. And Helen, a truck driver from New Brunswick in Canada, sent us this message.
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Well, she didn't have her own recording, but we wanted to hear what was so special about it. So we found some. Well, Helen says she can just imagine a very primitive human doing this and being in awe of the extraordinary noise. And she said she was amazed when she first heard it herself. So if you have a sound that makes you happy, send us an email or voice note to globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk.
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And that is all from us for now, but you can watch some of our interviews on YouTube by searching for The Happy Pod. This edition was mixed by Chris Hansen and produced by Holly Gibbs and Rachel Bulkley. Our editor is Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
This is The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway and in this edition, how approaching strangers for a chat could make us happier.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
Will Shears talking to Holly Gibbs. According to this year's World Happiness Report, our belief in the kindness of strangers is closely tied to how happy we feel. We also tend to underestimate the level of kindness. Trust in strangers was measured by looking at how many people returned wallets that had been deliberately misplaced. The number was almost twice as high as expected.
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The BBC's Mark Easton marked the day by carrying out an experiment of his own.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
Mark Easton, and he was talking to the founding editor of the World Happiness Report, John F. Helliwell, from the University of British Columbia. If you've ever been helped by the kindness of strangers or made friends just by chatting to someone, we'd love to hear from you. Send an email or voice note to globalpodcasts at bbc.co.uk.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
The UN report also named Finland as the world's happiest country for the eighth year in a row, as another of the authors, Lara Aknin, explains.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
This year, This World Happiness Report highlights how people are more trustworthy than we think.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
Lara Aknin from the World Happiness Report. As well as all those positives, there's another side to Finland's happiness, the concept of sisu. The word is deeply ingrained in Finnish culture, but it has no direct translation in English. It's along the lines of inner strength, but there's more to it than that, as Stephanie Prentice has been finding out.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
And once again, Finland is named the happiest country in the world.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
Wilderness guide Petri Kokkonen ending that report from Stephanie Prentice. And if you want to find out yet more about what makes Finland so happy, listen back to our special from last year, the happiest country in the world.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
A retirement home with a difference.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
the woman helping millions of people make their voices heard. This week saw International Happiness Day, and with it the release of a report showing strangers are much kinder than we think. Like this.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
Next to a woman helping to inspire confidence among those who find it hard to make their voices heard. Jessie Yendall from South Wales is one of an estimated 80 million people around the world with speech impediments.
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The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
After years building up the courage to speak to people, she now has millions of followers on TikTok and is campaigning for others to be given the time and space they need to communicate. Gemma Dunstan has been to meet her.
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Israel checking Hamas claims that new body handed to Red Cross is Shiri Bibas
It just seems like there is so much going on, but also that it feels unignorable in a different way. It feels like it has no longer been possible to sort of sit on the sidelines and watch the news as an interesting spectator sport. And that's the real change, I think, that I find so sort of discombobulating.
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Israel checking Hamas claims that new body handed to Red Cross is Shiri Bibas
I think there is some potential here, right, to sort of not be living in a situation where your default assumption is that you just kind of live inside the news cycle and you sort of marinate in it all day long, but rather that it's something that you choose to visit, that you sort of...
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Israel checking Hamas claims that new body handed to Red Cross is Shiri Bibas
situate yourself in your real life, in your life of your friends and your family and your neighbourhood, and then you sometimes sort of pay a visit to the world of the news. It's obviously made incredibly difficult by the attention economy, all sorts of dynamics that make this not just an easy thing for a person to do on an individual level.
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Israel checking Hamas claims that new body handed to Red Cross is Shiri Bibas
But I think there's something to be said for that idea that we can step outside of the news. We don't have to sort of live in it.
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Israel checking Hamas claims that new body handed to Red Cross is Shiri Bibas
Two very quick, radically different things. One is an old mindfulness technique, which is very, very down to earth, literally, which is just the practice of becoming consciously aware of your feet, feeling your feet on the ground. It's extraordinarily effective, considering how tiny and throwaway that sounds.
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Israel checking Hamas claims that new body handed to Red Cross is Shiri Bibas
Secondly, I think it's worth remembering that we have lived perhaps through a period, as Libby was saying, of things feeling very relatively secure. But the norm for human beings throughout the whole of history has been that we live, on a precipice in the middle of complete uncertainty. It's not in itself that new. And I do actually find some comfort in that reflection.
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Israel checking Hamas claims that new body handed to Red Cross is Shiri Bibas
Also in this podcast... Becoming consciously aware of your feet, feeling your feet on the ground. It's extraordinarily effective considering how tiny and throwaway that sounds.
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Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
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Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
And the decline of nuance.
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Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
A new study on the impact of plastic on young sable shearwaters, a seabird in Tasmania, has found that not only are their digestive systems being harmed, so is their brain function, not unlike Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. Alex de Jersey is a doctoral candidate at the University of Tasmania in Australia and lead author of the study in the journal Science Advances. She spoke to James Menendez.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Alex de Jersey talking to James Menendez. The carmaker Nissan says it's just completed the latest stage of an eight-year project to develop technology for self-driving cars. Its specially adapted Nissan Leafs have been tested on rural roads in Britain with their twists, turns, blind junctions and occasional potholes.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Kayakella speaking at the G7 meeting in Canada. The foreign ministers there agreed a joint statement expressing unwavering support for Ukraine and threatening further sanctions against Russia if it didn't back a ceasefire. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said he was cautiously optimistic of a deal, but he was pressed on the time frame by the BBC State Department correspondent Tom Bateman.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
The plan is to use the technology to develop self-driving taxis that could be used by those who can't or don't want to drive themselves. Our reporter Theo Leggett has been seeing what happens when you let the computer do the driving.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
A report by Theo Leggett. The price of gold hit the $3,000 an ounce mark for the first time on Friday as demand surges amid economic uncertainty. It's up 14% since the start of the year. Gold is seen as a safe asset for investors and is often sought after in times of instability. But why? Adrian Ash, the director of research at Bullion Vault, spoke to Andrew Peach.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
People who reach the ripe old age of 100 often put their longevity down to good genes. And it appears they may be onto something. Spain's Maria Brañas Morera died last year at the age of 117, when she was the world's oldest person. Scientists have now discovered that she inherited genes that made her cells mirror those of someone much younger.
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They say this could explain why she didn't feel the effects of ageing as much as others. Chantal Hartle has the story.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Marco Rubio. I caught up with Tom Bateman as he travelled back from Canada as part of the press contingent and asked him how close are we to an agreement?
