Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What documents were released in the first batch of Epstein files?
I'm Paul Moss, and in the early hours of Saturday, the 20th of December, these are our main stories. The US has released 300,000 official documents, photographs and video recordings relating to Jeffrey Epstein. American forces have struck suspected Islamic State targets in Syria, and the BBC has heard claims from Palestinian prisoners that they were sexually abused while in Israeli custody. Also in this program...
He's going upstairs without a light. Yes, he likes to move around in the dark, poor man. More than four decades after his death, a radio play written by Tennessee Williams is heard for the first time.
So, Bill Clinton is in a hot tub. Britain's former Prince Andrew is stretched across the laps of what look to be five women. And the photographs released as part of the Epstein files also show Mick Jagger and Ghislaine Maxwell at a dinner table, while Michael Jackson and Diana Ross also put in an appearance. The US Justice Department released more than 30
300 000 kertaa tuntemuksesta Epsteinin kanssa, aiemmin finanssialaisen ja syrjinnän syrjinnän kanssa. Ei vain fotografioita, vaan myös audiotutkimuksia ja dokumentteja aiemmin kriminaalin vastaan Epsteinin kanssa. Nyt, olen hyvin selkeä, että fotografioida jotain tai olla lähellä heidän kanssaan ei itse asiassa ole väärin. Ja toivottavasti se on argumentti, joka on tehty yhdessä presidentin Trumpin kanssa.
He of course appears in that much viewed video clip apparently laughing and joking with Epstein at a social event. But he dismissed the importance of a previous batch of photographs released just a week ago. I haven't seen it but I mean everybody knew this man. He was all over Palm Beach. He has photos with everybody. I mean almost there are hundreds and hundreds of people that have photos with him. So that's no big deal. I know nothing about it.
What's frustrating for those trying to learn anything from these files is that the photographs have no dates or locations, no context at all. Much of it is in any case redacted, faces covered up, whole chunks of text blacked out. The Justice Department says it's identified more than 1,200 Epstein victims or their relatives. And that explains, it says, why the files have been so heavily redacted.
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Chapter 3: How did survivors react to the release of Epstein files?
Marino Lacerda was just 14 when she was first groomed and abused by Epstein in New York. She's chosen to waive her right to anonymity and expressed her doubts.
We waited for this day. We waited for this moment. And we are a little bit disappointed that they're now still lingering on and distracting us with other things. Some of the survivors are still nervous and skeptical about how they are going to release the rest of the files. We are very worried that it will still be redacted in the same way that it was today. It's very nerve-wracking for all of us.
Chapter 4: What controversies surround Bill Clinton's connection to Epstein?
Within the thousands of files, one Epstein accuser found a sense of vindication. Maria Farmer, who reported on him as early as 1996 for child pornography, found her complaint to the FBI in the files, made years before any investigation into the financier began. Jennifer Freeman is her lawyer.
Had the FBI just listened to her and paid attention that over a thousand victims could have been spared and 30 years of trauma avoided. It really is tragic. So what have we actually learned so far from these documents? Our North America correspondent Peter Bowes is one of many who've been sifting through them.
First of all, it has been quite a task sifting through these documents. There are many, many pages to go through and that process is still ongoing. I think one thing that really did draw my attention was this focus on Bill Clinton. As you've mentioned, several photographs, one of him languishing in a hot tub. It's been notable how the White House, or at least some of its officials, have actually responded –
...posting online the White House press secretary just commenting, oh my, and the reason that the mention of Bill Clinton's name jumps out is the timing. A few weeks ago President Trump called on his Justice Department to look into...
Bill Clintons involvement and relationship with Epstein. The Attorney General, Pam Bondi, announced a formal government investigation shortly thereafter. Now a spokesperson for Bill Clinton has responded to this, saying that it isn't about Bill Clinton, never has and never will be.
and goes on to say that there are two types of people. The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light. The second group continued relationships with him afterwards. We're in the first, the statement says. I think more generally some of the other photographs that are published here are reminders of the star-studded circles that Epstein moved in. One other thing I'll mention, it's one of the more chilling lines of text for Epstein.
Nyt meillä ei ole seuraavaa kontekstia, mutta sanat, joita tiedämme nyt, ovat todennäköisesti syvällisiä.
There is also a reference to Donald Trump being introduced to a 14-year-old girl. I should stress, no suggestion of anything more than that, of anything improper or illegal. But what did you make of that? Well, yes, he allegedly introduced a 14-year-old girl to Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the president's home in Florida. This is according to court documents, which were part of this huge batch of materials just released. And during the alleged encounter...
In the 1990s Epstein allegedly elbowed Donald Trump and playfully asked him in a reference to the girl, this is a good one, right. Now this quotation and this information has previously been made public because it was part of a lawsuit against Epstein's estate and Ghislaine Maxwell back in 2020. And as you say, there is no suggestion that
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Chapter 5: How has the U.S. responded to the Islamic State in Syria?
josta jäi mieheni. Tämä oli puheenjohtajan keskustelu, jonka jälkeen viisi Israelin sotilaallista sotilaallista, jotka olivat vahvistuneet huolta. Tämä tapahtui lämpimällä keskustelua ja yhdisti Israelia.
Suomalaisen puolueiden ympäristöjä on ollut protesseja, jotka ovat olleet vahvistuneita. Täällä on MP Benjamin Netanyahun liikuntaparti, joka on haastateltu parlamentaarisen komiteanin, onko se, että ei ole vahvistunut tietäjää, hyväksyttävää. Päästä ylös, hän kertoo. Kyllä, kaikki on valitettavaa, jos he ovat Hamas-vaihtajia oktober 7. Kaikki.
