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Global News Podcast

Biden calls for order after police clear UCLA Gaza protest camp

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The US President Joe Biden has urged pro-Palestinian protesters on university campuses to uphold the rule of law. Police have detained more than 2,000 people nationwide in the past fortnight at college rallies and protest camps. Also: Russia blamed for GPS interference affecting flights in Europe, and a wounded orangutan in Indonesia is seen using a plant as medicine.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:04.8

I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Friday the 3rd of May,

0:08.0

these are our main stories.

0:09.6

President Biden has warned pro-Palestinian demonstrators at American universities that they don't have a right to cause chaos.

0:17.0

An international police operation has uncovered one of the largest networks of fraudulent call centers in Europe responsible for thousands

0:25.0

of scam calls a day. French MPs have voted to set up a commission to investigate sexual

0:30.8

abuse in the film industry.

0:34.0

Also in this podcast,

0:39.0

the smart tree dweller that's learnt how to use plants to heal itself.

0:45.0

President Biden has said people have the right to protest but not to cause chaos as he addressed the violence

0:55.2

and arrests seen at some demonstrations at US universities about the conflict in

0:59.8

Gaza speaking at the White House he said the events had put to the test two fundamental

1:05.4

American principles, the right to free speech and the rule of law.

1:09.9

His stress both must be upheld.

1:12.4

Mr Biden made the comments on Thursday hours after police in Los Angeles

1:16.6

cleared a pro-Palestinian protest camp at UCLA where demonstrators have been told to leave.

1:23.0

This report from our correspondent Emma Vardi,

1:25.0

who spent the day following events at the campus in Los Angeles.

1:29.0

Police in riot gear moved in before dawn.

1:39.0

They'd surrounded the pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA on all sides. Despite building a makeshift

1:45.2

fortress around them, the protesters lights and loud bangs used to disorientate protesters as the police moved in to clear the tents.

2:04.3

I'm just here to show support, amplify the message that the students are saying here.

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