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Chantal Hartle. And that's all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back at the same time tomorrow. This edition was mixed by Chris Kouzaris and produced by Richard Hamilton. Our editor is Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Well, there was some suggestion that those differences of opinion between the Europeans and the Americans might surface at that G7 meeting of foreign ministers. But what do you make of the statement that came out, including the threat of possible further costs on Russia, as it put it?
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Tom Bateman travelling with the US Secretary of State. Well, even as the G7 foreign ministers began heading home from Canada, Mark Carney was being sworn in as the new Prime Minister there, replacing Justin Trudeau. Mr Carney, a former head of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, has been robust in his approach to President Trump.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
His first foreign trip will be to France and Britain, and not is as usual for new Canadian prime ministers to the United States. After taking the oath of office in Ottawa, he rejected President Trump's suggestion that Canada become the 51st state.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway and this edition is published in the early hours of Saturday the 15th of March. Is Vladimir Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine? President Trump says he thinks Russia is going to make a deal, but others are more sceptical.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
The new Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney. The former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has appeared via video link at The Hague, the first ex-Asian head of state to go before the International Criminal Court. He is accused of crimes against humanity over his so-called war on drugs, which saw many thousands of people killed by death squads during his six years in power.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
The 79-year-old said he was too ill to give evidence. The presiding judge read out a list of the charges.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Relatives of those who were killed had gathered outside.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
But Mr Duterte's supporters were also there calling for him to be sent home, while his lawyer claimed he'd been abducted from the Philippines. Our correspondent Anna Holligan spoke to us from the court.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
G7 foreign ministers have threatened Moscow with further sanctions if it doesn't sign up.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Now, he is the first former Asian head of state to face charges at the ICC. What is the significance of his appearance or non-appearance in the court for the court itself?
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Anna Holligan in The Hague. Hamas says it will release the last living Israeli-American hostage it's holding in Gaza, along with the bodies of four other dual nationals captured during the massacre of October 7th, but there are reported to be conditions. Hamas made the announcement as indirect ceasefire talks continued with Israel through US negotiators in Qatar.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
John Donison reports from Jerusalem.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
We hear from the newly sworn-in Canadian Prime Minister. How close are we to a ceasefire in Ukraine? In the past few hours, President Trump said he felt Russia would make a deal. Pretty good vibes coming out, he said. But the Europeans and Ukrainians fear Vladimir Putin is playing for time. Here's the EU Foreign Affairs Chief, Kaya Kalas.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Why do investors resort to gold in times of economic crisis?
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Women accused of breaking the strict female dress code in Iran face being arrested, beaten and even killed. According to a new report by the UN, the authorities are going to extreme lengths to monitor women with surveillance cameras, mobile phone apps and even drones, as I heard from Siavash Adelan of the BBC Persian service.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
Yeah, I mean, this is just one of a string of tactics used by the authorities to basically crush dissent, according to this report.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
And another sign of the examples it makes of people who protest against it is executing them.
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
And they make no distinction between adults and children.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
Yusuf Kutair in northern Italy. Many partners love sharing their hobbies with each other, but would your relationship survive spending more than two days together with just a few minutes' sleep?
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
Well, earlier this year, Danny Shrewsbury and Bradley Shenton entered the gruelling Badlands Ultra cycle race through the mountains of northern Spain, completing the nearly 800km in 53.5 hours to win the Pairs title. And despite hallucinations and a crash, They say it's brought them closer together. They've been speaking to my colleague, Caroline Barker.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
Danny Shrewsbury and Bradley Shenton talking to Caroline Barker for SportsHour. Ballet and opera are often seen as the domain of the wealthy or academic elites. But here in the UK, efforts are underway to try to make them more open and accessible, especially for children from all backgrounds.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
The Royal Ballet and Opera House is opening its doors to schoolchildren who wouldn't normally get the chance to experience these creative arts. The Happy Pod's Lul Hassan has been finding out more.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
That report by Lul Hassan. In the last episode, we asked for things that made you happiest or inspired you in 2024. One response really made us smile. An email from Roji in Sri Lanka saying how the happy pod had helped her through a tough year. She summed up exactly why we do what we do.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway and in this edition, the cafe that's got a whole town moving.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
Thanks, Roji. And we'd love to hear what made you happiest or inspired in 2024 from everyday family things to stories from around the world. Send us an email or voice note to globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. And that's all from The Happy Pod for now. This edition was mixed by Derek Clark and produced by Holly Gibbs and Rachel Bulkley. Our editor is Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
By offering free coffee to anyone who's dancing. A novel way to reuse discarded cigarette butts.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
Olivia from the Coffee Milano Cafe talking to Stephanie Prentice. Around the world, more than a billion people smoke, and discarded cigarette ends are the most common type of litter on Earth. The filters are made from toxic plastic that takes a long time to break down. But an organisation in India has found a rather surprising way to recycle them and turn them into toys.
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Code Effort says it's recycled around 5 million cigarette butts since 2019. It now pays 2,500 people to pick them up, and has installed 200,000 dedicated bins. Javi Sajidov went to their offices near Mumbai.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
Making the ballet more accessible to children from all backgrounds. We start in the US state of Massachusetts, where staff at a coffee shop have been spreading happiness by getting their small town dancing. It all began with an offer of a free drink for anyone who came in doing their favourite moves.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
Javi Sajdov in India. And you can hear more on that story on People Fixing the World wherever you get your podcasts. At the end of the summer, the UK was hit by riots that were amplified by comments on social media. But the violence also brought communities together as people helped out with repairing the damage.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
On the Happy Pod back then, we heard about an amazing fundraising effort to restore a public library in Liverpool that had been set on fire. $320,000 was raised and this week Spello Library reopened. The night before, public libraries across England were illuminated to, quote, share the light and in Liverpool, children celebrated with a lantern parade. Katie Hazeldine went along.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
That report by Katie Hazeldine. Well, Alex McCormick, who we spoke to about her fundraising in August, said it was emotional to see the library reopen.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
And still to come on the Happy Podcast... Brad was calling out people that wasn't there.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
The ultimate relationship test, 53 hours of extreme cycling. In countries that celebrate Christmas, children are often told they must be good if they want to receive presents from Father Christmas, Santa Claus or Saint Nicholas. In some parts of Europe, there's even a folklore character who is said to punish those who misbehave, the Krampus.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
In the central and eastern Alps, the tradition is celebrated with the Krampus Run, when crowds gather to watch hundreds of people dressed in grotesque, demon-like costumes running through towns, scaring children. Yusuf Kutaya went along to one event in northern Italy.
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
A video of the first day went viral and it started a movement across the whole town of Middleborough. Now the community has put on a day of dance with other businesses joining in. Stephanie Prentice spoke to Olivia from the Coffee Milano Cafe.
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Night-time curfew imposed in fire-hit areas of Los Angeles
Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion.
