Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race
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Jääkiekon nuorten MM-kisat. TV5 ja HBO Maxilla. Hyvät kollegat, mikä hämminki on sloganissa We Have Little Prices? Eikö meillä pitäis olla Prisma Prices? Little Prices on parempi.
Laita joo toi sloganiks.
Ei huono. Prisma Selection, Little Prices. Hyvää stormausta, jengi.
Prisma. Big Selection, Little Prices.
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Julia McFarlane and at six o'clock GMT on Wednesday the 5th of November, these are our main stories. A Muslim and democratic socialist, Zoran Mamdani, has won the race to be New York City's next mayor, the youngest person to hold the job for more than a century.
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In a further blow to President Trump, the Democratic Party is on course for victories in other polls across the U.S., including governor elections in Virginia and New Jersey. A huge fire has broken out after a cargo plane crashed at Louisville Airport in Kentucky, killing at least seven people. Also in this podcast, the UN suspends operations on the Afghan border with Iran and... These are very beautiful places, you know, in a very, in the most dense city in Europe, these are places where you can have sort of pastoral walks. So although they're graveyards, they're very nice places to be. The Parisian neighbourhood with the quietest residents. Zoran Mamdani has won the race to be New York City's next mayor.
With the victory, the 34-year-old will etch his place in history as the city's youngest mayor in a century and the first Muslim to hold the position. This is the moment the news was announced at his campaign's watch party.
Mamdani, who described himself as a democratic socialist, led a campaign focused on making life more affordable for ordinary Americans. Several politicians have congratulated him, with Barack Obama saying the future looked a little brighter. But President Trump suggested the results were down to the government shutdown, now the longest ever, and pointed out that he wasn't on the ballot himself. But even though his name isn't on there, the result is a reflection of the Trump administration's popularity, and the president will be watching closely, something Mr Mamdani made a point of in his victory speech. Together, we will usher in a generation of change. If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.
So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you. Turn the volume up.
Our correspondent Peter Bowes has this assessment of Mr Mamdani's 30-minute speech. The powerful oratory skills of Zohan Mamdani, there for all to see, the skills that really became a hallmark of his hugely energetic campaign, laying it all out there. The dawn of a better day for humanity, he said, a mandate for change. a new kind of politics and directly talking to Donald Trump, the sitting president who has been so critical of him, describing him as a communist, someone who isn't fit and experienced enough to run a huge city like New York, a democratic socialist, as he said just now, unapologetic for what he stands for. The challenge for him now is is to live up to all of those promises. As he said several times, he will take power in just a few short weeks' time, and he will have to come up with the goods.
He's made a lot of promises as part of his democratic socialist agenda. And the people of New York, but I think Democrats and the nation as a whole, will be watching very closely to see what he can achieve, and especially the Democratic Party, because... I think clearly, as we've been talking about for the last few days, many in that party, senior officials in the party, have refused to back this new kind of candidate, suggesting that socialism wouldn't work in New York City. Well, they'll be watching very closely as well, and perhaps just wondering whether this is the kind of candidate that they need to embrace in other parts of the United States, especially major urban centres.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–8:23
2
How did Zohran Mamdani make history in the New York mayoral race?
8:23–10:50
3
What happened during the cargo plane crash in Louisville?
10:50–15:40
4
What were Mamdani's key campaign promises?
15:40–26:59
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What impact does Mamdani's victory have on the Democratic Party?
26:59–33:09