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US judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on federal funding
So it's still one of the huge names in aviation. It's just when these individual incidents happen, it makes people less likely to invest.
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US judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on federal funding
Is this all about Boeing, or does it tell us something about the aviation sector more broadly?
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Wednesday the 26th of February these are our main stories. Ukrainian officials say a deal's been reached between Kiev and Washington on the joint exploitation of Ukraine's mineral resources.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Officials in Kyiv say the terms of a deal have been reached and President Zelensky will fly to Washington on Friday, just a week after Mr Trump called him a dictator. For more on this, I've been speaking to our correspondent in Washington, Bernd Busman, but first, Abdul Jalil Abdul Rasulov in Kyiv.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Our Africa regional editor, Richard Kigoye. And still to come...
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
The family of a French surgeon accused of raping or assaulting hundreds of children over 25 years has been giving evidence at his trial. It's the largest child sexual abuse case in French history. Our correspondent Andrew Harding is in the western town of Vannes where it's taking place.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Joël Lusquanek sat quietly in court as two sons and an expert witness struggled to make sense of the surgeon's double life. His youngest son called him a cold, intelligent man... The expert witness said the 74-year-old was calculating and manipulative. He also quoted Leskwanek's ex-wife, saying she'd praised him as a gentle, ideal father.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
The former hospital doctor has already confessed to multiple heinous acts, and in the coming weeks he will be confronted with evidence from his own diaries, in which he details and boasts of raping children in his care. A few streets away, dozens of his alleged victims and their lawyers have watched proceedings from an overflow room, scattered with emotional support dogs.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
For now, the focus is on Lusquanek's actions, but France's medical establishment is also in the spotlight, with evidence suggesting that clear warnings about the surgeon's behaviour and his prior convictions were brushed aside.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
A Spanish city has honoured two Senegalese immigrants for their heroism in trying to save a gay man from being beaten to death by a homophobic mob almost four years ago. Ibrahima Diak and Magat Ndiaye were given the status of adopted sons of their city, an informal way of recognising outstanding bravery. The story from Mark Duff.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Much food for thought. Mark Duff reporting. The Academy Awards may be later this week, but a film's success isn't just measured by its accolades. Box office numbers play a role too, of course. Chinese animation Norjar 2 has reached a major milestone, raking in almost $2 billion in just four weeks. It's now eclipsed Pixar's Inside Out 2 as the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Ella Bicknell reporting. On an earlier Global News podcast, we told you about the upcoming planetary parade, a once-in-a-blue-moon event where all seven planets in our solar system line up in a row. Well, the alignment is happening this week. It's so rare, it'll be decades before stargazers will get another chance to see it. Here's our science correspondent, Pallab Ghosh.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Paolo Gauche, and apologies if you're listening in the Arctic Circle or other northern latitudes where this phenomenon won't be visible. That's all from us for now. There'll be a new edition of Global News to download later. If you'd like to comment on this edition and the stories we included, drop us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
On X, we are at BBC World Service, and you can use the hashtag Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Caroline Driscoll. The producer was Ella Bicknell. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Andrew Peach. Thanks for listening, and until next time, goodbye.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Britain is to fast-track planned increases in defence spending two days before Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets President Trump in Washington. Also in this podcast, we hear from survivors of a prison fire in the city of Goma in eastern Congo.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
And with you, Bernd, in Washington, this sounds like standard Donald Trump tactics. Say something that everyone thinks is outrageous and step back from it a little and everyone's happy with the deal they get.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
That's Bernd Busman in Washington and Abdul Jalil Abdurasulov with me from Kiev. Now, before President Zelensky flies to Washington, the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday. He's announced an increase to the UK's defence spending to reach 2.5% of GDP within the next two years.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
To pay for it, he's slashing overseas aid for the world's poorest countries. Here he is making the announcement in Downing Street.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Is this all to curry favour with President Trump? Here's our political correspondent, Rob Watson.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Lord Kim Darroch is a former British ambassador to the US and a former national security adviser. He's in favour of the plan.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
But the announcement's been condemned by aid agencies. Gideon Rabinovitz is from Bond, a British-based network for organisations which work in international development. He says the aid reduction will backfire on the UK with devastating consequences.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale considers what the move will mean for humanitarian projects supported by the UK.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Ukrainian officials say a deal's been reached between Kiev and Washington on the joint exploitation of Ukraine's mineral resources. At the time of recording this podcast, the details haven't been made public, but reports suggest the US has dropped some of its more drastic demands. Rare earths, titanium, graphite and lithium would be hugely lucrative for investors and for Mr Trump.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
James Landale reporting. The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been plagued by conflict for more than 30 years, but there's been a new wave of violence since the start of this year. 7,000 people have been killed since January as the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized the cities of Bukavu and Goma.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
During the capture of Goma, more than 4,000 prisoners escaped from the male section of the jail there. A fire that broke out during the jailbreak killed at least 130 women and 25 children in a neighbouring prison. Our senior international correspondent, Orla Guerin, has been to the crime scene to meet female survivors who say they were raped by male prisoners.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
And a warning, details of this report are distressing.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
Speaking from the Oval Office, he said there could be a way of recouping hundreds of billions of dollars of U.S. military aid to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion three years ago.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
The BBC asked the government in Kinshasa about what the survivors had said. We haven't yet had a response. The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, went to the DRC on Tuesday, announcing fresh investigations into atrocities committed by the M23 rebels. Mr Khan stated that any armed group or force must comply with humanitarian law.
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US and Ukraine strike mineral deal
African countries have appointed three former leaders from Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia to try to negotiate peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For more on the significance of these developments, our Africa regional editor Richard Kugoye spoke to my colleague Charles Haviland.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas have been continuing in Qatar, with all parties saying a deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza is closer than ever. Our correspondent Jonah Fisher is in Jerusalem.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
And just give me a bit of context here. This is a very politically turbulent time in South Korea. And in the end, we went through three presidents in two weeks. What started it all off? What's the arrest warrant for?
