Former French president Sarkozy is given five-year sentence
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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The former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in jail after he was found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Also: the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the United Nations General Assembly via video link, the BBC releases a film calling for international journalists to be allowed into Gaza, and Bolivia’s former anti-drugs chief is arrested after cocaine lab was found on his property. Fake Labubu dolls make up 90 per cent of all counterfeit toys seized at UK borders, Zimbabwe’s quest to become Africa’s blueberry capital, and how yoghurt might have helped the late Maria Branyas Morera live to 117. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
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| 0:25.4 | I'm Nick Miles, and at 17 hours GMT on Thursday the 25th of September, these are our main |
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| 0:31.6 | The former president of France, Nicholas Sokose, is sentenced to five years in prison for |
| 0:36.7 | criminal conspiracy. |
| 0:38.5 | The Palestinian president addresses the UN via video link |
| 0:41.9 | and calls for all countries to recognize the state of Palestine. |
| 0:46.3 | Bolivia's former leader of the anti-drugs war is arrested |
| 0:49.6 | after the discovery of a drug laboratory on his property. |
| 0:55.2 | Also in this podcast, a new deal to slash the price of an HIV drug |
| 1:00.5 | has been described as a game changer. |
| 1:03.0 | And once tobacco kept Zimbabwe's economy going, we head to the new growth area. |
| 1:08.7 | I've come to La Juaeta farm. |
| 1:12.5 | Scores of women, trays in hand, |
| 1:15.6 | are picking dark purple fruit from shoulder-high bushes. |
| 1:19.2 | They're separating the large quality berries for export. |
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