Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Siis tässä on jopa kolmen päivän akun kesto. Kestää myös kuumaa ja pakkasta. Ja armat kuulijat, teillä on nyt mahdollisuus voittaa tämä puhelin itsellenne kuuntelemalla Energin aamua. Yhteistyössä Energi ja Honor Magic 8 Lite. Silkkaa suorituskykyä jopa kolmen päivän akun kestolla. Jos journalisti on ensimmäinen akun kesto, mitä tapahtuu, jos akun kesto on huono?
In 1999 four Russian apartment buildings were bombed, hundreds killed. But even now we still don't know for sure who did it. It's a mystery that sparked chilling theories. I'm Helena Merriman, and in a new BBC series I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story. What did they miss the first time? The History Bureau, Putin and the apartment bombs. Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Chapter 2: What is the UK government's response to Trump's Greenland tariffs?
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson at 1600 Hours GMT on Monday the 19th of January. These are our main stories. The British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says President Trump's plan to impose tariffs on countries opposed to his goal to take over Greenland is completely wrong. At least 39 people have died in a train crash in Spain. Japan's Prime Minister calls a snap election.
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There have been many tests for European leaders during the first year of Donald Trump's second term in the White House. But so far they've tried to manage, placate and charm the US president. Now his aim of acquiring the semi-autonomous territory of Greenland, part of the Kingdom of Denmark, has alarmed politicians to such an extent they're pushing back. Some senior EU figures are openly accusing the US president of blackmail over Greenland.
Here is Germany's finance minister Lars Klingbeil speaking alongside his French counterpart. Germany and France agree that we will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed. There will be a united, clear response from Europe. And we are now preparing united countermeasures with our European partners. We are preparing for the event that President Trump maintains his tariff threat.
Washington insists there will be punishment in the form of trade tariffs from next month for any country that stands in the way of the president's ambition to acquire Greenland. President Macron of France wants the EU to fight back by deploying for the first time the EU's trade bazooka. We'll have more on that shortly.
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Chapter 3: How is the EU planning to counter Trump's trade threats?
Toisaalta Britannian puolustusministeri Keir Starmer on kutsunut rauhallisen keskustelun yhdessä yhdessä yhdessä yhdessä yhdessä yhdessä yhdessä.
Nor is it helpful to frame efforts to strengthen Greenland security as a justification for economic pressure. Our political correspondent Rob Watson gave me his assessment.
It would be fair to say that amongst America's European allies, he is the leader of what might be described as the softly, softly approach, Valerie, that let's take it diplomatically, let's not turn the heat up any higher. But it is difficult domestically here in the UK because, of course, there are plenty of politicians and, of course, plenty of ordinary voters who think, come on, Zakir, tell Donald Trump what you really think, that this is all completely unfair.
Unacceptable, in other words, have a sort of love actually moment, that film where the British prime minister takes it to a fictional American president. That isn't going to happen. And he repeated the argument he's made really ever since President Trump's inauguration, which is, look, you know, whatever, however angry you might feel about stuff, the relationship between the US and the UK is so important for us in terms of our security and economics. You have to keep talking.
Yeah, but what happens if Mr. Trump isn't up for calm discussions? But that is the great question, Valerie. And it was put to him after his statement in Downing Street by several of my colleagues. And he refuses to countenance that, saying that he believes that there will be a diplomatic solution that he doesn't think.
that this will come in any way to sort of military action or anything remotely like it. But that is the key question. I mean, what does happen if this talking and if this diplomacy doesn't work? I mean, I think that would be a crisis of absolutely existential proportions for the West.
Rob Watson. So, what might happen next? Kellyanne Shaw was the deputy assistant to the US president for international economic affairs in the first Trump administration. She told the BBC she believes Mr Trump is prepared to negotiate.
I think there's a negotiated outcome here. We'll see the president in Switzerland this week in Davos with a number of European leaders. I would imagine there will be some very frank conversations. But when I see the president threatening tariffs, what I hear is I want to negotiate something here. And so I think we'll ultimately see something that works for Denmark, something that works for the United States and something that works for Greenland.
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Chapter 4: What impact does Trump's Nobel Peace Prize comments have on international relations?
As Kellyanne Shaw mentioned there, European leaders are meeting this week on Thursday to discuss their response. And it's thought they'll consider a raft of retaliatory measures. One potential issue? Well, our Brussels correspondent Nick Beek says not all the countries are on the same page.
