Former US Presidents speak out against ICE crackdown
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The Trump administration is facing a growing backlash over its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, after another US citizen was shot dead by federal agents on Saturday - the second such case in a month. The former president Bill Clinton has urged Americans to stand up and speak out, with President Barack Obama warning core US values "are increasingly under assault." Some Republicans have joined Democrats in calling for a full investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti.
Also: the Israeli military says it has retrieved the remains of the last hostage from Gaza, a key condition of the agreement to end the war with Hamas. Israel's Supreme court hears a case brought by foreign journalists demanding free access to Gaza. European ministers say a new pact on clean energy development in the North Sea will help them break dependence on fossil fuels from Russia and other petro-states. Why gold prices have surges to record highs. The field research in Mexico that tells us how spider monkeys share knowledge on how to find the ripest fruit. And we mark 100 years since inventor John Logie Baird publicly demonstrated the first proper television set.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.5 | With American politics, everything seems to be changing by the second. |
| 0:11.9 | Yeah, sometimes the news does a full 180 while we're recording the podcast. |
| 0:16.4 | It can be a difficult job, but we stay up to date on your behalf. |
| 0:19.9 | Make sense of what's happening in the US with new podcast episodes throughout the week. |
| 0:24.2 | America Ask. Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:27.6 | You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:32.9 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 16 hours GMT on Monday the 26th of January. |
| 0:39.4 | The former US President Bill Clinton urges Americans to stand up for their rights amid growing pressure over the latest ice killings in Minneapolis. |
| 0:47.7 | The Israeli military says it's retrieved the remains of the last hostage from Gaza. |
| 0:52.6 | And can a clean energy pact |
| 0:54.6 | help wean Europe off Russian oil and gas? |
| 0:58.9 | Also in the podcast? |
| 1:00.6 | What John Logi Baird achieved, |
| 1:02.7 | what he managed to do with those demonstrations, |
| 1:05.2 | is proof that it was possible. |
| 1:07.6 | Celebrating 100 years of television. |
| 1:20.1 | It is rare for ex-presidents to criticise their successors, but the killing of a second US citizen during the current immigration crackdown in Minneapolis has prompted two former |
| 1:25.5 | American leaders to speak out. Bill Clinton called on people to stand up for their rights, |
| 1:31.0 | while Barack Obama said the death of Alex Preti should be a wake-up call to every American, |
| 1:36.7 | regardless of party, that many of our core values are under assault. The 37-year-old intensive care nurse was shot dead on Saturday after being |
| 1:45.4 | forced to the ground by ICE agents. The killing prompted anger in the city. |
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