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🗓️ 5 April 2025
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Protesters across the US have taken to the streets in a show of defiance against Donald Trump’s policies. Also: what’s so compelling about jazz, and is British English slang being adopted across the Atlantic?
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0:00.0 | You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
0:04.8 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Sunday the 6th of April. |
0:10.3 | Opponents of President Trump have held rallies across the US to protest against government cuts and efforts to consolidate power. |
0:17.2 | The president himself has urged Americans to hang tough in the face of the turmoil triggered by his tariffs. |
0:22.8 | And Israel has admitted giving an inaccurate account of the killing of 15 medical workers in Gaza |
0:27.8 | after a video emerged which undermined its claims. |
0:32.6 | Also in the podcast? |
0:43.5 | We remember the Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko, who's died at the age of 70. |
0:53.2 | In contrast to his first term in office, President Trump has faced relatively little opposition since he was sworn in 76 days ago. |
0:56.1 | Republicans, many Democrats, tech giants, universities and even law firms have been accused of caving into his demands. |
1:04.1 | The only real challenge has come from a handful of judges. |
1:07.3 | But on Saturday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets across America to voice their anger at the way the country is heading. |
1:14.3 | Donald Trump has got to go. Hey, hey, ho! Hey, Trump, you liar. We set your ass on fire. |
1:23.0 | No Trump. No claim. |
1:24.7 | The so-called hands-off events were organized in every congressional district, |
1:29.3 | with protesters criticizing the doge cuts, Donald Trump's economic policy, |
1:34.1 | and what some see as a slide towards authoritarianism. |
1:37.8 | These protesters are among those concerned that America's democracy is at risk. |
1:41.5 | Stock market's crashing, the economy's going to crash. It's already crashing. |
1:45.1 | And it's all about Trump. |
1:46.7 | His actions, his stupidity, his mistakes. |
1:50.7 | One of my major concerns is how much disinformation that they are perpetuating out in the |
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