Donald Trump inaugurated as 47th US president
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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President Donald Trump laid out foreign policy promises, goals and predictions during his swearing-in ceremony as he assumes another term in office. Also, the UN says 630 aid trucks have entered Gaza since the start of the ceasefire deal over the weekend between Israel and Hamas. And, the Ankole cattle of western Uganda are now considered an endangered breed as farmers switch to other imports such as Holsteins. Plus, remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s universal message against oppression.
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| 0:00.0 | A fragile ceasefire in Gaza holds as Donald Trump takes the oath of office. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm Marco Wurman. |
| 0:10.7 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 0:12.1 | Humanitarian aid into Gaza is expected to increase under the ceasefire. |
| 0:17.1 | The biggest need right now, shelter from the cold. |
| 0:20.2 | The winter has tents that we were planning to send and to distribute are not there yet, and we'll be entering now. |
| 0:27.1 | Meanwhile, in South Korea, there's concern about the country's democracy. |
| 0:31.2 | Nowadays, it's party politics first and damned the country. |
| 0:36.2 | You worry about this? |
| 0:37.2 | I worry about that very much. |
| 0:39.4 | Also in Japan, a cafe with robot waiters that are not operated by AI. |
| 0:44.5 | When we first walked in, I thought I was talking to an AI. |
| 0:47.5 | It takes some getting used to, but cool, once you do. |
| 0:50.2 | And remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message not just to America, but the globe. |
| 0:54.8 | All that today on The World. |
| 0:58.1 | This is the World. I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 1:01.0 | And I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for being with us on Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 1:05.7 | We have coverage of both ahead for you on the show. But we start first in Gaza. A ceasefire implemented |
| 1:12.9 | over the weekend appears to be holding. There have been celebrations in Israel and Gaza as a sides |
| 1:17.9 | exchanged three Israeli hostages for some 90 Palestinian prisoners. Meanwhile, many Palestinians in |
| 1:24.0 | Gaza have already begun returning to what is left of their homes. |
| 1:28.3 | Aid trucks from the Israeli side are also now entering the Gaza Strip as part of the deal. |
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