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Night-time curfew imposed in fire-hit areas of Los Angeles
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Night-time curfew imposed in fire-hit areas of Los Angeles
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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The Happy Pod: The professionals and tradespeople cleaning up Ghana
Learn more at MeaningfulBeauty.com Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection written and presented by best-selling author Oliver Berkman containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity and the decline of nuance.
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The Happy Pod: The professionals and tradespeople cleaning up Ghana
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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The Happy Pod: The professionals and tradespeople cleaning up Ghana
And the decline of nuance.
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The Happy Pod: The professionals and tradespeople cleaning up Ghana
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guitar one handed
The reason we are all here this evening, can we make some noise for the birthday girl on her 105th birthday? Happy birthday, Hilda! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guitar one handed
Yeah, the pictures suggest the canteen is quite busy just seeing those people there crammed in. Can it cope?
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The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guitar one handed
And this is a big thing in China. You hear about some good food and you do anything to try and get there.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Millions of people around the world have just finished Dry January, giving up alcohol for a month as a New Year resolution. For those who switch to alcohol-free beer, there could be added health benefits compared to having soft drinks and even water.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
In addition, firms have been working on improving the taste, with alcohol-free beer the fastest-growing sector of what was known as the alcoholic drinks industry. Marnie Chesterton went to the Belgian town of Leuven to find out more.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
A new treatment that can improve the lives of people with Parkinson's. The potential health benefits of non-alcoholic beer? The longest story ever told. And why a tiny kingdom known for keeping global influences out has welcomed one of the world's biggest stars.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Marnie Chesterton, and you can hear more about non-alcoholic beer on CrowdScience, wherever you get your podcasts. The Himalayan state of Bhutan generally avoids Western cultural influences, like fast food restaurants or coffee shop chains. It's trying to protect its traditions and values.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
But now Ed Sheeran has become the first major Western artist to perform there, taking to the stage in a football stadium in the capital, Thimphu, following local support act rebellions.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Well, John Harrison, editor of the Daily Bhutan newspaper, spoke to my colleague Rebecca Kesby.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
But we start with the remarkable story of a man who's gone from guarding works of art to having his own sculpture on display at one of the world's most famous museums. Amir Khalil graduated from art school in his home country of Egypt, but after moving to the US in 2006, he ended up working as a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
John Harrison, editor of the Daily Bhutan newspaper. Now, for many, this is the sound of pure relaxation. Water hitting the hot stones of a traditional sauna. In Nordic countries, outdoor saunas, often complete with ice-cold plunge pools, are seen as essential to physical and emotional well-being and date back thousands of years.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
But amid the stresses of 21st century life, they've grown in popularity elsewhere in the world. Here in the UK, the number has more than trebled in the past couple of years. Liz Watson, who runs a sauna on a beach in southern England, interviewed some of her regulars for the BBC.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Liz also spoke to my colleague, Johnny Diamond.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
In his free time, he kept up his passion for sculpting, and one day a chance encounter led to an opportunity he'd always dreamed of. Amir told Holly Gibbs how the Met Museum had inspired him almost since he arrived in New York.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Johnny Diamond talking to outdoor sauna owner Liz Watson. And that is all from the Happy Pod for now. If you'd like to get in touch about any of our stories or if you have one of your own to share, you can send us an email or voice note to globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. This edition was mixed by Daniel Fox and produced by Holly Gibbs and Rachel Bulkley. Our editor is Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Until next time, goodbye.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Amir Khalil talking to Holly Gibbs. Now to a high-tech treatment that could significantly improve the lives of people with Parkinson's disease. As you may have heard on the Global News podcast a few days ago, it involves an implant in the brain that can control tremors using tiny pulses of electricity – deep brain stimulation, as it's known –
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Unlike older versions that had to be reprogrammed in hospital, this new one can read a patient's brain signals and help manage their symptoms straight away, all controlled by a tiny computer in their chest. Julian Warwicker has been speaking to Akbar Hussain, one of the first doctors in the world, to offer this new treatment, and to his patient, Kevin Hill.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Parkinson's patient Kevin Hill, who's playing snooker and riding his bike again thanks to Akbar Hussain, neurosurgeon at Newcastle Hospitals here in the UK. Next to Morocco, where storytellers from 33 countries have broken a world record by recounting their tales continuously for more than three days. Their recital in the main square in Marrakesh lasted 80 hours and 34 minutes.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
The event was part of the Marrakesh International Storytelling Festival, which also included workshops in local schools. Our very own storyteller Richard Hamilton was there. MUSIC
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway, and in this edition, from guarding art to exhibiting his own at a world-famous museum.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
John Rowe, ending that report from Morocco by Richard Hamilton.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
We meet the security guard whose kindness to a visitor led to his own work going on display.
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The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum
Why a traditional Nordic relaxation method is becoming increasingly popular...
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US inauguration special
Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion.
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US inauguration special
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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US inauguration special
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
Discover how to lead a better life in our age of confusion. Enjoy this BBC audiobook collection written and presented by best-selling author Oliver Berkman containing four useful guides to tackling some central ills of modernity. Busyness, anger, the insistence on positivity and the decline of nuance.