Tämä tuntuu, että tämä on melko vaikea hetki EU-yhteisölle, koska se on ollut tällainen rollercoaster-reissu vuoden aikana, yrittäen plikata, haittaa tai johtaa Donaldun. Mutta tämä on vielä eniten vaikeinta. Ja mitä sinulla on, on, että joillakin EU-järjestöillä on olemassa, joilla Donald Trump on vahvistettu.
The dilemma here is if they don't do anything, they can look weak and that may embolden Mr. Trump even further over Greenland. If they go too far, then there's the risk of a trade war with the US, their biggest partner. President Macron of France, he says the EU really needs to be tough at this moment. He's talked about...
Yhteistyössä on käytetty EU-yhteyden bazooka, kuten se on kuitenkin sanottu. Tämä olisi yleensä yhdistelmätarifteja. Se oli yleensä yhdistelmä, jota he suunnittelivat, jota he suunnittelivat, jota he suunnittelivat.
But you've got people like Giorgia Maloney of Italy saying that a trade war would be really damaging to both sides. She says there needs to be a diplomatic solution to this. And she's tried to characterize this as a misunderstanding of the EU and the US position on Greenland. But I think the problem is that the positions of the two sides are poles apart and they're completely incompatible with each other.
Nick Beek. Well, as all this is unfolding, President Trump has linked his aim for control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, telling Norway's Prime Minister he no longer feels obliged to think purely of peace. He's blamed the Norwegian government for the decision, though it's not in that government's gift. Our global affairs reporter Paul Moss told me more.
The text started by reiterating America's claims over Greenland. Donald Trump said the world would only be safe if the US had total and complete control over Greenland. He then questioned why Denmark currently had sovereignty. He said there were no documents to support this, and it was just down to the fact that a Danish boat landed there a few centuries ago. Rather ominously, he said plenty of American boats had landed at Greenland. And yes, as you say, he went on to say that because Norway hadn't given him the Nobel Peace Prize,
He didn't have to think purely about peace when it came to foreign policy decisions. Now, I should emphasize Mr. Trump did say that peace would remain a predominant consideration, but nonetheless he made clear his thinking had changed because Norway hadn't given him the prize. As you say, it's particularly odd because it isn't the Norwegian government that gives it. It's an independent committee. The Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gasterus, says, look, I have repeatedly tried to explain to Donald Trump it's not us, but it seems the message didn't get through.
Jotkut, jotka kuulevat tämän, miettivät, miksi Nobelin rauhanmukaisuus tarkoittaa Donald Trumpin niin paljon.
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Chapter 5: What are the details of the recent train crash in Spain?
Last week it emerged that the woman who did get the Nobel Peace Prize last year, the Venezuelan Maria Machada, flew to Washington and presented Donald Trump with her Nobel Prize award. And there he is grinning, holding up this award as if he won it.
Just for comparison, if last year's winners of the Pulitzer Prize for journalism for some reason decided that they'd been a terrible mistake and really the journalism award should have gone to Paul Moss, they could turn up at the office and hand over the medal to me. But the fact is that wouldn't mean that I'd won. And yet Donald Trump seems to act as if it does. This really is a top issue for the U.S. president.
Paul Moss. And for more on this story, you can go on YouTube, search for BBC News, click on the logo, then choose podcasts and Global News Podcast. There's a new story available every weekday. Next to the worst train crash in Spain in more than a decade, according to the country's civil guard. As we record this, there are still no clear answers as to why a high-speed train...
bound for Madrid, derailed and barreled into an oncoming train, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 120. Survivors from the crash in Andalusia say the initial impact felt like an earthquake. The first thing we noticed was a sudden breaking, although we remained in place. But we didn't have time to react when in a fraction of a second another, much stronger impact came, which caused suitcases, clothes and people to be scattered all over the carriage.
A correspondant Guy Hedgko is close to the scene of the accident.
Tiedämme, että maalikko, joka liikkuu Malagaan, liikkuu eteenpäin. Jotkut hänen kärjettänsä olivat loppuneet, kuten toinen, joka liikkuu eteenpäin, liikkuu eteenpäin. Toinen loppu oli loppunut, ja se oli loppunut ylöspäin.
