Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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The world's most popular sport goes to Washington. Donald Trump presides over the Men's World Cup draw at an offbeat event that tried to mix sports with politics. There's nothing bigger than the biggest event in the world's biggest sport, and he wants to be front and center of that. Colombia signs a landmark peace deal with its largest drug gang.
And our correspondent travels to northern Italy to speak with women migrants trying to start new lives in Europe. Also in this podcast, a woman who's wanted for allegedly trafficking tiger parts is arrested in India after 10 years on the run. We're going to start with an event in Washington, D.C., that on the face of it was focused on sports, but managed to mix in politics and entertainment, too.
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Chapter 2: Why was Donald Trump awarded the FIFA Peace Prize?
in in washington at this event where donald trump was going to be was all choreographed for this one man there's nothing bigger than being front and center of the biggest event in the biggest sport in the world and that's what the world cup is and he is he's right there and gianni infantino has made his bed as well by allowing himself firmly with donald trump and therein lies a risk to him actually
FIFA has very strict rules on political neutrality. And some of the ways in which Gianni Infantino has gone about his relationship with Donald Trump might be skirting his own regulations when it comes to FIFA. New York Times journalist Tariq Panja. Colombia produces more cocaine than any other country in the world, and a good trunk of it is traffic to the U.S.
and Europe by the criminal organization Clan del Golfo. Now, Clan del Golfo has signed a peace agreement with Colombia's government following months of negotiations in Qatar. It's an agreement that's meant to reduce violence and crime in large parts of Colombia. Our correspondent Will Grant told me more about the deal and how it will work.
Specifically, I think there are things for both sides in it to some extent. The key point is that members of the Clan del Golfo will have to concentrate in three, as it were, demilitarized zones. Two of those are in the department of ChocĆ³, which is actually one of the poorest places in Colombia.
They'll have sort of swathes of land where they will be, as it were, corralled and gradually moved towards the the demobilisation starting from March next year. On their side, that will also bring with it the fact that there will be no longer extradition or orders for capture of them. So in a sense, it takes the heat out of the chase, as it were, over the years for their top leadership.
On the other side, of course, this is a big step for the government of Gustavo Pedro in what he calls his quest for total peace, i.e. making agreements with the many, many different types of armed groups, both political and criminal, that exist in Colombia.
So what are the biggest challenges to this agreement now that it's been signed?
Well, in a sense, you'll kind of pick up on a lot of scepticism in the Colombian press and among Colombian people over this agreement. While it is an important step towards that concept of total peace, you have so many different armed groups that it will be extremely difficult to reach all of them. In the instance of those agreements that have already been established...
There is still a lot of impunity. Some of the parameters of agreements haven't been respected. It has been better for the criminals than it has for the government. It has given a sense of peace without real peace. That is the sort of key argument against it.
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Chapter 3: What was the significance of the Men's World Cup draw event?
Later tonight, many will catch trains to try and reach France, Germany and the UK. The routes to Europe are notoriously dangerous, but for women the risks are even greater. Some even carry condoms because they know they could be raped at any point. I can still hear the voice of my sister and of all those women screaming for help.
In this shelter, women and families who've just arrived sleep on small metal-framed beds with nowhere else to go. We have women from Nepal tonight, from Cameroon, from Kosovo. Katarina runs the shelter. She says many of the women here are fleeing gender-based violence, abuse or harm directed at them because they are women. Yet many face the same threats again on the journey to Europe.
Sometimes they don't even realise that they are victims of gender violence because for them it's normal. Does this make it harder when women seek asylum because it's quite difficult to explain? what gender violence is. Yes, it is harder because they must first grow the awareness and also sometimes they are ashamed to tell. And then the request for asylum is rejected. It can take years.
My name is Adebayo Esther. Esther from Nigeria was sleeping in the streets of Lagos when a woman promised her a new life in Europe. She didn't hesitate. She'd always dreamed of living in the UK.
When I get to Libya, then I was locked up in the room where she brought a man. The person had sex with me with force. I was still a virgin.
So you were basically detained and forced to have sex with men?
Yes, for four months.
That's what they do in Libya. Esther managed to escape and reached Europe by boat. Other women are making the journey on foot along the so-called Balkan route. And that's just as dangerous. Nina left Kosovo with her sister. Even though we were up in the mountains, in the dark, you could hear the screams. Women, like my sister, were crying, begging for help. It was harrowing.
The men would come with a torch, shine it in someone's face, pick who they wanted, take them further into the forest, and then do whatever they wanted to us. Why did you leave Kosovo? I asked Nina why she chose to face such danger to leave Kosovo. I had no other choice but to escape. My boyfriend was violent. He wanted me to become a prostitute and give him the money.
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Chapter 4: What controversies surround the FIFA Peace Prize award?
A woman who's wanted for allegedly trafficking tiger parts has been arrested in a remote village in northern India's Sikkim state. Yangchen Lachangpa, who's also known as the ghost because of her ability to cross borders undetected, was detained after months of surveillance in sub-zero conditions along the India-China border. Our global affairs reporter Ambarasan Etirajan has more.
Wildlife officials describe the arrest of Yangchen Lachungpa as a major breakthrough in the battle against poaching in India. It's rare for a woman to be arrested in connection with the illegal trade of animal body parts. She is accused of playing a critical role in building trafficking corridors from India to Nepal, Tibet and China for tiger parts and pangolin scales. Ms.
Young Chen is on Interpol's most wanted list. Figures show that more than a hundred tigers were killed by poachers in the past three years in India. The animals' body parts are in demand in China, where they have been used in traditional medicine. Police have been looking for Ms.
Young Chen for several years after officials seized five tiger skins and seven sacks of bones in neighboring Nepal, and it was suspected that the consignment was about to be smuggled into Tibet. DNA analysis showed one of the tiger hides belonged to an animal from a tiger reserve in central India. She was apprehended on suspicion in 2017, but she disappeared after getting an interim bail.
And Barisan Etterajan reporting. To the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan now, where a shaky ceasefire has been in place. But officials from both sides say fighting's broken out there again. Our global affairs reporter Sanjay Dathgupta told me more. Details are still sketchy.
The spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, has posted on X.com, accusing Pakistan of launching an attack in the Spin-Boldak district. Just across the border lies Chaman in Pakistan, and the spokesperson for the Pakistani prime minister, He has posted on social media that as a result of unprovoked firing by Afghan troops on Chaman, there were clashes.
Predictably, both sides, as you can see, are blaming each other.
What is interesting to note is that this has happened on what is known as the Spinbold at Chaman border.
It is one of the most important commercial crossing points and a very important border point, which is used by tens of thousands every day for travel and trade.
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