Hostage Family Representative
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
We have one billion people around the world who follow Manchester United. and they will all want to visit this stadium. United is the world's favourite football club, in my view. It's arguably the biggest, and it deserves a stadium befitting of its stature.
Global News Podcast
Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
The Premier League is indisputably the best football league in the world, maybe the best sports league in the world, and it must have a stadium that's at least the equal of the best in Europe. And today it has some great stadiums, but it doesn't have a Bernabeu and it doesn't have a Nou Camp.
Global News Podcast
Pakistan militants attack train in Balochistan
Also in this podcast, how China is seeking to beat the US and become the global leader in AI and... We have one billion people around the world who follow Manchester United and they will all want to visit this stadium.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays scheduled release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
Für uns ist eine Stunde gleich ein Tag. Wir sitzen auf der Schuhe und warten viele Stunden. Was können wir sonst noch tun?
Global News Podcast
Israel delays scheduled release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
We feel like we're on cloud nine, overwhelmed with happiness. It's a day of celebration. Now that he's back and will undergo rehabilitation, we'll finally have time to reflect and hold accountable those responsible for everything that happened and for what should have happened.
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Gaza special: Three freed hostages back in Israel
All the hostage families, including my own, are completely on tenterhooks. They're feeling the full spectrum of human emotion. I think there are emotions that we're feeling that I don't think have an English word for a huge amount. Our fates are really intertwined with one another as hostage families, and so to see those scenes of Doron and Emily...
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Gaza special: Three freed hostages back in Israel
And Wami being, you know, walking on their own two legs, their own two feet out of the car, knowing that they're at least alive and well enough to do that and to, you know, to be back on Israeli soil, to be in Israeli care and to be reunited with their loved ones, their family, their mothers especially. I was with... Mandy in 10 Downing Street a few months ago, an incredible human being.
Global News Podcast
Gaza special: Three freed hostages back in Israel
Just one of the most awful times for all parents to have to not know what's happening with their children. And so you can imagine what they must be going through right now. And of course, we as families are feeling that joy too. By proxy, we are completely attached. And for all the hostage families, I think it's fair to say we feel as one big family.
Global News Podcast
Gaza special: Three freed hostages back in Israel
So when any of us are returned, we share in their joy and we celebrate.
Global News Podcast
Gaza special: Three freed hostages back in Israel
All the hostage families, including my own, are completely on tenterhooks. I think there are emotions that we're feeling that I don't think have an English word for...
Global News Podcast
Is Putin serious about a ceasefire in Ukraine?
I think for us, the victims of the war on drugs, this is the first step to attaining justice under our international criminal justice system.
Global News Podcast
Turkey protests: More than 1,000 people arrested in 5 days
We have done our own sensitization. Many of them, all those people from the market, they came and they asked questions. I was there and I also made a presentation to them on the dangers of all these things.
Global News Podcast
Turkey protests: More than 1,000 people arrested in 5 days
Our officers are already gathering intelligence. Once we are ready to strike, we will strike.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Our staff and our volunteers were offering first ecological support, first aid and other material support.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Putin to hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday
Our staff and our volunteers were offering first psychological support, first aid and other material support. Also, the Red Cross has delivered assistance to the local hospital in Kochani with blankets, bedding and wheelchairs. We have opened two lines, one line for first psychological support and as well as another line, SOS line, for donations.
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Moscow says West "fragmenting" over Ukraine
I'm now deeply worried by the fundamental shift in direction that is taking place domestically and internationally. In a paradoxical mirror image, policies intended to protect people from discrimination are now labelled as discriminatory. Progress is being rolled back on gender equality.
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Moscow says West "fragmenting" over Ukraine
Disinformation, intimidation and threats, notably against journalists and public officials, risk undermining the work of independent media and the functioning of institutions.
Global News Podcast
Moscow says West "fragmenting" over Ukraine
Also in this podcast... Policies intended to protect people from discrimination are now labelled as discriminatory. Progress is being rolled back on gender equality.
Global News Podcast
Trump tariffs trigger steepest US stocks drop since 2020
We're a small independent company that's been in business in Michigan, USA for 67 years. A lot of our parts that come in there are made of steel. So we've already been hit with the steel tariffs. But I think what was frightening today is that some of our components that come in, come in through Taiwan, and now there's a 32% tariff on Taiwan.
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Trump tariffs trigger steepest US stocks drop since 2020
So in effect, when you couple the 32% with that 25% steel tariff, we could very well be looking at 57% tariff.
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Trump tariffs trigger steepest US stocks drop since 2020
90% of our business is imported coming from LATAM countries. So most of the countries that we operate are going to be a 10% tariff. Food is already retailing at a ridiculously high price. And big box stores such as Costco, Walmart, I don't know how much more they can pass on these tariffs to the consumer. So in the end, it's going to come off our bottom line.
Global News Podcast
Trump tariffs trigger steepest US stocks drop since 2020
I understand what President Trump is trying to do. He's trying to bring back agriculture, food production, which has been very important. I think around the world, people have seen since COVID how we are so interconnected as a global economy.
Global News Podcast
Trump tariffs trigger steepest US stocks drop since 2020
More than 60% of business comes from the US alone. So this is a big setback. Already there were a lot of challenges in terms of pricing. Our customers were finding it difficult to sell at large scale. So reducing price is an option, but we will have to shrink our margins also. This is very labor-intense business, textile and garment making.
Global News Podcast
Trump tariffs trigger steepest US stocks drop since 2020
Something has to be done so that sectors like us should be incentivized to remain competitive.