Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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World of Secrets, the child cancer scam from the BBC World Service. Listen now wherever you get your BBC podcasts. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Saturday, the 27th of December, these are our main stories. Thailand and Cambodia agree to an immediate ceasefire in their deadly border dispute.
President Trump has claimed that the Christmas Day strikes he ordered on Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria decimated their camps. Meanwhile, the US leader also says he believes his upcoming meeting with Ukraine's President Zelensky could be productive. but warned that Kyiv would get nothing until he approved it.
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Chapter 2: What led to the ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia?
The Nigeria branch of the Islamic State is actually probably the most active of any of its worldwide branches. It's been stepping up attacks over the last year. It's claimed well over 300 attacks, including some very ambitious assaults on military bases across parts of the country. But you could make the case that if the U.S.
was wanting to strike the Islamic State in Nigeria, it hit the wrong side of the country, because all of that activity has been right up in the northeastern corner of The latest attacks were right on the other side of the country, about a thousand kilometers away in Sokoto state.
Chapter 3: How has President Trump's military action impacted the Islamic State in Nigeria?
Now, the target seems to have been what is known as the Laka Ara group, which there have been unconfirmed reports that it may have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. But there really is nothing sort of out there in the public domain confirming that allegiance or connections between the two entities exist.
So we have been monitoring Islamic State affiliated channels that have actually been monitoring U.S. military flights over the country over the past month. And we'd noticed the prevalence of flights over the Sakoto region, as well as Borno areas where Islamic State has very well-known camps. So it's entirely possible the U.S.
could be planning to follow up with attacks on these better established, better known Islamic State centres across Borno states, sort of based on this reconnaissance and movement of U.S. planes.
Chapter 4: What updates are there on the Russia-Ukraine peace talks?
Barry Marston from BBC Monitoring. In an interview with US media, President Trump appeared lukewarm compared to the Ukrainian president's optimistic appraisal of peace efforts to end the war with Russia. Mr Zelensky said the peace agreement being brokered by President Trump was 90% ready.
The Ukrainian president is expected to hold talks with Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday in the latest push to secure a deal before the new year. Our correspondent Samira Hussain sent this report from Kiev. In speaking with U.S. media, President Trump is certainly striking a different tone to that of President Zelensky.
We've heard from President Zelensky that, in fact, he believes that the peace plan is about 90% there, that only the thorniest issues remain. He said that he will be speaking with President Trump on Sunday in Florida. And the issues that are left to discuss are issues with regard to security guarantees and, of course, territorial concessions.
Now, even though President Zelensky appeared quite upbeat, Mr. Trump was making it very clear that any kind of peace deal between Russia and Ukraine would depend on the United States. And of course, the question is, what does Russia say about all of this? Now, we know that Russia has been speaking with their American counterparts.
And President Trump, in that same interview, said that he expects to be speaking with President Putin sometime soon. Samira Hussain. You may remember the protests which erupted in Iran after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini three years ago, a young Iranian woman arrested by the Morality Police for not wearing her hijab properly.
Among those who posted in support of the Women, Life, Freedom movement against women's oppression was Tarana Ali-Dusti, She's one of Iran's best-known actresses. Now, in an exclusive interview with BBC Persian TV for a documentary, she says she will not take any role where she's required to wear the hijab. Here's the translation of part of the interview.
I'm against the hijab, especially against forced wear of the hijab.
I'm against hijab, have always been, especially compulsory hijab. But I never saw myself as an activist. I'm an actress and I thought cinema was my destiny. But Iran has changed a lot in recent years, as if there has been this explosion at national level. And all the changes that you see right now are changes that all my life I wish for them to happen.
And I know that you can't change Iran with a couple of social media posts. And as an Iranian woman, I feel that burden of responsibility on my shoulders. How could you remain silent after Mahsa Amini's death, after witnessing women being beaten to death for taking off their scarves? There have been many big moments in my life, in my professional life, but nothing compares to this moment.
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