EU summit seen as critical for Ukraine’s war effort
The World
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🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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European leaders are locked in talks in Brussels over how the EU will fund future support for Ukraine. Also, a Chinese man who documented human rights abuses in China was detained by ICE and may soon be deported to Uganda. And, 11 members of the Nigerian Air Force were released from detention yesterday in Burkina Faso, where they had made an emergency landing more than a week ago. Plus, a look at some classic Christmas treats from Denmark.
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| 0:00.0 | Russian assets in the billions could be used to help Ukraine, but talks in Europe show |
| 0:09.6 | why that plan is not so straightforward. |
| 0:12.1 | I'm Marco Werman today, the latest on that. |
| 0:14.5 | Plus, a Chinese man seeking asylum in the U.S. could be deported. |
| 0:18.6 | So what could happen to him, at minimum, a life imprisonment, torture, and who knows, |
| 0:25.8 | it could be a death penalty. |
| 0:27.8 | Also, 25 years ago, a huge deposit of natural gas in Gaza had people imagining a better |
| 0:33.3 | future. |
| 0:34.0 | It's going to be cheaper than the electricity they buy from Israel, be cheaper from what they get |
| 0:37.3 | from Egypt, and it would make sense. But today, getting energy in Gaza is as uncertain as ever. And put |
| 0:43.7 | on your cozy sweater, we're making Danish porridge. Sushi rice or resato rice. And then extremely |
| 0:50.9 | important salt. Salt, salt, salt, remember salt guys. |
| 0:55.7 | Today, here on the world. |
| 0:58.9 | This is the world. |
| 0:59.8 | I'm Marco Wurman. |
| 1:00.9 | Carolyn Beeler is away. |
| 1:02.2 | It is good to have you here. |
| 1:04.0 | European leaders have been locked in talks in Brussels all day |
| 1:05.8 | over how to fund |
| 1:06.9 | future support for Ukraine. |
| 1:08.7 | Polish Prime Minister |
| 1:09.5 | Donald Tusk put it starkly when he arrived at the meeting this morning. |
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