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Rachel Lee with me from Seoul. More high winds are threatening to rekindle some of the fires that have been devastating the hills and suburbs of Los Angeles. The two biggest ones, the Palisades and the Eton fires, still pose a big threat, as I've been hearing from our senior North America correspondent, Gary O'Donoghue, in Los Angeles.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Gary O'Donoghue in Los Angeles. The British Egyptian activist Alar Abdel Fattah is one of the most prominent political prisoners in Egypt, having spent the majority of the past decade in detention. He was most recently arrested in 2019 and convicted in 2021 for allegedly spreading false news.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
The Egyptian authorities have refused to release him, despite the fact he's already served his five-year sentence. His mother, Leila Sweef, who lives in London, has been on hunger strike now for over 100 days. This week, she began daily visits to Downing Street, urging the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to intervene. And she's been talking to my colleague, Victoria Uwanhunda.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Now, the global coffee chain Starbucks used to boast that anyone was welcome to sit in its North American stores, even if they didn't buy anything. But not anymore. Starbucks has a new code of conduct. Heather Haddon is the restaurants reporter of The Wall Street Journal.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
It'll be enormously difficult for the Israeli government, having got to this point, if it falls apart, difficult with the Israeli public and particularly with the hostage families.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Heather Haddon of The Wall Street Journal with Paul Henley. And that's all from us for now. There'll be a new edition of Global News to download later. If you'd like to comment on this edition, globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk, or you can find us on X, where we are, at Global News Pod. This edition was produced by Judy Frankel and mixed by Peter Wise. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Andrew Peach.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Thanks for listening. And until next time, goodbye.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Jonah Fisher with me from Jerusalem. Those most anxious for a deal are the hundreds of thousands of people living in Gaza, many still under daily bombardment, as well as the families of the Israeli hostages still being held there. The BBC has been in touch with several of them since the war began in October 2023 and asked them to record their thoughts at this time.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
From Gaza, we heard from 17-year-old Sanabel, who's living with her family in their house in Gaza City, which has been partially destroyed. And first, Khalid, who's currently in Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
And from Israel, here are two of the relatives of hostages.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
The latest on those ceasefire talks at bbc.com slash news. Donald Trump's pick for the US Defence Secretary role, the former Fox News presenter Pete Hexeth, has appeared at a Senate confirmation hearing which will decide whether he's suitable for the job. Mr Hexeth, who's served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has had to defend his perceived lack of expertise and questions over his views on diversity.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Our North America editor Sarah Smith was watching.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach, and in the early hours of Tuesday the 15th of January, these are our main stories. Hopes remain high that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is very close. Donald Trump's nominee for defence secretary appears before a Senate committee.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
President Biden says the US will remove its designation of Cuba from a list of countries considered state sponsors of terrorism. Let's get the story from our Latin America correspondent, Ione Wells.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Each year, thousands of sub-Saharan Africans try to get to Europe via North Africa. In response, the European Union has agreed deals with several North African nations to clamp down on irregular migration, what some people call illegal migration. Human rights groups say the treatment of migrants can be brutal, allegations the authorities deny.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
But some African migrants say they have no choice but to return home. Alex Last has been to the Gambia in West Africa, where more than 3,000 people have come back in the last year.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
President Biden is to remove Cuba from a list of countries the US considers state sponsors of terrorism. Also in this podcast, South Korean investigators clash with supporters of President Yoon Sung-yeol as they try to arrest him over his failed declaration of martial law. And why Starbucks in the US will no longer allow you to go into their coffee shops without buying anything.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
You can hear the full story of the Gambiers returning migrants on Assignment, the documentary podcast from the BBC World Service. And still to come...
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Firefighters in LA prepare for the worst as forecasters warn of more high winds.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
As we record this podcast, investigators in South Korea are trying once more to arrest the country's suspended president, Yoon Sung-yeol. He's facing charges of insurrection and abuse of power after imposing martial law for a short period in December. The president's security team thwarted an attempt by police to arrest him on the 3rd of January.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
I've been talking to our reporter in Seoul, Rachel Lee.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
I asked Vitaly Shevchenko of BBC Monitoring what the Russian response might be.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
And you'd think what Russia would do is to come back demanding more concessions, demanding them from the US rather than from Ukraine. Any idea what they might want?
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Lots of reaction from around the world. Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese criticised the move but didn't respond with countermeasures. Britain's Prime Minister says London is working on a trade deal with Washington. But the EU has promised its own retaliatory tariffs. Here's the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Vitaly Shevchenko from BBC Monitoring. He was once the most powerful man in Georgia, but now Mikhail Saakashvili is languishing in prison and his jail time just got longer. The former president's been sentenced to a further nine years in custody after a court found him guilty of embezzling state funds. He's already serving six years for abuse of power.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Our correspondent, Rehan Dimitri, is following the story.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
In Zimbabwe, supporters of President Emerson Mnangagwa are calling for a change to the constitution so he can extend his term of office beyond 2028. Jameson Timber, who leads a faction of the main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change, is accusing the president of criminalising opposition politics.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Mr Timber was convicted of inciting violence and spent five months in jail after he was arrested last June when he and others were marking International Day of the African Child. Shingai Nyoko, the BBC's correspondent in the capital Harare, has been talking to Mr Timber.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Jameson Timber with Shingai Nyoka. A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. It's being built to ease traffic for the city, which is expecting tens of thousands of visitors for the conference. Scientists say it'll fragment the ecosystems and disrupt the wildlife.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
The government says it's all being done in a sustainable way. From Belém, here's our South America correspondent, Ione Wells.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Mr Trump says the trade imbalance across the Atlantic is proof that the US is being ripped off. But that's nonsense, according to Pascal Lamy, the EU's former trade commissioner and ex-director general of the World Trade Organization.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Ione Wells reporting. The US space agency NASA is launching a mission to the International Space Station later on Wednesday, a key step in bringing home two astronauts stranded there for over nine months. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were meant to be there for eight days, but technical issues left them stuck.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
The BBC's James Cotnell spoke to Azeen Uzo-Okoro, a senior fellow at the Harvard Belfer Center and former assistant director for space policy at the White House. She's also a NASA veteran with experience of dozens of missions and programs.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Now, staying with space, we'd like to ask for your help. Next week, we're hoping to do a special Q&A edition on space weather. So we need your questions. In case you're wondering what that is, here's our weather presenter, Simon King.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
We're aiming to record something next week, so if there's something you'd like to know, please email globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk or on X, we are at BBC World Service. Just use the hashtag Global News Pod. It would be even better if you could record your question as a voice note. And that's all from us for now. There'll be a new edition of Global News to download later.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
This one was mixed by Holly Smith. The producer was Marion Strawn. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Andrew Peach. Thanks for listening. And until next time, goodbye.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Most economists agree the tariffs are a bad idea, but Mr Trump says tariff is the most beautiful word in the English language. So what exactly is his plan? Our business editor Simon Jack told me more.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
And Trump's response to the market turmoil is interesting because in his first term, he used to really care about the performance of the market. He took that as a sort of one barometer that he recognised as a benchmark of success. And now he doesn't seem so bothered about it.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Our business editor, Simon Jack. Let's have a look now at those real-world consequences of tariffs in the US. Our North America business correspondent, Michelle Fleury, has been looking at businesses in New York and New Jersey.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach and at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday the 12th of March, these are our main stories. The EU retaliates against the Trump administration's tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. We'll look at the impact on US businesses.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Michelle Flurry reporting. Greenland is not for sale. That's the message from the winner of the election there, which took place in the shadow of President Trump's threats to take over the territory. Jens-Frederick Nielsen, the leader of the Democratic Party, has been an outspoken critic of foreign interference and also supports a slow path to independence from Denmark.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
From Copenhagen, here's Adrianne Murray.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Pakistan's military says it's freed nearly 200 train passengers taken hostage by separatists, but the standoff continues. Also in this podcast, the US is to put proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine to Russia after President Zelensky agreed to an interim break in the fighting.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Next to Pakistan, where security sources say 190 passengers have been freed after armed militants bombed a section of railway track and stormed a train in the southwest on Tuesday. One passenger who escaped has spoken of doomsday scenes and described an explosion followed by gunfire. I've been talking to our Pakistan correspondent Azadeh Mashiri in Islamabad.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Very serious. And all the info we've got about numbers of passengers and how many were on board in the first place, how many have now left the train, that's all from the military in Pakistan because journalists have no other way of finding out.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Azadeh Mashiri in Islamabad. Two days ago, a US-registered tanker carrying aviation fuel collided with a cargo ship, the Salong, off the coast of the UK. Now British police say the arrested captain of that vessel is a Russian national. He's in custody, arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after a member of his crew went missing and is now presumed dead.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Rowan Bridge is the BBC's North of England correspondent.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
Our correspondent Rowan Bridge reporting. Still to come, we'll hear from part of the Amazon rainforest, earmarked for a new four-lane highway.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
For two astronauts, being stranded for months on the International Space Station is almost over as NASA prepares to launch a mission to bring them back. Tariffs have come into effect today on steel and aluminium imported into the US. President Donald Trump is hoping the 25% levies will boost US production, but critics say they will increase prices and slow economic growth.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has welcomed a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia. The plan includes a truce in the air, at sea and along the entire front line. In response, the United States has also agreed to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
When asked about Moscow's reaction to the ceasefire proposal, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Russia didn't want to get ahead of itself and first needed more clarification from the United States. The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a minerals deal between the U.S.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
and Ukraine would give Washington a vested economic and protectional interest, but stopped short of calling it a security guarantee. Mr. Rubio urged the Russians to consider ending all hostilities.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
BBC asked some people in Moscow how they feel about the ceasefire proposal.
