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

I'm Paul Moss, and at 1,400 hours GMT on Thursday, the 23rd of January, these are our main stories.

Donald Trump wants to abolish America's Emergency Response Organization FEMA, and he's hinted he may

seek to prosecute Joe Biden. The ICC takes on

Taliban leaders over their treatment of women and girls. Gaza's ceasefire is holding, but death

and destruction continue in the occupied West Bank. We'll hear why some electromagnetic waves from space

have got scientists excited.

Apparently they're like the chirping of birds.

Also in this podcast...

The French film, in Spanish Spanish set in Mexico that's cleaned up in the Oscars nominations.

There's a saying often quoted in Britain that a week is a long time in politics.

You do wonder if Donald Trump has taken this

to heart as he continues the breakneck speed of his first few days back in the White House. He's issued

a slew of executive orders, pardoned several hundred January 6th rioters, and committed to pulling

the US out of major international bodies like the World Health Organization.

But Mr. Trump also has his eye on organizations closer to home.

The latest to find itself in the presidential firing line is FEMA, the Federal Emergencies Management Agency.

What they've done with FEMA is so bad.

FEMA is a whole other discussion because all it does is complicate everything.

FEMA has not done their job for the last four years.

You know, I had FEMA working really well.

We had hurricanes in Florida.

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