Furious reaction among US Republicans to Trump guilty verdict
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
US presidential election campaign moves into uncharted territory after Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records. We bring you the best content, reportage and analysis of the Trump verdict and look at where the US election goes from here. Also in this podcast: the latest from South Africa on the political horse-trading expected as the ANC is tipped to lose its three-decade majority - why have some voters fallen out of love with the party? And in Canada for the first time an indigenous politician addresses a provincial parliament in his own language.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:02.8 | I'm Nick Mars and at 13 hours GMT on Friday the 31st of May, these are our main stories. |
| 0:09.8 | There's been a furious reaction among U.S. Republicans after Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records. |
| 0:17.0 | Kuala Lumpur Airport is crammed as thousands of would-be guest workers are trying to have their documents processed ahead of a deadline in Malaysia. |
| 0:26.8 | Coalition talks are expected to get underway in South Africa after an inconclusive election the first in three decades. |
| 0:34.8 | Also in this podcast, we'll have a special report from Mexico where |
| 0:39.2 | voters are almost certain to choose the first female president on Sunday. |
| 0:44.0 | The biggest challenge for the winner lies ahead in undoing centuries of sexism, gender inequality and |
| 0:49.4 | violence in one of the most patriarchal societies in the Americans. |
| 0:53.8 | All that and the New York Times takes legal action against attempts to register a game |
| 0:58.6 | with a similar name to the online game Wordle. |
| 1:10.0 | On the East Coast of America, the morning news shows are still buzzing with speculation after Donald Trump's guilty verdicts in New York on Thursday. |
| 1:14.4 | He's become the first US president, former or serving, to be convicted of a criminal offense, |
| 1:20.2 | falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to the adult film |
| 1:25.4 | actress Stormy Daniels. His conviction which he's likely to appeal does not |
| 1:30.0 | disqualify him from running in this November's presidential election, even if he's sent to |
| 1:35.2 | prison when he's sentenced in July. The BBC's John Sudworth is following the story in New York. |
| 1:48.0 | Guilty. in New York. In a nearby park Mr Trump's opponents celebrated. Mr Trump's people. |
| 1:51.0 | While inside the court the former president was making history as the first ever to be convicted of a crime. |
| 2:00.0 | This was a disgrace. This was a |
| 2:05.0 | a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. |
| 2:08.0 | It's a rigged trial of disgrace. |
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