Deadly Russian strikes hit western Ukraine

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.2 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Russian missile and drone strikes in western Ukraine have killed at least twenty-five people and injured more than seventy in the city of Ternopil. Two apartment blocks were hit, leaving upper floors destroyed, buildings on fire and rescuers searching through rubble for survivors. Also: Britain reports that a Russian ship operating on the edge of the UK's territorial waters has directed lasers at air force pilots sent to monitor its activities; a major global study links ultra-processed foods to higher risks of cancer, diabetes and heart disease; we look ahead to the men’s FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as the Caribbean island of Curacao becomes the smallest nation ever to qualify; relations between China and Japan deteriorate further after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggests Tokyo could respond militarily if China attacks Taiwan; the global chief of Hyundai says the White House personally apologised after a major immigration raid at one of its factories in the US state of Georgia; and scientists trace the evolutionary origins of kissing.

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0:00.0	This is the Global News Podcasts.
0:05.7	This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:10.9	I'm Jean-Ullat Jal and at 16 hours GMT on Wednesday the 19th of November, these are our main stories.
0:17.4	In one of the deadliest attacks on Western Ukraine since the war began,
0:21.3	Russian strikes kill at least 25 people and wound many more.
0:26.8	Global experts warn ultra-processed foods have created a pandemic of chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
0:37.2	Also in this podcast,
0:39.1	I think we deserve this,
0:41.1	and they are now going directly to the World Cup with all players.
0:45.2	It's time to celebrate for us right now.
0:47.7	The Caribbean island of Curacao celebrates becoming the smallest nation ever
0:52.6	to qualify for a football World Cup.
1:00.6	In one of the deadliest Russian attacks on Western Ukraine since the war began,
1:04.7	at least 25 people have been killed, three of them children, and around 70 others
1:10.5	wounded in the city of
1:11.8	Turnipil. Two blocks of flats were hit by Russian strikes. Images show the crumpled buildings
1:17.6	on fire with the top floors destroyed, and it's thought that many more people remain trapped
1:22.6	under the rubble. Other parts of Ukraine were hit, including Kharkiv in the north, where dozens more were wounded.
1:33.2	There were three impacts somewhere nearby, and then there was a big strike. All the windows
1:38.7	were completely blown out, and the smoke was so thick. We took towels, soaked them in water to be able to breathe.
1:46.2	This isn't the first time either. About six months ago, a cluster bomb fell here and everything was
1:52.4	damaged. People had just replaced the windows and now this has happened again.
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