24/02/2025
Today in Parliament
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🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Alicia McCarthy reports as Foreign Secretary David Lammy announces new sanctions against Russia on the third anniversary of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.3 | Order. Order. |
| 0:08.0 | Hello, I'm Alicia McCarthy, and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4 for Monday the 24th of February, |
| 0:14.9 | where the Foreign Secretary sets out new sanctions against Russia |
| 0:18.1 | and attacks the Kremlin's record when it comes to keeping its |
| 0:21.5 | international promises. This is foreign policy by lies. And we must respond by being true to |
| 0:30.3 | ourselves and provide the support Ukraine needs to stay strong. While the Liberal Democrats say |
| 0:36.8 | the UK must step up and take the lead in Europe. |
| 0:40.2 | In parroting the Kremlin's false claims that Ukraine started this war and that President |
| 0:45.0 | Zelensky is a dictator, President Trump has shown that the US can't be trusted to support |
| 0:50.3 | Ukraine's defence. |
| 0:51.9 | Also on this programme, calls to protect young people from the dangers |
| 0:55.8 | of social media. Many adults fall for these things too. So how on earth do we expect our children |
| 1:01.3 | not to? But first, on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Foreign |
| 1:07.9 | Secretary has announced a new round of sanctions against Moscow and its |
| 1:11.8 | allies. The action comes as the Prime Minister prepares to meet the US President in Washington |
| 1:17.1 | on Thursday. Donald Trump has sparked controversy in recent weeks with his comments about the war, |
| 1:23.5 | most recently accusing Sekeir Stama and France's President Macron of doing nothing to stop the conflict |
| 1:29.3 | and calling Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, a dictator. |
| 1:34.9 | Making a statement to MPs on their first day back after a week's break, |
| 1:39.4 | the Foreign Secretary David Lammy said today marked three years of Ukrainian courage in resisting what he called |
| 1:45.9 | Russia's brutal, illegal, unprovoked invasion. |
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