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🗓️ 25 March 2025
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Unrest began last Wednesday in Turkey when Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, was detained on corruption charges. Also: top US officials shared classified Yemen strike plans with journalist in group chat.
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0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
0:05.4 | I'm Jackie Leonard, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 25th of March, these are our main |
0:10.4 | stories. Large crowds of protesters again marched through the Turkish city of Istanbul |
0:15.5 | in support of the jailed mayor, who's the main opposition presidential candidate. |
0:20.8 | The United Nations says it's reducing its presence in Gaza because of Israel's renewed |
0:25.0 | bombing campaign, and the Chinese electric vehicle maker, BYD, says its revenue topped |
0:31.2 | $100 billion for the first time last year, overtaking Tesla. |
0:37.1 | Also in this podcast, the White House has confirmed that a prominent journalist was sent |
0:42.6 | classified military information by mistake, giving advanced details of a US attack on the |
0:48.3 | Houthis in Yemen. |
0:49.3 | Pete Hegzeth, if you think we should do it, let's go. |
0:52.2 | Let's just make sure our messaging is tight here. |
0:54.8 | And if there are things we can do up front to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities, we should do it. |
1:04.6 | We begin in Turkey and more protests in the city of Istanbul. |
1:09.7 | Large crowds gathered again to demand the release of the city's mayor, Ekrem-Emamalou, |
1:14.3 | Turkey's main opposition presidential candidate. |
1:17.2 | He was arrested last week and charged with corruption. |
1:20.4 | The chairman of his CHP party, Uzko-Uzel, told the crowds the protest was an act of |
1:26.2 | defiance against fascism. But the Turkish president, |
1:29.3 | Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the demonstrations had turned violent. Earlier, Turkish police said |
1:34.8 | 1100 people had been detained following Mr. Amarmalou's arrest. Our senior international correspondent |
1:41.7 | Ola Giren spent the day among the protesters. |
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