Chapter 1: What are the latest developments in US-Iran nuclear talks?
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I'm Alex Ritson and at 16 hours GMT on Thursday the 26th of February, these are our main stories. US and Iranian negotiators are in Geneva for talks widely seen as the best chance of preventing a military conflict. Bill and Hillary Clinton prepare to give evidence to Congress about the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un says he could get along well with the US if the communist state is recognized as a nuclear power.
Also in this podcast. While a tree grows, it consumes carbon dioxide and it stores it in the tree for as long as these buildings are standing. Why Europe's construction industry is turning to wood to cut carbon emissions.
Iranian and American officials have been meeting again in Geneva for what are being seen as crucial talks about Tehran's nuclear program. It comes as the United States continues to strengthen its military presence in the Middle East, with a number of countries urging their citizens to leave.
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Trump said he would never allow what he called the world's number one sponsor of terror to have nuclear weapons. But Tehran insists it has no intention of building such a bomb and that its program is purely for civilian purposes. Iran's president, Massoud Pazeshkian, said his orders came directly from the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Chapter 2: How does Iran justify its nuclear program amid US concerns?
Trump says that Iran must announce we will never have a nuclear weapon. The supreme leader has stated that we will never have a nuclear weapon. Maybe you can say that I'm like those politicians and I lie. But the leader of a society, the religious leader of a society cannot lie. When he says that we will never have a nuclear weapon, that means we will never have it.
Amman, which is acting as mediator, says the negotiations will resume on Thursday evening. This third round is being viewed by some as a last chance for diplomacy. Our chief international correspondent Lise Doucette is in Switzerland covering the negotiations for us.
Olen puhunut sinulta Omani-ystävien ulkopuolelta. Täällä Geneviessä voi kuulla joitakin järjestelmää, kuten kiinnostukset ja tarkoitus näistä puheista. Meillä on suuri järjestelmä ympäri maailmaa. Amerikkalaisen konvoi jätettiin täältä noin tuntikymmentä vuotta sitten, kun iranialaiset jätettiin.
Se, mikä on todella tärkeää, on se, että kaikkien muiden aikojen aikana, kun iranit ja amerilaiset keskittyivät keskittymällä, mutta ei täysin keskittymällä, me ymmärrämme, että he ovat myös puhuneet keskittymällä. He keskittyvät muutaman tuntin aikana ja sitten he menovat eri puolillaan. Tämä on ensimmäinen kerta, kun he tulevat takaisin.
Omanin ulkoministeri Badar al-Busaydi, joka on suurin mediatori, sanoi sosiaalisesti, että he käsittelevät luonnollisia ja positiivisia ideoita. Olemme menossa loppuun ja sitten tulemme taas takaisin. Ja ymmärrämme, että he yrittävät tehtyä tietoja jonkinlainen kirjallinen teksti sopimuksesta. Ja mielestäni keskustelu on se, että jos se on vain yhdistetty Iranin nukleaariprogrammiin käsittelemällä sanktioita, se on vaikeaa, mutta se on tehtävää.
So the Iranians do respect the US negotiators? They have very, very different negotiating styles. There is so little trust between the two sides. Bear in mind that Iran was involved in negotiations with the Americans headed by Steve Witkoff last year, and it was just days before the sixth round of talks.
että Israel vaikuttaa Iranin, joka vaikuttaa 12-vuotiaan maailmaan, joka vaikuttaa Yhdysvalloihin. Ja älä muista, että presidentti Trumpi puhutti 2015 Iranin nuklearipäätöksen vuonna 2018. Eli iranilaiset opettajat jatkuvat sanoa, että haluamme tehdä päätöksen, jatketaan keskustelua, mutta emme halua olla heidän sanomansa yllättävissä. Ja siksi he, kuten amerikkalaiset,
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Chapter 3: What role is Oman playing in the US-Iran negotiations?
Jos se tosiaan tulee siltä, niin myös tällä hetkellä. Lisäksi on erilaisia ihmisiä. Iranin ulkoministeri, jolla on enemmän kuin vuoden kauden kokemusta nuklearituksella. Hän oli hyvin osallistunut viimeisimmään maailmanlaajuisuuteen, joka liittyi multilateraaliseen ratkaisuun.