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
Start listening to Oliver Berkman, Epidemics of Modern Life. Available to purchase wherever you get your audiobooks.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Mexican actress Andrea Ortega Lee on the legacy of singer Paquita Ladel Barrio, who has died at the age of 77. Police in the US state of Florida have detained a Jewish American man on suspicion of attempting to kill two people he believed were Palestinians. Police said the incident happened over the weekend on Miami Beach. The details from Lipika Pelham.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
If you struggle to cope with loud environments, you might be a fan of noise-cancelling headphones. But can prolonged use of these devices actually make it harder to hear? That's one possible explanation for the experience of a 25-year-old woman called Sophie, who was struggling to understand her classes at university.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
With the US seemingly keen to scrap its post-war security guarantees for the continent, one of the big issues of discussion was how to beef up European defence. Es ist völlig verfrüht und der
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
So what could be causing these types of problems? Claire Benton is president of the British Academy of Audiology.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
It's one of the world's most secretive and consequential meetings, the Conclave, to elect the new leader of the world's billion plus Roman Catholics. As we heard in our last edition, a movie based on a fictional gathering of cardinals to choose a new pope, Conclave, won four British Film Awards on Sunday night, including the BAFTA for Best Film.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
It is based on a novel by Robert Harris and he's been telling us about its inspiration.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Finally, one of the world's leading conductors has apologised for comments he made during an interview in which he likened Italian choristers to warring mafia families. Edward Gardner, principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, was threatened with a defamation lawsuit by singers at the San Carlo Opera Theatre in Naples. Stuart Hughes has the story.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Stuart Hughes reporting. And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Derek Clark and produced by Niki Verrico. Our editors Karen Martin, I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Mr Schultz also said plans to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine were premature. But the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would be willing to do so under certain conditions.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Der hungarische Premierminister Viktor Orban, der nahe Donald Trump und Wladimir Putin ist, hat den Summit nicht beschlossen und es als einen Versuch beschrieben, um Frieden zu vermeiden. Für mehr über das, was am Meeting gesagt wurde, haben wir von unserem Paris-Korrespondenten Andrew Harding gehört.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Yeah, I mean, to do that it will need to act in a unified manner and yet we are already seeing disagreements over the prospect of sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine in the event of any settlement there.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Well, as we were hearing, the British Prime Minister said any peacekeeping force would need a US security guarantee. Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor of The Economist, explains why the Americans are so important.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
The Economist, Defence Editor Shashank Joshi talking to Sarah Montagu. Well, ahead of meeting his Russian counterpart in Riyadh later today, America's top diplomat Marco Rubio held talks on Monday with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. According to the US State Department, Mr Rubio stressed the importance of an arrangement for Gaza that contributes to regional security.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
He's been trying to win support for President Trump's plan to take over the territory, forcing Palestinians to resettle in neighbouring countries like Egypt and Jordan. Arab nations have rejected the idea and are putting forward an alternative plan. So what might it look like? Faisal Abbas ist Editor-in-Chief für die Middle East English Language Daily Arab News.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Tuesday, the 18th of February. European leaders have insisted Ukraine should have a say in any peace deal, even as the US prepares to negotiate directly with Russia. They also stress the need to take responsibility for their own defense.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Prostate Cancer is the second most common cancer among men, with global cases expected to reach 3 million by 2040. The standard method of testing has long been considered unreliable, missing some cancers and giving false positives in others. Now scientists in the UK have developed what they say is the most accurate tool yet for detecting prostate cancer using artificial intelligence.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Chantelle Hartle reports.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
The US Secretary of State has told the Saudi Crown Prince that a deal for Gaza must contribute to regional security. And could artificial intelligence revolutionize the detection of prostate cancer?
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Smell loss was a defining symptom of Covid and for some people a curse. Most regained it as their infection faded, but some never recovered. Now there is hope for sufferers of the condition known as anosmia here in the UK with trials for a new treatment. Chrissy Kelly is the first patient to receive the treatment. She spoke to Nick Robinson.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
And still to come on the Global News Podcast.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
A new treatment that could help those who lost their sense of smell to Covid. And the maestro, the mafia and a chorus of disapproval. European leaders have met in Paris to work out how to respond to America's new big power approach to Europe and the war in Ukraine.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Are noise cancelling headphones ruining our hearing?
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Paquita La Del Barrio, who became a feminist icon in Latin America, has died at the age of 77. She sold more than 20 million records during her career and in 2017 her life was dramatized in a TV series. Andrea Ortega Lee played Paquita in the show.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
We look back at the life of one of India's best-loved musicians. Bronze Age Britain was not thought to have been particularly violent, with no evidence that communities needed fortifications or weapons like swords to protect themselves. However, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a massacre that took place in southwest England about 4,000 years ago.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Analysis of bones found in a shaft at Charterhouse Warren suggests that at least 37 men, women and children were killed, dismembered and possibly cannibalised. Professor Rick Schulting is from Oxford University.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Going incredibly wrong. So what might have been the motives for this?
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Mayotte is poorer than any other region of France and questions are being asked about whether the French government could have done more to protect people there from extreme weather. Stephen Turton is a professor of environmental geography at Central Queensland University in Australia.
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Yeah, I wonder if it was a one-off incident or we now need to rethink what we know about Bronze Age Britain.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Georgina Ranar there, our science reporter. EU foreign ministers are expected to discuss the political turmoil in Georgia today. The former Soviet republic has been in turmoil since the pro-Russia Georgian dream won disputed elections in October. Protests intensified last month when the government announced it was putting EU accession negotiations on hold.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
On Saturday, Parliament voted in the far-right candidate and former professional footballer Mikhail Kavalishvili as president. The BBC's Rob Young spoke to Nino Silosani, an MP for Georgian Dream.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Nino Silosani, an MP for Georgian Dream. South Korea's constitutional court has begun trial proceedings for the impeachment of President Yoon Sung-yeol. He has been suspended for declaring martial law earlier this month. MPs voted to impeach him on Saturday. Gene McKenzie is in the South Korean capital, Seoul.
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Jean Mackenzie Insoul. Finally, one of India's best-loved musicians, Zakir Hussain, has died at the age of 73. A four-time Grammy Award winner, he is credited with turning the tabla drums into an instrument loved around the world. He died in San Francisco, surrounded by close family. And Marisan Etirajan looks back at his life.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
After hitting Mayotte, Cyclone Chido made landfall in Mozambique. It has now weakened but could bring heavy rain to Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Our correspondent in Zimbabwe, Shingai Nyoka, is monitoring the situation on Mayotte.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
The drumming of Zakir Hussain, who's died at the age of 73. That report by Anbarasan Etirajan. And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Vladimir Morzechka, the producer was Richard Hamilton, our editors Karen Martin, I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
The three French ministers who flew in landed at an airport with a control tower damaged. It's taken them two days to get there. A sign of how difficult it will be to get supplies into Mayotte.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
And the government of Serbia is accused of spying on journalists and activists.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Yes, services which were not great at the best of times. I understand there were water shortages not too long ago.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Monday the 16th of December. Two days after a devastating cyclone, French ministers arrive in the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. Western powers step up their engagement with the new rulers of Syria.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
And the wider region, the storm went on to hit Mozambique and now heading to where you are.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Shingai Nyoka in Harare. After 20 months of civil war, Sudan is suffering a humanitarian crisis. Nearly 12 million people have fled their homes. Famine is looming. And in October, a UN fact-finding mission said the scale of sexual violence there was staggering.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Now the campaign group Human Rights Watch is calling on the UN and African Union to step in to protect women and girls, accusing the paramilitary rapid support forces of widespread rapes. Here's spokeswoman Belkis Vile.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Belkis Vile from Human Rights Watch, Sudanese women's rights campaigner Hala Al-Kharib told us more about the problem.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Evidence of possible cannibalism in Bronze Age Britain. It has taken them two days to get there, but three ministers from France have now arrived in Mayotte, the French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean that was hit by Cyclone Chido on Saturday. Local officials say hundreds of people may be dead, possibly even a thousand or more.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Sudanese women's rights campaigner Hala al-Harib. A week on from the fall of President Assad, Western powers have been stepping up engagement with the new rulers of Syria, despite their jihadist origins. Officials from the US and Britain have made contact with the authorities in Damascus, while an EU envoy is also heading there.