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Nvidia shares sink as Chinese AI app spooks markets
So this is really interesting. So first of all, it might be that the issue is picked up by the company's own processes, which seems to have happened here. It might be that it's flagged by a consumer, which is more difficult. What does the machinery of an enormous organisation like Coca-Cola then do?
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Nvidia shares sink as Chinese AI app spooks markets
Before it starts thinking about its reputation, what does it do to actually identify exactly where the issue is and how to stop it getting any worse?
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Nvidia shares sink as Chinese AI app spooks markets
Usually not, but I suppose they're there.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Laura Bicker reporting. A former senior Facebook executive has told the BBC that the social media company worked on ways to allow the Chinese government to censor content while it was trying to gain access to the Chinese market. Sarah Wynne-Williams, who is Facebook's global public policy director, said the company worked closely with Beijing on the matter.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Facebook's parent company, Meta, says she was fired for poor performance. Sarah Wynne-Williams has been talking to our culture and media editor, Katie Razzell.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Seven members of the medical team that treated the Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona before his death have gone on trial for involuntary manslaughter. Maradona was recovering from surgery when he died from a heart attack in 2020 at the age of 60. A year later, prosecutors concluded his death could have been avoided and blamed medical negligence. The medical team deny the charges.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Tim Franks has been talking to the Argentina-based football journalist Marcela Mora y Arroyo and asked her why it had taken so long to bring this case to court.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Now, Old Trafford has been the home of Manchester United since 1909. Perhaps then it's no surprise the club's owners think it's time for something new. A 100,000-seater stadium costing about $2.5 billion. Here's the co-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Let's get more from Jane Dougal from BBC Sport.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
And if you'd like to take a look at what the future stadium might look like, you'll find the pictures and all the details on the BBC News website, bbc.com slash news. Now, before we go, Ollie's here with a quick question.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Right. So there's still a threat seemingly to the passengers who are still on board the train. It could still be quite a large number. Do we know what it is they want?
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
And that's all from us for now. There'll be a new edition of Global News to download later. This edition was produced by Julie Frankel. It was mixed by Mark Pickett. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Andrew Peach. Thanks for listening. And until next time, goodbye.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
And obviously the authorities will be responding carefully, bearing in mind there could still be people who are threatened. But what is their response looking like right now?
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
That was Azadeh Mashiri with me from Islamabad. This story is still developing. The latest at bbc.com slash news. After President Zelensky's disastrous meeting with President Trump in the White House, a lot of hope is resting on today's talks in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia between the U.S. President's Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and the Ukrainian President's Chief of Staff, Andriy Yermak.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
If it goes well, Ukraine and its allies hope it'll mean the U.S. restores intelligence sharing and military aid. Tom Bateman is our State Department correspondent. He spoke to us from the hotel in Jeddah, where the talks are taking place.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach, and at 14 Hours GMT on Tuesday 11th March, these are our main stories. Gunmen in Pakistan seize a train and threaten to harm hundreds of passengers on board. Ukraine launches its biggest drone attack yet on Moscow, as its diplomats are meeting the US to discuss how to end the war.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Now, there's talks in Jeddah got underway just hours after Ukraine launched what seems to have been its biggest drone attack on Moscow. Russia editor Steve Rosenberg told us more.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Steve Rosenberg in Moscow. Reports from the Philippines say the former president, Rodrigo Duterte, is aboard a plane bound for The Hague. Earlier today, police arrested Mr Duterte as he arrived back at Manila airport. They served him with a warrant from the International Criminal Court, accusing the former leader of crimes against humanity over his seven-year self-proclaimed war on drugs.
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Footage is circulating on social media showing the 79-year-old former president reacting with incredulity when the arrest warrant was served.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Human rights groups estimate tens of thousands of mostly poor men, including innocent people, were killed in his crackdown, which began in 2016. As I heard from our Southeast Asia correspondent, Jonathan Hett.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Police in the Philippines arrest the former president, Rodrigo Duterte, in connection with his brutal war on drugs.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
And that there's a row between two dynasties going on here as well, which might possibly explain why this warrant has been issued and executed.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Our correspondent, Jonathan Head.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Argentina is gripped by the trial of Maradona's medical team, who are accused of negligence that led to his death.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
China's President Xi Jinping is pushing for the country to be a global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030, and has put advancing high-tech industries at the centre of the country's biggest political event of the year, the National People's Congress. Beijing is competing with Washington to gain the edge in advanced tech, and has been encouraged by the success of the AI chatbot DeepSeek.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Our China correspondent Laura Bick has been finding out more.
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Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Manchester United announce a brand new football stadium capable of holding 100,000 fans. Let's start, though, in Pakistan, where gunmen have seized a passenger train in the mountainous southwest. I heard the latest from our correspondent in Islamabad, Azadeh Moshiri.
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Trump halts military aid to Ukraine
The president has chosen to use Oscars week to serve a cliffhanger of a drama on the tariffs, followed by a very dramatic ending, but one that I think will have severe negative ramifications for business, including in the United States. This is a deeply interconnected economic area in North America, backed by 40 plus years of policy integration.
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Trump halts military aid to Ukraine
And I think what we see very clearly from the modelling, economists tend to disagree on many things, but everyone agrees that this is a lose, lose, lose scenario.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
The fallout continues after last week's bad-tempered meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky. Today, the US president has once again hit out at his Ukrainian counterpart. Here's what he had to say when he was asked about his stance on a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
Our correspondent Azadeh Mashiri in Islamabad. One of the world's most prolific blood donors who saved the lives of over 2 million babies has died in Australia at the age of 88. James Harrison had a rare antibody in his blood, which was then given to pregnant mothers. From Sydney, our correspondent Phil Mercer.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
It was a huge night of celebration for the Oscar winners in Hollywood, but the celebrations went far wider than Los Angeles. There were big wins for actors and films from several countries around the world, including Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Iran. Mark Lowen's been talking to three film critics from those countries. First, Daniel Oliveira from Brazil.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
So what was the reaction there when I'm Still Here won the Oscar for Best International Film, the first Brazilian film to do so?
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
A little earlier Mr. Trump said in a post on social media that the United States wouldn't put up with Mr. Zelenskys position on a ceasefire for much longer. Our North America correspondent Nomi Iqbal is in Washington. Nomi has been telling me the President's comments didn't come as a surprise.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
Das war Hamed Salimanzadeh aus Iran, Victor Pinheiro aus der Dominikanischen Republik und Daniel Oliveira aus Brasilien, mit meinem Kollegen Mark Lowen. Now it's been turned into a courtroom drama for television, starring one of Britain's best-known actors, Nigel Havers, who plays the High Court judge who sentenced Ellis to death for killing her abusive and violent lover.