Suomalaisen puheenjohtaja, Majitak Ravanci, on myös yli kuukauden kokemusta. Hän tietää kaikkia näitä nukleusasioita. Silloin Steve Witkoff, presidentin Trumpin golfi, presidentin Trumpin suosituksena, muistatko, että kun hän ensin tuli White Houseen toiseen kertaan, hän sanoi, että minun suositukseni eivät tiedä, kuinka kaukana on maat, tai kuinka kaukana on rivejä, mutta he tietävät, miten tehdä sopimuksen. Steve Witkoff on asuntomuotoilija, kuten presidentin Trumpi, ja hän on saanut tehdä näitä sopimuksia.
Iranilaiset ovat yrittäneet, että tämä ei ole vain Steve Witkoff. Se on Jared Kushner, presidentin äiti. He näkevät tämän yhä enemmän liittyvän liikunnan presidentille. Ja että hän käsittelee negosiaatioita. Ja kuten olin kertonut, Jared Kushner ottaa huomioon, jolloin Steve Witkoff ei.
Lise Doucet in Switzerland. The committee in the US Congress, which is investigating the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, will hear evidence from two of the most important figures in American politics, Bill and Hillary Clinton. She will give evidence on Thursday, while the former president will do so on Friday.
Clinton's feature in the millions of documents released on Epstein. But this doesn't imply any wrongdoing. Mr. Clinton said that he broke ties with him before he was convicted of child sex offenses in 2008. Mr. Clinton also denies any knowledge of the crimes of Epstein who killed himself in 2019.
There are photographs of the former president in a hot tub with a woman and a swimming pool with Maxwell. The Democratic Congresswoman Yasamin Ansari serves on the committee, and she was asked if she thought Mr. Clinton knew about Epstein's behavior.
I really don't know. I'm just as disgusted when I see photos like that, because I know everything that I know. I mean, I hope not, but that's why this deposition is important. And not that we'll get all of the information, but that's why ultimately getting the entirety of these files in an unredacted form and ending this cover-up is so important.
Clintons had initially resisted appearing before the Republican-led House Oversight Committee, but they agreed after Republicans threatened to hold them in criminal contempt of Congress. Mrs. Clinton, a former U.S. Secretary of State, told the BBC that they had nothing to hide. With more, here's our North America editor, Sarah Smith.
This is a very, very big moment, because these are the two most senior former politicians to have been called in front of the oversight committee to give evidence. It's a sign that the committee is managing to do its job in terms of speaking to the people it wants to, as they insist that they're conducting an investigation that ought to have been done by the FBI, but that they're doing it instead. They've pledged to try and get justice for victims of Jeffrey Epstein in a way that they think they've been failed.
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Chapter 4: What evidence is Hillary Clinton expected to provide in the Epstein investigation?
Let's come back to that possible meeting with Donald Trump. When are we going to know if this could be real and what could it achieve? North Korea and the United States have some things that they could achieve from the other side. Of course, North Korea desperately wants to be recognized as a normal country. They can hold these weapons, which of course... Jake Kwan in Seoul.
One of the largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions in Europe is the construction industry. The making of cement and reinforced concrete accounts for around 40% of CO2 emitted on the continent. Flights make up less than 3%.
Research suggests huge reductions could be made by building in wood. In Portugal an influx of well-off foreigners and a shortage of houses and construction workers is driving an increase in ready-made wooden houses, as Alastair Leathead reports. Suomalaisen pohjoismaisen pohjoismaisen pohjoismaisen pohjoismaisen pohjoismaisen pohjoismaisen pohjoismaisen pohjoismaisen
Aleks de Rijka on pioneeroinut rakennuksen rakennuksen rakennuksessa. Tämä rakennuksen takapäätökset pysyvät rakennuksen kylmällä ja kylmällä. Voi, täällä se on. Tämä on se rakennuksen, jota puhutaan. Tämä on yksi rakennuksen, joka on 13 metrin pitkä ja 3 metrin pitkä. Olin tekemässä yksityiskohtaisen rakennuksen Osloon nimeltä Naked House, jossa koko rakennuksen oli tehty yksityiskohtaiset rakennukset.