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Syria's neighbour Israel is more wary of the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is now in charge. The Israelis have carried out hundreds of airstrikes on military targets across Syria in the past week, as we heard from our international editor, Jeremy Bowen.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Jeremy Bowen in Damascus. And shortly before we recorded this podcast, Bashar al-Assad broke his silence about the events of last weekend when he fled Syria and was given asylum in Russia. Our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg told us more.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
In the past couple of hours, a senator has told journalists that people are starting to die of thirst and hunger. Three quarters of people on the island live below the poverty line, at least a third in shanty towns where homes were flattened. The storm was the most destructive in Mayotte for 90 years, with winds of at least 225 kilometres an hour.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
And how does all this square with what we heard from the Russians as President Assad and his family went to Moscow?
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Steve Rosenberg in Moscow. The Serbian authorities have been using surveillance software to spy on journalists and activists. That is the accusation from pressure group Amnesty International, which says it's part of a wider repression in Serb society. I heard more from our Balkans correspondent, Guy De Launay.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
The deputy head of the Red Cross in the region, Eric Samvar, gave us an update on the devastation.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
And have the Serbian authorities said anything about this?
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Our Balkans correspondent, Guy Delaney. And still to come on the Global News Podcast.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Will he be able to put together a government? Does he even know all the politicians?
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
What do you make of the strategy by President Vucic here? I mean, he's been in power a long time. Is this just a tactic of his?
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Stock markets around the world have continued to struggle with big falls in Asia and Europe. In the US itself, the S&P 500 dropped sharply on opening. But for briefly rising a massive 8% on reports that tariffs might be paused. President Trump later dismissed those rumours.
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Back in 2011, piracy off the coast of Somalia was at its peak, with more than 200 attacks on international vessels every year. Crews were held at gunpoint and many kept as hostages for months. It led to a coordinated crackdown by international navies, and incidents plummeted to almost zero. But since last year, there's been an uptick in attacks.
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And the root causes of Somali piracy, poverty among the local fishing communities and illegal fishing by foreign trawlers were never really addressed. For the Africa Daily podcast, Alan Kasuja spoke to a fisherman from the Somali town of Ale.
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A fisherman from Ale who asked to remain anonymous speaking to Alan Kasuja on the Africa Daily podcast. Scientists say alarming levels of microplastics have been found in rivers across Europe. The majority come from everyday products, but a study has found that many of these particles are emitted during the plastic manufacturing process.
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The researchers are now calling for action to reduce river pollution, as Jacob Perkins explains.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
He also spoke about his threat to impose an additional tariff on China, taking the total to more than 100% after Beijing announced a reciprocal levy of its own on Friday.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Jacob Perkins. Research moving to a new country has a huge effect on our gut and can lead to an increased risk of illnesses such as heart disease. Scientists from the Amsterdam University Medical Centre compared people who'd come to Europe from the West African nation of Ghana with those who'd stayed at home.
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They found that the migrants' diets changed and so did the bacteria in their digestive systems. Evan Davis spoke to Dr Barbara Verhaert, the study's lead author.
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Dr Barbara Verha talking to Evan Davis. China's top internet regulator is cracking down on showbiz gossip. The authorities are banning social media accounts accused of spreading celebrity rumours and scandal. Our China media analyst Kerry Allen has the details.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
So are the tariffs here to stay or will there be negotiations? A question for our New York business correspondent Erin Delmore.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Carrie Allen there. And that is all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Louis Griffin and produced by Richard Hamilton. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
At the same time, the president announced his threat to impose additional tariffs on China. What is likely to be the impact of that?
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
I mean, it's been a very busy day trying to keep track of rumours and announcements and news conferences. How are traders and business people in the States feeling now?
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Tuesday 8th April. President Trump has ruled out any pause in his new trade policy, despite another day of turmoil on the markets. At the same time, he threatened to escalate the trade war with China.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Eric Delmore in New York. Shortly after President Trump finished speaking at the White House, China said it would not bow to his latest threat. Meanwhile, European trade ministers have been discussing their response to the new US tariff regime. They're drawing up a list of countermeasures to be agreed next week, with more to follow.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
But the EU Trade Commissioner, Maros Shevchevich, made clear his preference was for negotiations.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
So what should we make of this? I asked our Europe correspondent, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
OK, and if they don't get any response in the next couple of days, they will look to these countermeasures. I mean, how difficult was it to come up with a list, given the differing priorities of all the EU member states?
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
And at a news conference with the Israeli Prime Minister, he said the US is holding direct talks with Iran.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Berlin. The Oval Office news conference, which went on for the best part of an hour, also covered topics other than tariffs, including Gaza and the Israeli hostages. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about President Trump's plan to evacuate Palestinians while the strip's being reconstructed.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Well, for his part, President Trump revealed that the US has been holding direct talks with Iran and that a high-level meeting was due to be held on Saturday. He said if the talks on the Iranian nuclear programme failed, Iran would be in great danger. Siavash Adlan of the BBC Persian service has this assessment.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Researchers say moving to a new country can lead to unhealthy changes in diet. Are the US tariffs permanent or could countries negotiate to get them lifted? President Trump said both outcomes could be equally true without specifying how. He was speaking at the White House alongside the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the first world leader to visit since the tariffs were announced.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Sivash Adelan talking to Jackie Leonard. The younger brother of the King of the Belgians has lost a legal battle to claim social security benefits on top of his royal allowance. A court ruled the claim was unfounded. Our Europe regional editor, Sascha Schlichter, has more details.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
And still to come on the Global News Podcast.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
Why piracy is on the increase off the coast of Somalia.
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Trump threatens to escalate trade war with China
There is astonishment in Serbia after a political novice was named as Prime Minister. Juro Matsut is a renowned doctor with no parliamentary experience, though he has previously voiced support for President Aleksandar Vucic. The last Serbian Prime Minister resigned over anti-government protests triggered by a railway station disaster that killed 16 people.
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Opposition parties have criticised the President's decision to nominate Mr Matsut. But our Balkans correspondent Guy Delaney told me he was likely to get the backing of MPs.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Mr Yoon has been suspended but has remained defiant, and his security guards have been blocking attempts to detain him, even forming a human chain. Police have been asked to get involved, but they have declined. The latest twist in the political standoff coincides with a North Korean missile test, as well as a visit by the outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Seoul.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Now Elon Musk has got his hands full in the US, you'd have thought, as head of this Department of Government Efficiency. Why is he so fixated with UK politics and European politics?