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Sir Cecil Havers also happens to be Nigel Havers' grandfather. Ruth Ellis' case was pivotal in changing attitudes both to domestic violence and capital punishment, ultimately leading to its abolition. This is how British Pathé News reported the story in 1955.
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My colleague Paddy O'Connell spoke to Nigel Havers about playing his grandfather. So had he grown up knowing about Ruth Ellis?
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The actor, Nigel Havers. And that's all from us for now. There will be a new edition of Global News to download later. If you'd like to comment on this edition and the stories we included, drop us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk or you'll find us on X at BBC World Service. Just use the hashtag Global News Pod.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
This edition was produced by Judy Frankel and mixed by Caroline Driscoll. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Andrew Peach. Thank you for listening and until next time, goodbye.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
So from Washington's point of view, it's almost like that gathering of European leaders yesterday didn't happen.
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Er hat ihn als den Wegblock zum Ende der Krieg gestaltet.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
Und ich bin hier mit mir aus Washington. Das ist eine schnell steigende diplomatische Situation. Wenn Sie Fragen über die Ukraine, Russland und die Einwanderung von Präsident Trump und auch europäischen Führern in den letzten Tagen haben, würden wir gerne Ihre Fragen hören, damit wir Ihnen eine Antwort von BBC-Korrespondenten bekommen können. Schreiben Sie uns ein E-Mail.
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Das Wort ist globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. Two people have been killed and ten injured after a car hit a crowd of people in the German city of Mannheim. The vehicle seems to have been driven at high speed through a busy shopping area as people were marking the German carnival season. Stephanie Bach is a reporter with local media outlet Mannheim24.
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So how significant is this information from the authorities? Tim Franks asked Thomas Sparrow, who is a security correspondent for Deutsche Welle, the German public service broadcaster.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 4th of March, these are our main stories. Donald Trump again accuses the Ukrainian President, Vladimir Zelensky, of not wanting peace with Russia. Two people die after a car hits a crowd of people in the German city of Mannheim.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
Thomas Barrow with Tim Franks. There's growing concern that the ceasefire in Gaza could collapse as regional mediators seek to resolve the current standoff between Hamas and Israel. It comes after Israel blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into the territory, accusing Hamas of stealing the supplies and using them to finance their operations.
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The blockade has sparked widespread international condemnation. Our correspondent Paul Adams reports from Jerusalem.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
The Scottish painter Jack Vetrano has died at the age of 73. One of his best known works was The Singing Butler, showing a couple dancing on a storm-swept beach. He was found dead at his apartment in Nice in southern France. It's understood there are no suspicious circumstances. Our correspondent David Wallace-Lockhart looks back at his life.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
Concerns mounting that the ceasefire in Gaza could collapse. Also in this podcast, the Scottish painter Jack Vecchiano, whose best known work is The Singing Butler, has died.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
There's been a surge in deportations, arrests and detentions of Afghans living in Pakistan. That's despite the UN saying some are registered by its refugee agency as being in need of international protection. Islamabad says its policies are aimed at illegal foreign nationals. But the crackdown has pushed many Afghans into hiding.
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Trump again accuses Zelensky of not wanting peace
Our Pakistan correspondent Azadeh Mashiri has been talking to some of them in Islamabad. Their names have been changed in her report because of security concerns.
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Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
And as a result of these changes, as I understand it, you're going to end up with people who've been running liquor stalls for many years, suddenly unable to carry on.
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Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
Now in most parts of the world, if you were suddenly doing a buy one, get one free deal on alcohol, you'd certainly have big queues of people trying to buy it. And it sounds like India is no different.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
That's the key here, isn't it? Because although this sort of idea has been around for decades, the technology wears out over time and often that causes real problems for the patient's health later in life. In this specific case, we're talking about someone who's lived for a very long time now with one of these things.
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Putin visits Kursk after Russian advances - Kremlin
Because waiting for a human transplant is often, you know, months or years may never happen.
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New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 15
Let's talk specifically about the different minority groups that are in Syria. I guess they're understandable worries of what their status will be going forward.
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Trump 'very angry' with Putin over Ukraine
NBC News say Mr Trump was furious with the Russian leader over his suggestion a temporary administration should be installed to replace Mr Zelensky and that he's threatening to impose 50% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil if Russia doesn't agree a ceasefire in the next month. Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale is in Kiev and told me more about Mr Trump's comments.
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Darren Khalifa from the International Crisis Group. A BBC investigation has found the UK visa system is being undermined by scammers who are swindling migrants out of thousands of pounds by promising them jobs in the UK, which often don't exist. Exploiting the desire of millions of Africans to migrate to Europe, these agents fuel an underground trade in UK work papers.
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For BBC Africa Eye, Oloronka Ala reports.
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And you'll find the full BBC Africa Eye documentary, Stranded, exposing the UK's immigration scammers on the BBC Africa YouTube channel. Now, companies go to great lengths to prevent their data being accessed by hackers who'll stop at nothing to exploit people online. So news that a major dating app provider has been storing users' pictures without password protection continues.
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has raised alarms. Researchers discovered nearly one and a half million pictures across five kink and LGBT dating platforms were vulnerable to hackers and extortionists. Here's our cyber correspondent, Joe Tidy.
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Joe Tidy with Alex Ritson. Two years ago, Hollywood's strike shut down the entertainment industry as actors and writers demanded protection from artificial intelligence, or AI. Now the technology is increasingly being used in movies and TV shows, and one Hollywood company says it'll avoid breaking copyright laws by working only from licensed content. From Los Angeles, here's Reagan Morris.
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The American actor Richard Chamberlain, best known for the TV series Dr. Kildare and the Thorn Birds, has died in Hawaii at the age of 90. Lisa Mazimba looks back at his life.
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Now, he's had some success using this tactic of economic threats with other countries, but you wouldn't have thought that, especially when it's done publicly, Vladimir Putin was about to roll over.
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Trump 'very angry' with Putin over Ukraine
Please have a zimba on the life of Richard Chamberlain. That's all from us for now. There'll be a new edition of Global News to download later. If you'd like to comment on this edition, do drop us an email, globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk or on X, you'll find us at BBC World Service. Just use the hashtag Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Caroline Driscoll. The producer was Isabella Jewell.
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The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Andrew Peach. Thanks for listening. And until next time, goodbye.
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And Donald Trump's tried to soften up both sides and get them to the negotiating table. He's told the world he wants there to be a deal. I wonder what Donald Trump's going to do if he doesn't get his way.
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James Landell, our diplomatic correspondent with me from Kiev. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says military pressure on Hamas since the collapse of a truce earlier this month is working. On Saturday, mediators between Hamas and Israel submitted a new proposal on the resumption of a ceasefire. The Israeli government then submitted its own counter-proposal.
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Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent says the bodies of 14 rescue workers have been found in Gaza after their ambulance convoy was fired on by Israeli forces last week. Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Dan Johnson, gave my colleague Gita Gurumurthy the details.
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Trump 'very angry' with Putin over Ukraine
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Monday the 31st of March, these are our main stories. President Trump says he's very angry with Vladimir Putin after weeks of trying to negotiate a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. The extent of damage in Myanmar becomes clearer days after a devastating earthquake.
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Dan Johnson in Jerusalem. Rescuers are in a race against time to find survivors from Friday's devastating earthquake in Myanmar, which has now killed at least 1,700 people. In Mandalay, near the epicentre, people are still being pulled from under-collapsed buildings after almost three days in the rubble.