A recent opinion poll indicates the majority of Israelis don't think soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees should be investigated.
These are far from the only allegations of abuse of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. I'm just driving back now through the occupied West Bank. I've been speaking to a Palestinian man who was jailed for 12 months in January last year for praising on social media the Hamas attack on October 12th.
He says that while he was in prison he was regularly beaten by the guards and that on one occasion the guards used a prison dog to humiliate him. Now he doesn't want his identity to be public so his words are voiced by a BBC producer. They put my head in the toilet bowl and the massive man stood on my head so I was bent over.
Sitten kuulin, että joku puhutti häneltä, ja hän oli nimeltään Messia, kuten futbaali. Hän alkoi edistymään, ja voin tuntea, että hän on takaisinpäin. Joten aloitin kivittämään. Kivittämälläni he viettivät minua, kunniin, kunniin, kunniin, kunniin, kunniin, kunniin.
We contacted the Israeli prison service to ask for a response, but it did not reply. My client has been in prison since 2002. In Tel Aviv I met Ben Marmorelli, an Israeli lawyer who represents a Palestinian security detainee. He told me he believed sexual abuse was systematic in Israeli jails. I'm sure it's systematic. My client says that every time I come to see him, he's being raped with a mop stick.
Brumstick. Brumstick, mopstick, whatever they have there. I think that it's been done in order to limit the lawyers' visitation. Because they are torturing him every time, he actually asked me not to come anymore. The BBC has seen Israeli court documents from earlier this year outlining Mr. Marmorelli's claims. In a statement, the Israeli prison service again denied the allegations.
Ennen kuin jätän Sami Al-Sai, joka sanoo, että hän oli rauhoittunut israelilaisilla rikollisilla. Hän näyttää minulle kuvia hänen kuusi lapsensa telefonissaan.
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Chapter 6: What protests are emerging in South Korea inspired by the American right?
What Ukraine has demonstrated several times already is that it can strike hit targets far from Ukrainian territory. We have seen Ukraine strike Russia. So that part was not a surprise. What was a surprise was that Ukraine was willing to use that capability to strike a merchant vessel. And so the surprising part is not the capability, but the willingness to strike.
Kyseessä on myyntivessu. Se on myyntivessu, joka vaikuttaa maahanmuuttoon, mutta se on myyntivessu ja se ei ole myös maahanmuuttoon. Se, mitä Ukraina näyttää olevan vaikuttavaa, on se, että koska Ruotsi on vaikuttanut suurin piirtein ihmisille, Ukraina on oikeus tai oikeus tehdä tätä, koska se pitää näyttää, että se voi vaikuttaa Ruotsiin, jos tämä maa jatketaan.
Right, so they've had the capability, but it's more about choosing this particular moment to go for it. How damaging is this going to be for Russia's oil export operations?
So one missile strike against the shadow vessel is not important in itself, but Ukraine is demonstrating with this that it's willing to strike merchant vessels, i.e. shadow vessels transporting Russian oil above the price cap, in waters that they pass through on their way from Russian ports to their final destinations, which are often in India, Turkey or China. And so what this does is show Russia and shadow fleet owners
Elisabeth Braw, speaking to Leila Nathu.
It's one of the highlights for any tourist visiting Rome, the majestic Trevi fountain. But that's just the problem. Being a highlight, the fountain is often severely overcrowded, and it's become a focal point for the more general debate in Italy about the problem of over-tourism. Rome city officials do have an idea for how to deal with the Trevi crowds, charging people for visiting. But critics fear this would turn a public square into a ticketed attraction. Carla Conti reports.
Rome is putting a price on getting close to one of its best known landmarks. From the 1st of February 2026, tourists who want to step down to the stone basin of the Trevi fountain will have to pay two euros. City officials say the aim is crowd control and cash for upkeep. Rome's mayor Roberto Gualtieri says two euros isn't very much.
and should make visitor flows less chaotic. The city estimates it could raise around 6.5 million euros a year. More than 9 million people have visited the area in front of the fountain so far this year. That's around 30,000 a day. And the site is also a known hotspot for pickpockets.
Turistit voivat edelleen nähdä rauhan ulkopuolella ilmaiseksi, mutta tuotantokysymyksiä voidaan tehtyä päivän aikana. Residenssit voivat olla ilmaiset, jonka jälkeen johtavat nuoret lapset ja vahvistuneet tutkijat. Jotkut turistit sanovat, että se on oikeaa, jos se suojaa monumentin. Luulen, että se on hyvä tuottaa.
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Chapter 7: Why is Italy charging tourists to visit the Trevi Fountain?
When I found this one, I said to myself, I think I hit the jackpot because it was complete. It was fantastic, a great work of horror. And I contacted a professor about this who's an expert on Tennessee Williams. And I said, look, this must have been produced or must have been published. And he said, nope, it's not. What is it about the strangers that we do know?
Mutta mitä me tiedämme, on se, että hän kirjoitti sen, kun hän oli 28-vuotias. Hän oli Iowa-yliopistossa yrittäen saada nimi itselleen. Hän oli erittäin onnellinen siitä, että hän saisi jotain radio-mediaan, koska ne olisivat parempi maksava markkini kuin moni kirjallinen markkini silloin. 1930- ja 1940-vuotiailla se oli radio-drama-järjestelmä. Olen erittäin onnellinen siitä, että se oli jotain, joka auttoi hänet soittamaan soittajaksi.
Andrew Gulley speaking to Sean Lay.
And that's all from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, you can send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag hash globalnewspod. This edition was mixed by Lee Wilson and the producer was Carla Conti. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Paul Moss. Until next time, goodbye.
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