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Now, just looking at Elon Musk's Twitter feed, he has called the British prime minister utterly despicable, Keir Starmer. He's also asked whether America should liberate the people of Britain from their, quote, tyrannical government. I mean, it's very difficult for conventional politicians to know how to react.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Our political correspondent Rob Watson. The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial again, this time accused of receiving millions of euros in illegal election campaign funds from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The prosecution claims that Mr Sarkozy, president from 2007 until 2012, agreed to help mend the dictator's reputation. Mr Sarkozy denies wrongdoing.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
I heard more from our Europe regional editor, Danny Eberhard.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
And the former French president has faced a string of cases, even been convicted. How has all this damaged his reputation?
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
He has expressed confidence in South Korea's democratic system.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Our Europe regional editor, Danny Eberhardt. In 2003, the number of Iberian lynx left in the wild dropped to just 94. But in the two decades since, it has made a comeback with more than 2,000 recorded across Spain and Portugal. Its conservation status has been lowered from endangered to vulnerable. Antonio Fernandez sent this report from southern Portugal.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Earlier, I got an update about events in South Korea from our Asia-Pacific regional editor, Celia Hatton.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
And that's all from us for now, but the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Rebecca Miller and produced by Alfie Habershon. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Yeah, it all comes as the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the country. What is the overall impact of this on South Korea?
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Our Asia-Pacific editor Celia Hatton. In some parts of America, it could bring the heaviest snowfall and coldest temperatures for a decade. Winter storm Blair is affecting more than 60 million people, with the state of emergency declared in seven states. Roads are disrupted and 1,300 flights have been cancelled. Kansas has been one of the worst hit areas. Aaron Shopper is a teacher there.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Forecasters say storm Blair is caused by a polar vortex, an area of cold air that circulates around the Arctic. CBS correspondent Ian Lee is in St. Louis, Missouri. He described the scene there.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Monday the 6th of January. No end in sight to the political standoff in South Korea as police reject demands to arrest the impeached president.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
CBS correspondent Ian Lee in St. Louis, Missouri. Through history, bubonic plague has killed around 200 million people. And while it's rare these days, a team of scientists at Oxford University is developing a vaccine in case a superbug strain of the Black Death emerges. It is the same group that created the Oxford Covid vaccine, and Professor Andrew Pollard spoke to Amal Rajan.
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Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group. Hollywood's awards season got underway last night with the Golden Globes in Los Angeles. Demi Moore won Best Actress, her first major award at the age of 62, while Adrienne Brodie was Best Actor for The Brutalist. Our correspondent Emma Vardy has this report from Los Angeles.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Forecasters predict the heaviest snowfall for a decade in parts of the US and Russia says it's captured a key town in eastern Ukraine.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
That report from Los Angeles by Emma Vardy. And still to come on the Global News Podcast. The wild cat that's come back from the brink of extinction. In the past few months, Karakhova in eastern Ukraine has been a key target for Russian forces as they try to seize the whole of Donetsk. Now the Russian Defence Ministry says it has taken the town, which it called an important logistics hub.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Demi Moore wins her first major acting award. As we record this podcast, South Korea's impeached President Yoon Seung-yool looks set to evade arrest once again. Prosecutors have been unable to execute a warrant which is due to expire shortly. It was issued over the president's short-lived attempt to impose martial law last month.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
I asked our correspondent Will Vernon in Kiev just how significant it is really.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Yeah, I mean, how bad is it overall in eastern Ukraine? How far are the Russians from reaching their goal of taking the whole of that eastern Donbass region?
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Now, we saw Ukraine try to go on the offensive in the Russian region of Kursk last year, and they've renewed that over the weekend. How are things going there?
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
I mean, are both sides now literally just waiting for the arrival of Donald Trump as US president?
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
Will Vernon in Kiev. Now, he arguably helped sway the US election. Now, Elon Musk has turned his attention to Europe, getting behind the radical right and earning rebukes from politicians in France and Germany. But the South African-born tech boss seems to be most obsessed by events here in the UK.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
He has been extremely critical of the British government and friendly with the insurgent opposition party Reform. though he's now gone on the attack against its leader, Nigel Farage. I heard more about their bromance and falling out from our political correspondent, Rob Watson.
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Millions hit by huge winter storm in US
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Millions hit by huge winter storm in US
Our lives today can feel like miniature versions of this relentless churn of activity. We find we're rushing around more crazily than ever. Somewhere, when we weren't looking, it's like busyness became a way of life.
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Israeli airstrikes have hit several targets inside Yemen
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Israeli airstrikes have hit several targets inside Yemen
Right. And the difference to the others that I've heard about is that this is the first time I can remember following the news that one of the government's Coast Guard agencies or navies has got on board a suspect vessel.
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Israeli airstrikes have hit several targets inside Yemen
Can I ask about the UK? In the most sort of unsensational way, and no one at The Economist wants to sensationalise this, the UK uses cables under the sea. Are ours any less or any more vulnerable?
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BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
More than 1,300 flights are affected, and aviation consultant John Strickland says it could be some time before services return to normal.
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
A report from sea by Angus Crawford. And still to come on the Global News Podcast...
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
Stark warnings about the planet's melting glaciers.
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
Now. Namibia's first woman president, Natumbo Ndi Ndaitwa, has been sworn in at a ceremony in the capital, Windhoek. The 72-year-old is a former freedom fighter and veteran of the governing South West Africa people's organisation, SWAPO. The BBC's Mpo Lakaje asked her about land reform and the challenges of being a woman politician.
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Lucy Adler is stuck at Delhi Airport, back where she started after nine hours in the air.
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
Natumbo Nandi Ndaitwa, Namibia's first woman president. 2025 has been declared Year of the Glacier by the United Nations to try to focus attention on the threat to the world's ice fields. The UN is warning that many glaciers will not survive the century, putting hundreds of millions of people at risk of drought, water shortages and flooding. Imogen Folks reports from Switzerland.
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Imogen Folks reporting from Switzerland. There's growing concern over a viral AI tool that makes people appear overweight. Critics say the Chubby filter, as it's known, should be banned from TikTok. Jessica Sherwood from the BBC News social team has been investigating.
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Yeah. Why would you want to post pictures of yourself looking fatter?
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Yeah, I mean, critics are obviously going to have a field day because there have been plenty of concerns on social media about how it affects people's view of their own appearance.
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Jessica Sherwood. The original model of the friendly alien from Steven Spielberg's 1982 hit E.T. is being auctioned at Sotheby's in New York. It is a metre tall and is expected to fetch nearly a million dollars. Film memorabilia expert Harry Malcolm says it is worth it.