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International humanitarian workers are continuing to arrive, but concerns are growing that the military regime shows no intention of stopping its attacks against rebels in earthquake-hit areas. Our correspondent Nick Beek is monitoring developments from Bangkok.
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We'll hear from the BBC's Burmese service.
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Well, as you heard there, the devastation is intense in the capital, Naypyidaw, a city purpose-built by the military government in Myanmar to replace Yangon as the political centre of the country. Access to the area is extremely limited, but the BBC Burmese service correspondent, Hetet Nangjo, has seen some of the damage first-hand. His words here are translated and voiced by one of our producers.
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Naypyidaw is also where the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being held after her elected government was ousted four years ago in a military coup. Her son, Kim Aris, told the BBC that he hasn't had any confirmation about his mother's well-being since the quake.
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Now, across the border in neighbouring Thailand, officials say the number of dead at a building site in Bangkok has risen to 18, with almost 80 people still missing. Rescuers are working around the clock to find trapped construction workers where a skyscraper collapsed. Families are still gathered at the site, hoping for news of their loved ones.
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The Red Cross says it's outraged at the deaths of eight of its medics killed by Israeli fire in Gaza. Also in this podcast... This is Dr Kildare.
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Kanika's husband, Yothin, was the chief electrician on the 24th floor.
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Our correspondent Nick Marsh is watching the rescue effort.
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Championing more ethical artificial intelligence in Hollywood...
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Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharah, has announced a new government. And the former member of al-Qaeda and an ISIS affiliate has once again demonstrated the extent of his transformation by including ministers from a range of backgrounds. There's a Christian woman, an Alawite, a Druze and a Kurd.
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The king of the miniseries, Richard Chamberlain, has died. President Trump has seemingly changed his tone in new comments about Vladimir Putin, according to a US network who are reporting him saying he's very angry with him for questioning the credibility of Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky.
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At the ceremony to swear in the ministers, Mr al-Sharah said it was a step towards building a stable future for Syria. This is the time to announce the formation of the first government.
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So how significant is this moment? Darin Khalifa is a senior advisor at the International Crisis Group based in Cairo. She told my colleague Owen Bennett-Jones how Mr Al-Sharar's cabinet picks are being viewed in Syria.
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Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control
A report from our correspondent in Tokyo, Shaima Halil. Carol services are a time to come together and commemorate the year gone by, but for Ukrainians, Christmas can be a bitter reminder of what and who they've lost. London's St Pancras station has been hosting a charity service, Carols of Hope.
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Our reporter Olga Marchevska was there, and she spoke to the British actor, writer and comedian Stephen Fry.
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And that was my colleague Olga Malchevska at St Pancras Station in London. Now, they tend to know their way from one end of a city to another, but could taxi drivers' geographical knowledge be providing them with a very different benefit?
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Scientists have discovered that cabbies are less likely than average to develop Alzheimer's disease, a piece of good fortune which may be down to their distinctive cognitive powers. So how did researchers work this out? Chris Smith from Cambridge University explains.
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Our Middle East regional editor Sebastian Usher is in Beirut and told me more about Turkey's involvement.
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Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control
Dr Chris Smith from Cambridge University. A runner from Uganda has finished an epic journey of more than 13,000 kilometres on foot to draw attention to racism. Deokato ran or walked from Cape Town in South Africa back to London where he lives, sparring a few sections where he had to cross seas or avoid the war in Sudan.
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He told the BBC he wanted to profile the history of human migration out of Africa and that he experienced racism when his journey reached Europe. Danny Eberhard reports.
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Danny Eberhard reporting. And that's all from us for now. There'll be a new edition of Global News to download later. If you'd like to comment on this edition, drop us an email, globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk or on X, we are at globalnewspod. This edition was mixed by Abbey Wiltshire. The producer was Richard Hamilton. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Andrew Peach. Thank you for listening.
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And until next time, goodbye.
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Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control
Our Middle East regional editor, Sebastian Usher. Officials in Gaza say a wave of Israeli attacks has killed at least 28 people, including children and 13 members of one family. A school sheltering displaced families and a hospital were among the sites struck. Israel said Hamas had been using the school as a command centre.
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Pope Francis has again condemned attacks on Gaza, describing Israel's actions as cruelty towards children. Our correspondent, Emir Nader, reports from Jerusalem.
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Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Monday the 23rd of December, these are our main stories. Syria's new leader says he wants all weapons and armed factions to come under state control. Germany promises a thorough investigation into the Magdeburg attack.
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Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control
On the 7th of October last year, George Anton, an aid worker in Gaza City, moved into the compound of the Holy Family Church, Gaza's only Catholic outpost with more than 500 parishioners. George, his wife and three children have been taking shelter there while the ground invasion of the Israeli army and the ensuing conflict continued around them.
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George has been talking to my colleague Emily Buchanan and told her what his children are thinking about the prospect of a second Christmas in the church compound.
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The German government has pledged to conduct a full investigation into whether the security services missed warnings about Talib Abdel-Mosin. He's the man charged with ploughing a car into the Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing five people and injuring more than 200 others. The family of a boy who died have said he'll always live in their hearts.
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From Magdeburg, here's our correspondent, Bethany Bell.
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Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control
Here in Britain, the Anglican Church is again under pressure because of its handling of historical sexual abuse cases. There are further revelations that a priest, David Tudor, who's at the centre of one such case, was twice reappointed by Stephen Cottrell, now the Archbishop of York.
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Stephen Cottrell become the church's most senior figure and head of its worldwide congregation of 85 million people when Justin Welby steps down as Archbishop of Canterbury next month following criticism of his handling of a different case of abuse. Here's our religion editor Ali Magbul.
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Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control
We'll be right back. Today, the new de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharra, addressed those concerns in a news conference with the Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan. He said that armed factions would begin to be dissolved and incorporated into the Syrian army. And he announced plans to bring all weapons in the country under state control, including those held by the mainly Kurdish SDF.
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Ali Makbul reporting. And still to come on this podcast... Happy Christmas.
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Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control
A carol service giving a message of hope for Ukraine.
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Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control
88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was once the world's longest-serving death row inmate. Convicted of four murders in Japan in 1968, he spent 46 years awaiting execution in prison, mostly in solitary confinement. But his sister Hideko never gave up on him. She campaigned for his retrial, believing the evidence used against him in court was fabricated.
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In 2014, as Iwau's mental state was severely deteriorating, he was released into Hideko's care and a rare retrial was granted. In September this year, finally Iwau was acquitted. The court ruled he'd been framed for a crime he didn't commit. Our Tokyo correspondent Shaima Khalil sat down with Hideko to talk about her brother's ordeal.
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
And we know he has supporters. We heard them there. But have you any sense of where the balance of public opinion is across South Korea?
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Trump’s demands over nuclear deal rejected by Iran
And if he's removed as president, does that change his legal status regarding the other charges that are still against him?
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Monday the 3rd of March, these are our main stories. A new plan for Ukraine after a summit of European leaders in London. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer describes it as a crossroads in history. The UN humanitarian chief says Israel's suspension of aid into Gaza violates international law.
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Soaring inflation and a plummeting currency. Iran's finances are in dire straits. Now, after an impeachment vote in parliament, the finance minister, Abdul Nasser Hamadi, has been sacked. Two-thirds of deputies voted for him to be removed from his post, which he'd had for just eight months.
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The president, Massoud Pazeshkian, tried to come to his defence, saying the economic problems of the Islamic Republic were not the fault of one man alone. Param Gabbadi is a senior reporter with BBC Persian.
