EU leaders discuss support for Ukraine
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Hungary resists Kyiv's bid to join the European Union and its pleas for aid. The EU's top diplomat said supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression was crucial to Europe's own stability. Also: President Putin resumes his annual press conferences, and why there's a marked increase in road deaths in Africa.
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| 0:00.0 | The Global Story, with Smart Takes and Fresh Perspective, on one big news story, |
| 0:07.8 | every Monday to Friday from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.3 | Search for The Global Story Story wherever you get your BBC |
| 0:14.8 | podcasts to find out more. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World |
| 0:22.2 | Service. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Rachel Wright and at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 14th of December, these are our main stories. |
| 0:31.2 | An EU summit is divided over Ukraine between 26 member states and |
| 0:35.9 | Victor Orban, the Hungarian Prime Minister. A senior US official arrives in |
| 0:40.7 | Israel amid mounting criticism of the bombing of Gaza. |
| 0:44.0 | President Putin resumes his annual press conference and talks at length about Ukraine and the West. |
| 0:50.0 | Also in this podcast Afghan families cross 11 countries to get to the US. |
| 0:57.0 | When we were crossing we saw many did bodies that was the most tragic part of the travel. And the men who |
| 1:06.7 | shot the US national symbol. We begin in Brussels where the stage is set for a showdown at the EU summit |
| 1:16.4 | with 26 member states in favour of aid to Ukraine and talks to start accession |
| 1:21.3 | proceedings and one against, the Hungarian Prime Minister |
| 1:24.7 | Victor Orban. |
| 1:26.1 | He has retained his stance despite what one MEP described as the biggest bribe in EU history |
| 1:32.2 | from the European Commission to Hungary last night. |
| 1:35.0 | Victor Orban showed his skepticism on the way into the summit. |
| 1:39.0 | The government's stance at present is that Ukraine's fast admission to the European Union |
| 1:44.4 | would have unpredictable consequences. Ukraine's fast lane accession does not serve the interests of |
| 1:50.4 | either Hungary or the European Union. |
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