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Harry Malcolm. Just before we go, as you may know, we did a special Q&A podcast on Ukraine a couple of weeks ago, but we are still getting emails. So we're going to do it all over again at the beginning of April. If you'd like to get involved, please do send us your questions on the war, peace negotiations, Donald Trump's intervention and anything else.
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Our email address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. And if possible, please record your question as a voice note. Thank you. And that is all from us for now. But the Global News Podcast will be back very soon. This edition was mixed by Rebecca Miller and produced by Richard Hamilton. Our editors, Karen Martin. I'm Oliver Conway. Until next time, goodbye.
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
Our correspondent at Heathrow Airport, Charlotte Gallagher, told us more about how this all happened.
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
Yeah, I mean, what does that mean for passengers, not just here in the UK, but around the world?
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
And presumably quite a lot of costs. Who will pay that? Will it be the airport itself or airlines?
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
Charlotte Gallagher at Heathrow. Well, the police investigation into the blaze is being led by counter-terror officers, although the authorities say there's currently no indication of foul play. As we heard from our Home Affairs correspondent, Daniel Sandford.
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We are recording this at 14 hours GMT on Friday the 21st of March. Europe's busiest airport Heathrow is shut for the entire day, causing travel chaos around the world.
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
Daniel Sanford. When civil war broke out in Sudan nearly two years ago the rapid support forces captured most of the capital Khartoum including the presidential palace. Now after months of fierce fighting the army has taken it back. Footage from inside the palace showed troops and volunteer fighters waving flags and wandering around rooms littered with rubble.
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A spokesman for the Sudanese army, Nabil Abdallah, said they now controlled key parts of the capital.
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
Well, it marks a big victory for the armed forces, though the RSF say the battle is not over yet. And a drone strike is reported to have killed a number of journalists and army officials. I got the latest from our correspondent in Sudan, Barbara Platasha.
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
After nearly two years of civil war in Sudan, the army recaptures the presidential palace in Khartoum, and the former boss of Abercrombie & Fitch is accused of abuse by 40 men.
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But nevertheless, is this still a big victory for the armed forces?
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
But the overall picture is that the army is, what, slowly pushing back the RSF across the country?
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
More than 40 men have now come forward to accuse the former chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch of rape, sexual assault or drugging. Mike Jeffries, who was charged with sex trafficking in October, is facing multiple lawsuits, alleging he assaulted men under the pretext of offering them possible modelling opportunities.
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The BBC's Rhianna Croxford broke the original story and has continued with her investigation.
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
We're talking about holding him to account. These are civil claims, but is he also facing criminal charges?
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
E.T. goes under the hammer. Every day, around 230,000 passengers travel through Heathrow in West London, making it the busiest airport in Europe. But today, its runways are quiet, with no planes coming or going after a big fire knocked out the electricity supply nearby.
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And what has the company Abercrombie & Fitch said?
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Heathrow shutdown causes travel chaos
Rhianna Croxford. The authorities here in the UK say South American drug gangs are dropping cocaine in the sea off the British coast to be picked up by smaller boats and brought ashore. The consignments are attached to flotation devices equipped with trackers, as our correspondent Angus Crawford found out when he went out with the UK Border Force.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Samantha Larned, reporting from Texas. And still to come on the Global News Podcast...
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
A bear who had pioneering brain surgery to cure seizures emerges from hibernation in good health at a wildlife park in England.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Vitaly Shevchenko is Russia editor at BBC Monitoring. What did he make of it?
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Yeah, I mean, so what do the Russians think will happen next? President Putin's supposed to be meeting Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff. There's also talk of a phone call. How do they see it playing out from here?
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
And that's because his forces appear to have the upper hand at the moment and he wants to take as much territory as he can.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Vitaly Shevchenko, Russia editor at BBC Monitoring. Well, if the Russians do intend to play for time, it may not go down too well with the Americans. President Trump wants an immediate ceasefire. But his initial response to Vladimir Putin's words was broadly positive.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office where he was meeting the NATO chief Mark Rutter. Our North America editor Sarah Smith was at the White House and told us more about the US President's hopes for a deal.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Friday the 14th of March. President Putin says he supports the American plan for a ceasefire in Ukraine in theory, but raises lots of questions about how it would work. President Trump said it was a promising statement, but not complete.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Our North America editor, Sarah Smith. Well, President Trump may be optimistic about Vladimir Putin's intentions, but there's a very different view in Ukraine itself. President Zelensky accused the Russian leader of manipulating the situation and called for more sanctions.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
President Zelensky's view is shared by many of his frontline soldiers and medics, as Jonathan Beale reports from eastern Ukraine.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Ukraine says the Russian leader is paving the way to reject the proposal. Also in this podcast, we report on the measles outbreak in Texas amid a warning about rising cases in Europe and Central Asia.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Jonathan Beale in eastern Ukraine. Some other news now. And two years ago, troops from southern Africa were sent to the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to try to help in the long-running fight against the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23. Now the South African bloc SADC says it will pull out its forces.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
At least 19 soldiers from South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania were killed when the M23 rebels captured the city of Goma in January. I heard more about the withdrawal from Shingai Nyoka in Zimbabwe where Sadek has been meeting.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Yeah, how much of a blow is this for the government in Kinshasa after all the rebels have threatened to go all the way to the capital some more, more than a thousand kilometres away from where they are now?
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
And briefly, could anyone else fill the gap?
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Shingai Nyoka in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. And in the past few hours, we've heard reports that around 20 Burundian soldiers, who've also been supporting the Congolese forces, have been killed in clashes with the M23 rebels. Measles, a childhood disease that was once in retreat, is now on the rise across Europe and Central Asia.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
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Infections can cause severe complications and damage the immune system. NPR correspondent Samantha Larned sent us this report.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
What happens when bits of the internet go missing? Two days after the American ceasefire proposals were accepted by Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has given his response. And it was neither a yes nor a no. The Russian leader said he liked the idea in theory, but he had lots of questions.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
During the day, China announced it would match the 34% additional tariffs imposed by the US, sparking fears of a global trade war. Donald Trump said China played it wrong, they panicked, and he would never change his policies. But he did make a plea for the US central bank to cut interest rates. The response from Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, suggested that would not happen.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
Ding Cheng from Good Bad Billionaire. And still to come on the Global News Podcast... The record-breaking rodent detecting landmines in Cambodia...
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In a recent podcast, we looked at euthanasia in California, where it was made legal in 2016. Canada did something similar, but the rules there are more relaxed, and one in 20 deaths is now a result of assisted dying. Initially, it was only allowed for the terminally ill, but now people who face what's called intolerable suffering can request assisted death.