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Now, back in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in what was then the Belgian Congo, thousands of mixed-race children were forcibly taken from their families and placed in Catholic institutions. Decades later, five women, now elderly, took the former colonial power Belgium to court, seeking justice for themselves and many others. The BBC's Cain Pieri spoke to one of them.
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And that report from Cain Pieri. A spacecraft owned by a private American company has begun gathering data on the surface of the moon after touching down on Sunday. Blue Ghost is only the second commercial lander to reach the lunar surface.
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And as our science correspondent Pallav Ghosh now reports, staff at the firm behind the latest mission, Firefly Aerospace, have been celebrating the successful landing. Y'all select the landing. We're on the moon.
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After the devastating floods in the Spanish region of Valencia last year, students and volunteers are attempting to save some precious memories. In the days following the disaster, which killed more than 220 people, a team from Valencia's Polytechnic University sifted through the wreckage for some old family photos. And they're now working painstakingly to restore what had been damaged.
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They've received thousands of photos from other survivors too. Pedro Vicente, who's leading this project, spoke to Paul Henley about what they're doing.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
For her part, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged a massive surge in defence spending in Europe.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
Dr Pedro Vicente from Valencia's Polytechnic University leading a team restoring images damaged in the floods last year. And that's all from us for now. There'll be a new edition of Global News to download later. If you'd like to comment on this podcast, drop us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You'll find us on X at BBC World Service. Just use the hashtag Global News Pod.
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This edition was mixed by Caroline Driscoll. The producer is Stephanie Tillotson. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Andrew Peach. Thank you for listening. And until next time, goodbye.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
For analysis, I spoke to our political correspondent Rob Watson and our diplomatic correspondent James Landale. First, I asked James about the next steps.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
Also in this podcast, the Congolese women who took the Belgian government to court for forcibly separating them from their families and won.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
Now, in the questions after his news conference, Keir Starmer said, I wouldn't be announcing this if I didn't think the US would sign up to it after my conversation with Donald Trump yesterday. Is he trying to bounce him into it?
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And Rob Watson, Keir Starmer's front and centre of this whole thing. Many people are saying it's his strongest week in office since he was elected last year. Why is he taking the lead?
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James, what happens next? We promised a load more announcements of different European countries on defence spending, more from the European Commission coming up as well.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
And a US company has landed a spacecraft on the moon. It was, according to the British Prime Minister, a once-in-a-generation moment for the security of Europe, a summit of primarily European leaders to discuss the war in Ukraine.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
And final thought, Rob, in the week when Donald Trump had that invitation from the king, Vladimir Zelensky has been meeting the king.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
Our correspondents Rob Watson and James Landale. Russian politicians have dismissed the summit, saying it's produced no plan to settle the war in Ukraine. Our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
It was arranged before the fractious meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday, but that extraordinary falling out gave it much more significance. After two hours of talks at Lancaster House in London, Zakir Starmer outlined the plan they'd agreed. including support for Ukraine with military aid and ensuring Ukraine's sovereignty and security.
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For more on the fallout from the summit, bbc.com slash news. The second phase of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas should have started on Saturday, but it hasn't. Hamas didn't agree to an extension of the first phase. Now Israel has stopped all humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip. There are fears the six-week process could soon collapse.
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Our world affairs correspondent Paul Adams is in Jerusalem.
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It took some time, but after five long months, a new government in Austria is ready to come to power. On Sunday, the small Liberal Party decided to join the Conservative People's Party and the Social Democrats in a coalition, the first time a government has been formed of three parties. The winners of last September's election, the right-wing Freedom Party, won't be in the government.
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Our correspondent in Vienna, Bethany Bell, explained.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
He said they'd form a so-called coalition of the willing, which would then help preserve the peace if a deal was signed to end the war.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
Obviously, this is how it works. And no one's suggesting the process hasn't been followed. But presumably there's some questions about legitimacy, bearing in mind the winners of the election don't get to be in power.
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UK announces European plan for peace in Ukraine
Still to come in this podcast, after the floods in the Spanish region of Valencia last year, students and volunteers are attempting to save family photos.
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The Happy Pod: The 'terrible' artist in high demand
Education systems are different in every country. To explain in the US, we're talking about tens of thousands of dollars here.
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And just explain to us where the scholarship money comes from.
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Do you think you appreciate the place you've got there more because of how hard you had to work to get it?
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
So if I buy gold, as people have been, that's what's pushing the value up, where is it?
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
And I guess it is the gold bars in vaults. That's the primary form of gold that we're seeing traded that's pushing the price up at the moment, yeah?
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
And is it held by individuals, by companies involved, as well as by central banks? Because, again, it's the kind of Fort Knox, Bank of England goal we tend to conjure up in our mind. Are there lots of people holding gold involved?
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Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
We've had Donald Trump and Elon Musk talking about going to see, to check on the gold at Fort Knox. Can we all do that? If we buy some gold, can we go and see it? Is my bit of gold in the same gold bar as someone else's gold?
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definitely looking back at it now, it was, it was quite an ordeal to go through. But I think that's only because I'm aware of what it was now. Whereas when I was younger, I was a bit naive to, you know, all the machines that going on and, you know, you're just not as privy to life. So you don't really understand what's going on as much. I was also used to dad being hooked up to stuff so, so much.
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And it wasn't too scary in that sense. I think the scary part was if it didn't work, because this was the last chance. And if this didn't work, I was going to lose my dad. So I think that was kind of the tough part was being able to stomach the fact that if it doesn't work, it's not my fault.
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It was daunting because, you know, like Josh said, you just didn't know if that was going to work. And I always said to him, if it doesn't work, it's not your fault. It's just, you know, one of those bad luck stories in life. On the flip side is, you know, we come out the other side and it worked.
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
Unfortunately, one of the side effects of chemotherapy and the stem cell transplant that I had that failed was that it caused damage to my kidneys.
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
So we always knew that it was going to kind of come to the point of me having to give, or somebody having to give him a kidney. I'd said from the start, kind of three or four years ago, I'll do it. I've already done one. I'll do another one for you. That wouldn't be a problem. I'll happily do that for my dad.
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So I always knew I wanted to give him the kidney, but it was just what could happen later on down the line. One of the risks is high blood pressure. I mean, I've got high blood pressure in the family, but It's not something that I'm bothered about because I want to live now.
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
So living now means having my dad around and having my mum around with me and, you know, being able to have takeaways and watch a film together and mess about and listen to music and just do what we normally do. So I'm not bothered about what could happen in the future because we already know ourselves from his first diagnosis that life is not promised. So...
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
I'm not going to worry about what could or couldn't happen. I need to live for now. And right now I wanted to give him a kidney and have a good time with him.
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
Yeah, that was definitely a concern of mine. And, you know, if push comes to shove, I think at the end of the day, I was probably more apprehensive about him giving me the kidney, knowing that he already had saved my life once before. I mean, according to the consultants and the nurses, you can live a normal life with one kidney. But you're right, I was a bit more apprehensive.
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
But, you know, Josh wanted to do it. How do you say thank you in this situation?
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
Yeah, I mean, you know, I've always said to my son, he knows how much I love him. I always tell him that anyway. You know, I can't ever put into words. It's just not possible. I think he just knows about the way I am with him. You know, this gift he's given me is just immense. And thank you will never be enough. As long as I can be, you know, being there for him in his older years.
