Biden: Baltimore bridge collapse 'terrible accident'
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The US president says the federal government will pay for the entire cost of repairs after a vessel lost power in one of America's busiest shipping lanes and hit the bridge. Also: After hearing rival arguments, US Supreme Court judges appear unlikely to limit access to a widely-used abortion drug; and why the future of Germany's beloved sausage dog could be under threat.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Alex Ritzen and in the early hours of Wednesday the 27th of March, |
| 0:10.0 | these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.0 | President Biden promises help to rebuild a major bridge in Baltimore |
| 0:16.0 | which was struck by a container ship and collapsed into one of America's busiest shipping lanes. |
| 0:21.0 | This is the largest East Coast port, so this is a major deal. |
| 0:26.0 | Everything comes through here, everything. Whether it's automobiles or toothbrushes. |
| 0:31.0 | U.S. Supreme Court judges appear skeptical about arguments for banning the abortion |
| 0:35.9 | drug Mifipristone and why these comments have sparked fury in Israel. |
| 0:41.6 | I implore member states to abide by their obligations, which start with imposing an |
| 0:47.4 | arms embargo and sanctions on Israel. |
| 0:51.6 | Also in this podcast Indonesia launches a search for the Javan Tiger after DNA from a single |
| 0:58.2 | hair raises hope that the species is not extinct and the British TV gardening show host whose trousers |
| 1:06.4 | faced the censorship test on North Korean TV. |
| 1:09.8 | It's taken me to reach the age of 74 to be regarded in the same sort of breath as Elvis Presley, |
| 1:18.5 | Tom Jones, Rod Stewart. |
| 1:21.2 | President Biden Rod Stewart. |
| 1:30.0 | President Biden has described the collapse of the main bridge in Baltimore as a terrible accident and promised all the federal resources needed to get the port up and running. |
| 1:35.0 | Six people remain missing after the container ship lost power before striking the Francis |
| 1:40.4 | Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Local authorities have |
| 1:44.4 | declared a state of emergency. Our North America correspondent Gary O'Donohue is in Baltimore |
| 1:50.2 | and sent this report. |
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