Donald Trump calls Supreme Court immunity ruling a "big win" for democracy
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court has granted Donald Trump — and all U.S. presidents — absolute immunity from "official" presidential acts. The ruling will further delay the former president's case which alleges he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Also in this podcast: - Hurricane Beryl forces thousands to take shelter as it moves across the Caribbean. - A young Kenyan protester tells us why she is returning to the streets, one week on from the violent clashes in Nairobi. - Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay makes history becoming the first black African to win a stage on the Tour De France.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Alex Ritzen and in the early hours of Tuesday the 2nd of July, |
| 0:10.5 | these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.4 | The US Supreme Court finds Donald Trump may have |
| 0:15.4 | presidential immunity over his alleged role in the January the 6th |
| 0:19.7 | capital riots. We need to say a big no to the Supreme Court for supporting this guy. |
| 0:26.0 | Hurricane Burrell has made landfall on the Caribbean island of Karayaku with winds of over 200 kilometers an hour. |
| 0:34.8 | France's centrist and left-wing parties battle to keep Marine Lopen's National Rally Party from power. |
| 0:40.8 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:45.0 | All the Eritrean and African, we must be proud. |
| 0:50.0 | It's our moment, It's our time. |
| 0:53.0 | Cyclist Biniam Germi makes history as the first black African to win a stage in the Tour de France. |
| 1:00.0 | We begin in the United States with one of the most closely watched Supreme Court cases. |
| 1:09.0 | On Monday, justices ruled for the first time that former presidents can have some degree of immunity |
| 1:15.0 | from criminal prosecution. |
| 1:17.0 | It was a major victory for Donald Trump who faces prosecution for conspiring to overturn the result |
| 1:22.3 | of the 2020 election and for his alleged role in the 6th of January storming of the US capital. |
| 1:29.0 | The Supreme Court decision, six Conservative judges in favour three liberals against means he is |
| 1:35.2 | shielded from criminal prosecution for actions taken in his |
| 1:39.5 | official capacity as president but not for private actions. |
| 1:43.6 | Mr. Trump's critics outside the Supreme Court were furious. |
| 1:47.6 | We need to say no, a big no to tyrants, a big no to the radical right, a big no to the radical right a big no to the Supreme Court for supporting this guy and in my |
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