I basically cut the furniture from the walls. So think table. Cut from wall becomes window, which lights the table. So the offcut is the furniture. And now I've brought it here. Right, so that's the house that you're going to put up here.
Kritiikki sanovat, että metsäympäristöjä on vahva riski, mutta Aleks ei ole miettinyt, vaikka metsäympäristö oli jo muutama vuosi myöhemmin. Ironiallisesti metsä on paljon paremmin toimittava metsäympäristössä kuin, sanotaanko, kylmä. Kylmä kääntää todennäköisesti 500 C.
Professor de Raica is one of many new foreign arrivals to Portugal, buying up an abandoned plot of land. Locals have been leaving the countryside for decades, and with a shortage of builders, wooden houses are a good option.
One of the biggest suppliers in Portugal is Julá. Amaro Santos showed me around the factory. The homes leave here 95% finished. Yksi tärkeintä ympäristöä on kestävyys. Olemme varmoja, että voimme tuoda asiakkaalle tarpeen, aikaa ja kestävyyttä, joka on olemassa. Tämä ei ole helppoa saada seuraavaa jälkeen normaalia ja tradiittista rakentamista.
He says demand for modular houses is growing like a tide that can't be stopped. With the labour shortage it's easier to have people that are working here and living nearby. On most part of the country there is no labour, there is no people available whatsoever. But the other question is what about the forests? Sweden has been making wooden houses for decades.
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Chapter 5: How is North Korea's nuclear stance affecting US relations?
In Sudan there's been an upsurge in drone attacks with deadly consequences. This month alone saw more than 40 people, including children, killed in separate strikes. Now the US has condemned the rival factions for using these unmanned devices. I heard more from our global affairs reporter Richard Kukoi, who's covering the story from Nairobi.
We've seen growing use of drones since the recapture of Hatum, the military from the RSF. And both sides, that's the army and the paramilitary rapid support forces, have been using drones to strike against not just military positions, but we've seen a focus on civilian populated areas like markets, homes, camps for the displaced, and also targeting civilian infrastructure like bridges and also power stations. So that has really been
Tämä on erittäin tärkeä osa. Tämä on erittäin tärkeä osa.
This is inevitable though, isn't it? They've proved what a cheap and effective tool they are in Ukraine, and now they're going to be in every war. It seems so, because as you mentioned, these are widely viewed as low-cost assets, and we have seen an incremental use of drones not just in Sudan, but in other conflicts across Africa. We saw that during the conflict in northern Tigray, in Ethiopia, in Somalia. We've also seen that as well being used in the Sahel region, particularly in West Africa.
Ja se ei ole vain hallituksella, joka tarkoittaa militantteja, mutta me olemme myös nähneet, että jihadistikirjoja käyttävät tätä, jotta he voivat käsitellä hakemuksia maissa kuten Bukina Faso, Mali, Cameroon ja myös Nigeria. Eli hyvin kasvava ja yllättävän trendi, jota voimme sanoa, että olemme nähneet. Joten lyhyesti, Richard, mitä USA haluaa tapahtua ja onko se mahdollisuus?
Richard Kagoi.
We heard earlier about US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner being in Geneva for crucial talks with Iranian officials. But Ukraine is also on their radar, and on Thursday they'll be meeting a Ukrainian team about post-war reconstruction. Kyiv is hoping to attract hundreds of billions of dollars in funding over the next decade to rebuild the country. Paul Adams is in the Ukrainian capital.
This is going to be very much an economic session. This is not a meeting of the full delegations and we're not going to see meetings between the Russians and Ukrainians. They're going to be meeting separately with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the US mediators, to discuss primarily Ukraine's economic future. Ukraine is looking to secure...
A package of support for the next 10 years. It's thought to be something in the region of 800 billion dollars to try and reconstitute this war-ravaged economy and really put Ukraine back on its feet once a peace agreement is reached. There's an awful lot of elements to thrash out about that, and that will be, I think, the primary focus. There was some
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