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Critics often cite Canada as an example of the, quote, slippery slope, arguing that once assisted dying is introduced, it inevitably leads to safeguards being lowered. Our medical editor Fergus Walsh has this report.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
Jerome Powell talking to business journalists. I asked our business correspondent Mark Ashtown why the president was pushing for a cut in interest rates.
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Dr. Konya Troughton, ending that report from Canada by Fergus Walsh. A new study has found that the traditional cuisine of northern Tanzania can boost the immune system and reduce inflammation. The diet of the Chaga people is rich in grains and fermented foods. Sam Deer runs a safari business in Arusha in northern Tanzania. His mother and grandmother were both Chaga. He spoke to Tim Franks.
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Sam Deer in Tanzania talking to Tim Franks. Since 2002, April 4th has been celebrated as World Rat Day and this year one particular rodent has been singled out for special attention. Ronin is a landmine-detecting rat in Cambodia who set a new world record by sniffing out 100 mines and other war remnants. Our Asia-Pacific editor Celia Hatton has the details.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
Now, investors and traders also appear to have been surprised by the scale of the impact of this. Just take us through what's been happening on the market. I think so.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
Our business correspondent, Mark Ashdown. So how is all this going down in the US on what they call Main Street? Neda Tawfiq has been speaking to people in New Jersey.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Saturday, the 5th of April. President Trump calls for a cut in interest rates, but the head of the US central bank suggests that won't happen as trillions of dollars are wiped off global markets.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
That report from New Jersey by Netta Taufik. In recent days, there have been hints that the US may be willing to put more pressure on Russia to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine. At the weekend, President Trump said he was angry with Vladimir Putin. And on Friday, the American Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US was not going to fall into the trap of endless talks with Russia.
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However, for now, Russian aggression continues. Ukraine said 16 people, including six children, died from a Russian missile strike on a residential area of President Zelensky's home city, Krivyi Rih. I heard more about the attack from our Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse.
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As stock markets tumble again, Trump calls for a cut to interest rates
Yeah, I mean, is there any sense in Ukraine that US patience might be starting to run out with Russia?
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Ukraine says a Russian missile strike has killed 16 civilians in President Zelensky's home city. And the best-selling video game Minecraft hits the cinema screens. Also in the podcast, the Tanzanian diet that can boost the immune system.
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Yeah, and is Ukraine able to respond to launch attacks against Russian forces?
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One of them, a photojournalist, has told the BBC that he was arrested with six other reporters to stop the media coverage. He spoke to our senior international correspondent, Ola Geren.
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And does a whiff of power surround the French president? When he announced his new tariffs earlier this week, President Trump called it Liberation Day. Critics said Liquidation Day would have been a better name and investors continue to dump stocks on Friday. Some financial markets recorded their worst falls since Covid.
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Ola Geren, reporting from Istanbul. It is the best-selling video game of all time, with more than 200 million monthly users. And now Minecraft has hit the cinema screens.
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But something always got in the way. Well, Marcus Persson created the game, earning billions by selling it to Microsoft. He's now the subject of an episode of the BBC World Service podcast, Good Bad Billionaire, which explores the minds and motives of the world's wealthiest people. Xin Zheng is the podcast's co-host. She told Rachel Wright more about Marcus Persson.
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
You're listening to a special Ukraine edition of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, we're recording this at 13.30 GMT on Friday the 4th of April. And we're joined by three BBC correspondents from Ukrainecast to answer your questions about the war in Ukraine. Will the US be able to push Vladimir Putin into signing up to a ceasefire?
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Well, as the three of you have reflected, the Trump administration has certainly faced criticism that it's been too sympathetic to the Kremlin viewpoint. But some listeners wonder if we should actually look more at Russia's grievances.
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Und David emailed to ask, why does the BBC not report other narratives on the cause of the Ukraine conflict? For example, NATO ignoring Russia's security concerns and the 2014 ousting of the pro-Russia president in Kiev. Is the West not 50% to blame?
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Could the Orthodox Church in both countries get involved? Does Russia have a point when it blames the West for the conflict? And what does the future hold for European and global security? Hello, I'm Oliver Conway from the Global News Podcast.
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
I was just going to say, of course we do often on the BBC hear Russia's viewpoint from the BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg and other colleagues in Moscow. Well next let's turn to some questions about the war itself.
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
And this is Frank Gardner, the BBC's security correspondent. Thanks all for joining us. Let's kick off with the question many people are asking. Will the fighting stop anytime soon? Hello BBC team.
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Most of Europe has voiced strong support for Ukraine, of course. Some of that stands to self-interest, the fear that if Vladimir Putin wins, Poland or the Baltics could be next. But some listeners want to know what Europe is doing to protect itself.
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Well, on that, David emailed us to ask, is it significant that France is putting a lot of resources into the prospect of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine after withdrawing from commitments in Africa? And would Russia accept them anyway? Meanwhile, Eugenia Agostini says, should the EU not be more careful in broadcasting strategies and intentions when it comes to Ukraine? Anyone know about France?
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Time is pushing on. So let's end with some bigger questions about the future. Fergus sent us this about the political situation in Ukraine.
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Thanks, Julie. And also to Frederick in Paris. And before you guys answer, we also had an email from Sue asking about Kirill Dmitriev's visit to Washington. He's head of the Russian Sovereign Wealth Fund and is actually under US sanctions. So what's going on?
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
And it's all about money. And Frank, do you think that is so that Russia can keep advancing on the battlefield?
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
And in terms of the Orthodox Church, both in Russia and Ukraine, any hopeful signs there that they might be pushing their leaders towards peace?
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Just returning to the battlefield, Julie was asking about the mobilization and exercises in Kaliningrad. Is that anything unusual?
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Right, let's turn to the diplomatic pressure on Russia. At the NATO meeting on Thursday, Poland's foreign minister told the BBC, Vladimir Putin had weeks, not months, to show the Americans he is serious about ending the war. All the gloves could come off. But not all our listeners are convinced.
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Well, Ferdinand got in touch to ask, given what's happened so far in the Trump peace deal, am I the only one feeling Trump looks more and more like Alexander Lukaschenko, a puppet of Putin, accepting all of the Russian conditions. And we also had this.
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The Ukraine War: Your Questions Answered
Interesting question, Bob. Of course Donald Trump tried to arrange a deal of his own with North Korea when he was president last time, but it didn't quite work out. Let's deal with that first. Does the North Korean involvement complicate things?
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Now, Vitaly, you were saying you don't think there's any sign that Donald Trump will put pressure on Vladimir Putin, but we're recording this on Friday and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says we'll find out within weeks whether Russia is serious. Could that be more pressure coming from the Americans?
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