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Global News Podcast

Alleged 'Iranian plot' to assassinate Trump

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.38.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The US has brought charges over an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump. Also: calls for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign over an abuse scandal, and why Swedish police can now seize luxury goods.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:04.4

I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Saturday, the 9th of November, these are our main

0:08.7

stories. The US government has brought charges against three people in connection with an

0:13.3

alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump before he was elected the next president.

0:19.6

The billionaire Elon Musk has taken part in a telephone conversation between Donald Trump

0:24.2

and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.

0:27.4

A panel of global food experts has warned that areas of Gaza face a strong likelihood of famine

0:33.9

unless immediate action is taken.

0:38.0

Also in this podcast,

0:40.2

You're masking anti-immigrant sentiment and racism,

0:46.8

and you're dressing it up really pretty and calling it border security.

0:50.8

Our reporter in Arizona has been finding growing opposition to Mr Trump's plans to deport a million undocumented migrants.

1:01.0

Back in July on the campaign trail, the now, soon to be next U.S. President Donald Trump narrowly missed being killed when a bullet grazed his ear. Now, there is news of another

1:13.4

alleged plan to kill him. The US Department of Justice says three people have been charged with a

1:19.3

plot to murder Mr Trump and other US citizens, orchestrated allegedly by Iran. Our correspondent Anna

1:26.3

Anna Foster is in Washington for us.

1:28.4

This is an indictment that has been unsealed today. So in terms of timings, it's unclear,

1:33.2

but it points towards a plan potentially happening in September. Now, the US Attorney General

1:38.4

Merrick Garland has put out a statement and said that the Justice Department has just charged

1:43.7

what he has described as an

1:45.3

asset of the Iranian regime who was tasked by the regime to direct a network of criminal

1:51.0

associates to further Iran's assassination plots against its targets, including President-elect

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