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
that's probably the thank you he's going to get, really. He knows how I feel. He's just, you know, an incredible sacrifice he's made. But I think this is probably the last sacrifice he'll need to make.
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
So there's a lot that's been happening other than just the kidney transplant. And I think the last year has taught us that there's so much more to life than work or money or any of these external things that you stress and worry about. And I think we've slowed down a lot as a family and just gone, you know what, we're just going to enjoy our time together.
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
I want to live now, having my dad around. Life is not promised, so I'm not going to worry about what could or couldn't happen. I need to live for now.
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
And if that means sitting on the sofa and having a boring Sunday, then we're going to do that because that's the time that we'd rather spend with each other. I've always had... Like my parents, luckily, to be there and steer me and teach me and tell me when I'm wrong, tell me when I'm doing something right and encourage me.
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The Happy Pod: From rescue to romance
And I'm grateful in that sense, just as much as dad's grateful that, you know, he's had a second chance at life.
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Mike Johnson survives razor-thin vote to remain US House Speaker
I was going to say that the first generation that will belong to the next century, I guess they're going to have a life...
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Mike Johnson survives razor-thin vote to remain US House Speaker
so we've got gen beta now taking over from gen alpha i'm gen x uh myself i was born in 1973 i suspect you're a millennial you sound i'm guessing i'm gonna put money on you being a millennial i'll take that as a compliment i'm gen z okay yeah and what are the sort of you know does it mean anything i suppose is what i'm going to say that people are born you know in similar periods going to have different experiences of life i suppose what else do we take from these labels
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Mike Johnson survives razor-thin vote to remain US House Speaker
Yeah, and I guess in the end it's a useful label, isn't it? The cut-off date is a bit arbitrary, but it's a useful label to describe who we're talking about without needing to give the date of birth out.
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Mike Johnson survives razor-thin vote to remain US House Speaker
What's been the reaction online to the name Gen Beta? Do people like that?
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
And the CV gang, the PCC gang, are battling over territory, presumably.
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Washington gears up for Trump inauguration
And obviously quite a big reaction from the football club. They've changed their shirt. What about the reaction more widely in Brazil?
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
A Balkans correspondent, Guy De Launey, is in Kochani.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
I mean, looking at the facts, the situation at this makeshift nightclub looks pretty obviously insufficient, and yet the club's been open for years, and no one seems to have noticed or done anything about it.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
And when we talk about government officials arrested and allegations of corruption, just fill us in on that guy.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
I'm Hawkins correspondent Guy Delaney in North Macedonia. An EU-led donor conference for Syria is taking place in Brussels, the first since President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown last December. The new Syrian authorities are attending the annual event along with regional neighbours and other Arab countries. Western partners and UN agencies are also represented.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
The EU has eased some sanctions on key sectors of the Syrian economy, but wants to see the interim authorities there honouring their promises of an inclusive and peaceful transition. Kaya Callas is the EU Foreign Policy Chief.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
In Syria itself, remnants of the Assad regime in Syria last week ambushed and killed dozens of security officers from the new government. The response from some members of the military was brutal, killing hundreds of civilians. Many of the victims were Alawites, a sect perceived to be loyal to the former president. That community now fears it has no safe future in Syria.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
My colleague Lina Sinjad got exclusive access to the cities where the killings took place. She began her report in an Alawite village south of Latakia.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Donald Trump speaking on board Air Force One. Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale is in Kiev. I asked James if he was any the wiser about the conversation to come between President Trump and President Putin.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
That report from our correspondent, Lina Sinjab. The new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is in France for talks with President Macron, which will focus on building European alliances after the election of President Trump in the US. The former Bank of England governor, who took over in Canada on Friday, will then travel to London for a meeting with Sakhir Starmer.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
The tour comes as Mr Carney's government grapples with how to respond to growing challenges from the United States. Mr Carney said it was in Canada's best interests to strengthen cooperation with allies who have shared values.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Here's our chief international correspondent, Lise de Sette.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have said they'll send a delegation to Angola to take part in peace talks with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which are expected to start on Tuesday. Eastern areas of the country are now under the control of the rebels. Priya Sippy reports from the city of Bukavu.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Meanwhile, Rwanda has cut all diplomatic relations with Belgium with immediate effect. The government in Brussels described the move as disproportionate and said it would reciprocate. The Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused Belgium of lobbying for international sanctions against his country. The English Premier League club Newcastle United haven't won a trophy for decades until now.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
They won the FA Cup in 1955, the European Fairs Cup in 1969 and the EFL Cup in 2025 at Wembley on Sunday, beating Liverpool 2-1. Here's what it means to Newcastle fans.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Felicity Throw from the Newcastle United Supporters Trust was at the game with her family.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
And this was my BBC colleague John Murray who described the match on the BBC World Service.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Our chief football correspondent, John Murray. And that's all from us for now. There'll be a new edition of Global News to download later. If you'd like to comment on this podcast, drop us an email, globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk or on X, we are at BBC World Service. Just use the hashtag Global News Pod. This edition was produced by Alice Adderley and mixed by Sydney Dundon.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Andrew Peach. Thank you for listening. And until next time, goodbye.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
The messages from the EU are almost the opposite, resolutely negative, talking about, you know, they don't really think that Russia wants peace and therefore this is all a bit of a sham.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
James Landau with me from Kiev. What are the chances of there being a new deal with Iran over its nuclear activities? President Trump, in his first term in the White House, dumped the previous deal. He's now written to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and it's being reported that an Iranian official will meet the UN's nuclear chief in Vienna later on Monday.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Our diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley told me more about what President Trump is thought to be proposing.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Andrew Peach and at 14 hours GMT on Monday the 17th of March, these are our main stories. As Donald Trump prepares for talks with Vladimir Putin, the European Union warns Russia isn't interested in peace in Ukraine.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
I find myself asking this question a lot at the moment. Why now for Donald Trump? Is it just because he wants to get on with everything really quickly, along with all the other issues he's trying to address? Or is this about Iran being in a weakened position at the moment?
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
our diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley. As we reported in a previous edition of this podcast, the US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order stripping back the federally funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being anti-Trump and radical.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Now, just a day after they were put on paid leave, the 1,300 employees who make up Voice of America's workforce have been told their contracts will be terminated at the end of the month. My colleague Victoria Iwanhunda has been talking to VOA's chief national correspondent Steve Harmon, who was suspended in February after his loyalty to President Trump's policies was called into question.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney has broken with tradition by making his first overseas trip to Europe rather than the United States. Also in this podcast, as the authorities in North Macedonia question numerous suspects over the deadly nightclub fire, what kind of help is being offered to the survivors and their families?
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Steve Harmon of Voice of America talking to Victoria Ununda. Researchers from the University of Oxford have shown for the first time they can extract live tissue cells from the dung of an endangered animal. Scientists have taken living cells from mouse dung before.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Now the Oxford team has done the same with elephant droppings, raising hopes the technique could eventually be used to help save endangered species. Professor Susanna Williams has been leading the research and spoke to Paul Henley.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
The Kremlin has confirmed that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will talk tomorrow about ending the war in Ukraine. Its spokesman Dmitry Peskov wouldn't say exactly what the two presidents would be talking about, although President Trump suggested that dividing land and power plants was now part of the conversation.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
That was Professor Susanna Williams from Oxford University. Still to come on this podcast, we'll hear from football fans in the north-east of England whose Newcastle United team hadn't won a trophy for decades until now.