Ever since then, rescue workers have been working, first of all, to pull survivors out of the wreckage, a wreckage that was twisted metal, carriages that had been turned upside down. And then more recently we've been told that the rescuers' work is probably more about recovering bodies, because the local authorities here in Andalusia have said that they believe that the death toll is probably going to increase even further.
Still to come in this podcast. I think it might be a bit of a fork in the road, you know, because do you respect films as a great popular art form or do we treat cinema as kind of like a glorified screensaver? Has the way that movies are made, produced and consumed changed forever in the age of the smartphones? If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft is flawed?
In 1999 four Russian apartment buildings were bombed. Hundreds killed. But even now we still don't know for sure who did it. It's a mystery that sparked chilling theories. I'm Helena Merriman, and in a new BBC series I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story. What did they miss the first time? The History Bureau. Putin and the apartment bombs. Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Chapter 6: What is the significance of Japan's upcoming snap election?
So she might also be betting that the public is now ready for some stability. She is Japan's fourth prime minister in five years, but her win is also far from guaranteed come February. Japan is still going through the cost of living crisis, and while she is popular, her party is not. And she has made controversial comments, hasn't she, on Taiwan that have angered China. Tell us more about that.
Back in November, when she was just elected, Ms. Takahichi suggested that Japan could send its military to defend Taiwan. This is the self-governing island that Beijing still holds claim. Of course, this is a red line for Beijing. It made Beijing very, very angry. They pulled out all kinds of tools to retaliate, including export control. You have to remember that China is Japan's number two trading partner, and this is very much so.
Kiitos, että katsoitte.
Jake Kwan. The Kremlin says President Putin has been invited to join Donald Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza. A draft charter has been sent to 60 countries, inviting them to take up three-year memberships. Our global affairs correspondent Sebastian Usher told me more about the Board of Peace and what we're to make of the invitation to President Putin to join it.
I think there's a certain amount of confusion about all these different boards that there are over Gaza. The Board of Peace actually is the kind of big oversight one, which leaders of the world are being invited to. And in fact, the way that's being presented is it won't just be about Gaza, but if it is successful. Kiitos.
I mean, the other groups that are involved in Gaza, there's the Palestinian one, the technocratic one, which is meant to deal with the day-to-day running of Gaza, if it ever gets going to that extent. Their names were announced last week. Israel's not happy with some of those names, as you would imagine. There is also an executive board.
which is a lot of regional senior officials who are involved in that, but also Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, Tony Blair is on that one. That's the one which will be, you know, actually taking an active role in the reconstruction of Gaza. As I say, this Board of Peace at the moment seems to be more a kind of symbolic membership thing.
Maybe a bit like Mr. Trump's own club, Mar-a-Lago. They have said that for permanent membership you need to pay a billion dollars. So what does it tell us about his ambitions for this? Is it just about money or is it about prestige as well?
I think it's always both when it's President Trump. But as I say, this Board of Peace, wherever that goes, I mean, in a sense, it's not, I think, the essential part of the way that Gaza, if we ever get to that stage, is rebuilt. I think it's those other boards, which are the ones which are going to be directly involved in the reconstruction.
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Chapter 7: How might short attention spans be changing the film industry?
And they're just giving up if they're just saying, well, it's probably just a second priority to everyone's phones at this point. So I think that's a real shame because they should be using that money ambitiously and saying, well, let's challenge the viewer and maybe see if they can concentrate and follow the plot. I guess as well, Hanna, on the flip side of that, they've spent all of that money. And if people are watching it and simultaneously on social media saying how good it is, maybe that's a good thing for their business model at least.
It's a win-win, but I think Netflix has evolved really well to match our attention spans. And I think if you look at the Harlan Coben adaptations, you get a cliffhanger at the end of every episode to keep you there. And Netflix has been very clever knowing what it's doing there. And yes, if people are hashtagging it on social media, watching along with social media, then it's more promotion, which is what they need. And that's how they can spend the money on it.
Hanna Verdier ja Tim Robey.
And that's it 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, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Alana Bowles. The producer was Charles Sanctuary. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye bye.
If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft is flawed?
In 1999, four Russian apartment buildings were bombed. Hundreds killed. But even now, we still don't know for sure who did it. It's a mystery that sparked chilling theories. I'm Helena Merriman, and in a new BBC series, I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story. What did they miss the first time? The History Bureau. Putin and the apartment bombs. Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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