Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Life is better with a story. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Janet Jalil, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 13th of January, these are our main stories. President Trump says countries doing business with Iran will face an immediate 25% tariff on trade with the U.S.
Chapter 2: What are the implications of Trump's tariffs on Iran's allies?
A BBC investigation reveals how one woman has lured hundreds of foreign men to fight for Russia. Minnesota and Illinois are suing the Trump administration over the mass deployment of immigration enforcement agents in their states.
Also in this podcast... It's absolutely exploded. And that's despite the fact that some are saying it is a pretty grim idea, isn't it? I mean, let's face it.
The viral Chinese app for young people living on their own called Are You Dead Yet?, President Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike Iran if its regime continues its brutal crackdown on the huge crowds that have turned out for the past two weeks to demand a better future. Witnesses have talked of security forces opening fire on unarmed protesters with Kalashnikov-style assault rifles.
Hundreds, possibly thousands of people have been killed. And on Monday, Mr Trump announced not military action against Iran, but a favourite measure of his, tariffs of 25% against any country that trades with Iran. In a moment, we'll look at the impact this is likely to have.
But first, despite an internet and communications blackout since last Thursday, we have been able to identify some of the people killed in recent days. BBC Persian's Jia Gol tells us about one of them. Rubinia Aminian, a 23-year-old Kurdish student at University in Tehran, was studying fashion design and dreamed of moving to Milan to pursue a career in fashion.
Like many of her generation who challenged the regime's social restrictions on women, she refused to remain silent or stay confined to her university accommodation. On Thursday, Rubina joined the protest. Two days later, her father and mother were called to Tehran to identify her body in the morgue.
The security forces did not want to release Robina's body. My sister snatched her and took her daughter into her arms and held her for four hours as she drove back to her hometown in Kurdistan. The security forces then refused to allow her to bury her daughter in their city and they did not permit a funeral.
Communicating with Iran is extremely difficult. The regime has completely shut down the Internet. Only a small number of people have managed to get in touch with us via Starlink satellite connections. The information we have received suggests the deaths include fathers, mothers and teenagers. Over the past two weeks, we have been able to identify some of the victims and speak to their families.
Many of them were under 18 years old. On state TV, a paramilitary commander warns parents if their children go out and are shot by a bullet, they should not complain. Many Iranians abroad are also desperately searching for their loved ones, but finding it almost impossible to reach them. Sahar in Germany told us she's scared to contact her family.
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Chapter 3: What stories emerge from the Iranian protests and their aftermath?
There were numerous attempts to speak to Polina. At one stage, she answered. So my first question is, I've spoken to recruits who say that you promised them non-combat roles, and they say that you misled them. What's your answer to this? Can you explain to her that it's really important... She's hung up. Eventually, in answer to the allegations sent to her, she sent this voice note.
Evidence must be presented to support the allegations, and our respected Arabs can stick their accusations up their a**.
So if your esteemed colleagues want to get some comments or an interview face-to-face, welcome to Russia.
Thank you for your attention.
The BBC contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense, but they didn't respond to an interview request. As long as there's an appetite for foreign fighters fighting in Russia's rank, there'll be no stopping those middlemen exploiting those who are in the most desperate circumstances. Two US states, both governed by Democrats.
Minnesota and Illinois are suing the Trump administration to try to block the surge of thousands of immigration officers into their states following the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an ICE agent last week. Hours before the legal action was announced, agents in Minneapolis fired tear gas to break up a crowd of people confronting them a few blocks away from where Rene Good was shot dead.
Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison said people were being racially profiled, harassed, terrorized and assaulted, and that the police were spending countless hours dealing with the chaos caused by ICE.
The truth is, Donald Trump doesn't seem to like our state very much. He doesn't like our best in the nation, safe and secure elections. And sometimes he doesn't like who we choose in them. He doesn't like how we take care of each other or how we make sure our kids have enough to eat. He doesn't like the strength that immigrant communities bring to our state.
And he doesn't seem to like that we protect our neighbors no matter where they were born.
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