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Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
North Macedonia is observing seven days of mauling after a fire that killed nearly 60 people in a nightclub in the small town of Kachani. Over 20 people have been arrested, including the nightclub owner and government officials. Aneta Koceva, who works with the Red Cross in Kachani, has been part of the organisation's relief efforts on the ground.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
They have been having a fairly informal discussion about the implications of the Trump administration's blizzard of diplomacy and of rhetoric, which has made a lot of European leaders very nervous, both about the short-term issue of a potential ceasefire deal, even a peace deal, cooked up between Russia and America without proper input from Europe and from Ukraine.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
There is real concern about that and the way... dass die Diplomatie dort behandelt wird, auch wenn russische und amerikanische Offiziere das unterhalten und sagen, dass Europa überwältigt ist und dass es richtig konsultiert werden wird. Es gibt auch, denke ich, eine längere Zeit, eine größere Bildung von Europa, die ist, dass diese amerikanische Administration scheint, sich zurückzuhalten.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
away from the long-term security guarantees that it's always had for Europe and that Europe as a result needs to step up and really aggressively and urgently increase its defense spending and coordinate and integrate its arms manufacturing processes so that it can ultimately defend itself against Russian aggression if it comes to a point that it can no longer trust the Americans to help out.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Ja, ich meine, was wir so weit hören, ist, dass die Briten sagen, dass wir potenziell bereit sind, Schuhe auf den Boden zu legen. Die Schweden haben gesagt, dass sie das auch tun würden. Andere sind meistens vorsichtig. Sie verfügen nicht daran, zu vertreten.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Wir haben Indikationen von Deutschland und anderen Ländern gehört, dass es zu früh ist, zu sagen, dass wir Schuhe auf den Boden legen werden. Das kann für domänische politische Gründe sein, in manchen Fällen. Es kann aus einem genügenden Sinn der Aufmerksamkeit kommen.
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Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Es kann auch eine Art von Druck auf die Trump-Administration sein, um zu sagen, warte mal, wenn du versuchen wirst, einen Deal zu machen, der Europa und europäische Kriegsführer betrifft, musst du uns konsultieren, musst du diesen Prozess langsamen, und du musst vor allem nicht von Präsident Putin, der, Andra Harding in Paris.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
We've been working for several years on this, but plague is so important. It's a bacterial infection which has shaped humanity. It's changed the genetics of humans. It's had big social and economic change. The second pandemic in the 14th century killed half of the European population. And the third pandemic only finished in 1960.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
And we still today have cases all over the world in China and Russia and the US and much larger outbreaks in recent years in Madagascar and in Congo. And what have your early trials yielded in terms of results? Well, we've got early trials, both run here and in Africa, which have shown very good immune responses and safety. There's still quite a lot of work to do.
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
And we have several different candidates here at Oxford University that we're working on. But we hope that we'll reach a point during this decade where we'll have vaccines that will be effective and safe in humans for plague. And that will then be a blueprint either for a future plague pandemic if necessary,
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South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President
something awful like that happened, but certainly if other diseases spread that are similar to plague.
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Myanmar earthquake kills at least 144
Spring is on its way in Greenland, and in Nukes Harbour, we found a few fishermen trying to steer their small boats out to sea past giant chunks of ice. Carl Peter was hoping to catch halibut, but his mind was on Donald Trump and America's declared ambition to annex his homeland.
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Myanmar earthquake kills at least 144
President Trump underlined his intentions by sending a high-level delegation to Greenland uninvited. The vice president, J.D. Vance, visited an American military base in the far north of the island. Greenland, as part of Denmark, is a close American ally, but that didn't stop Mr. Vance from lashing out at his hosts.
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Denmark's Prime Minister Mete Fredriksson acknowledged the need for more focus on security in the Arctic, but she bristled at the suggestion that her country, a strong NATO ally, was not playing its part. Meanwhile, in Nuuk, there were celebrations to mark the formation of a new coalition government for Greenland.
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Myanmar earthquake kills at least 144
The focus on steering this giant island slowly away from Danish control and towards independence. This is a small community with an emphasis on consensus and America's bullying style doesn't fit well here. Vivian Motzfeld is a local MP.
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Myanmar earthquake kills at least 144
The hope here is that things will calm down and that Greenland can find a path towards closer ties with America without losing itself in the process.
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European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
And what about the sort of cultural differences between the UK and Japan? Will these two operations be linked up all the time, say when there's industrial action, that kind of thing?
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Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan slipped out of Romania on a private jet before dawn. A few hours later, they were seen arriving at an airport in Florida. The Romanian authorities have defended their abrupt decision to relax travel restrictions for the two men. They've also released most of their assets, including property, cash and cars.
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Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House
Critics here in Bucharest claim that Tate's sudden departure is the result of a shameful deal between their government and the Trump White House, where it's clear the men enjoy strong support. Elena Lascone is a leading Romanian politician and presidential candidate.
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Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House
Andrew and Tristan Tate were initially detained in Romania in 2022. They'd already gained global fame and notoriety as influencers, but now face charges here of people trafficking and money laundering. They deny all wrongdoing. Andrew Tate calls himself a misogynist, spreading a message of assertive masculinity.
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Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer at the White House
Teachers and police say he's a toxic figure with a dangerous influence, particularly on boys. At this stage, it's unclear what implications the brothers' departure may have on their legal cases in Romania.
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Dozens killed in clashes in Syria
That is maybe where we do have a duty to educate people that it is completely illegal under international law after the Second World War to gain territory through the use of force.
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Dozens killed in clashes in Syria
Well, it's not the only time that Switzerland finds itself in this quite complicated position of wanting to be a neutral space and maybe even a mediator, and at the same time being seen by the outside world as the guardians of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions in particular. It's important that states can come together and, as I say, reaffirm these things.
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Dozens killed in clashes in Syria
Whether they need to do it at this point in time with a very loud voice so that it disrupts negotiations, over the release of prisoners or the release of hostages or a peace deal that's obviously a complicated diplomatic dance as an international lawyer what would you like to see
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Dozens killed in clashes in Syria
I think it's very important to stress again that in international humanitarian law and in times of war, civilians have to be protected, civilian property has to be protected, hospitals have to be protected. And that if you violate those norms in a willful way, you can be prosecuted for grave breaches. And that's an international crime in every country in the world.
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Dozens killed in clashes in Syria
And this sense of impunity and this lack of accountability, I think it's very concerning because it gives the impression that international law is a lot of talk and that it's not like real law. But from my perspective, if you're asking me, it is real law and you can be prosecuted and you can go to prison.
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Dozens killed in clashes in Syria
And I think an emphasis on that, not just on demanding that Israel prosecutes, but reminding everybody in the world that they have the obligation to search for people and prosecute them. I think that could be very helpful.
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Dozens killed in clashes in Syria
I think the idea that it's about ignorance is misplaced. I think the idea that you don't kill, you don't rape, you don't destroy someone's house is pretty obvious to everyone. There are interpretations, as you're suggesting, which are being developed, which are stretching the law beyond what it really means.
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Dozens killed in clashes in Syria
And I think it would be important for such a meeting as the one here and other meetings to re-emphasise this. There's one other aspect which is maybe important in both the Russian context and the Israeli-Gaza context. And that is the rule, as you've mentioned, in times of war, you can't gain territory through the use of force. That's an international law rule.
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Dozens killed in clashes in Syria
And so all the talk of annexation and gaining territory is a bit misleading. And I think that is maybe where we do have a duty to educate people, that it is completely illegal under international law after the Second World War to gain territory through the use of force.