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🗓️ 28 February 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Greeks hold mass protests demanding justice after train crash two years ago which killed 57 people. Also: Mexico's view on US tariffs, and the desperate efforts to flee the fighting in the DR Congo.
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0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
0:04.9 | I'm Charles Haverland, and at 14 hours GMT on Friday the 28th of February, these are our main stories. |
0:12.4 | Protesters have clashed with police in Athens, as huge demonstrations take place across Greece, |
0:18.2 | marking two years since the country's worst ever train crash. |
0:21.8 | President Zelensky prepares to meet President Trump at the White House with a minerals deal |
0:26.7 | on the table. |
0:28.0 | Europol says it's made dozens of arrests in a large-scale operation against AI-generated child-sexual |
0:34.5 | abuse material. |
0:37.7 | Also in this podcast, a Japanese documentary about a rape case is aiming for the Oscars, |
0:43.6 | despite not being shown in Japan. |
0:46.2 | I want to break the idea of perfect victim, because that was what stopping me, |
0:51.4 | people telling me, you're not trying enough talking to the policeman. |
0:58.5 | We start in Greece. |
1:00.5 | Hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting in towns and cities across the country |
1:05.0 | to mark two years since a rail disaster that killed 57 people. |
1:10.2 | In Athens, hooded protesters through petrol bombs at police. |
1:14.1 | There were clashes outside Parliament as officers tried to disperse the crowds with tear gas. |
1:21.6 | The crowds say they want justice for the 57 people who were killed |
1:25.6 | when a passenger service collided with a freight train near the Tempe Gorge in 2023. |
1:31.8 | A report published on Thursday found the crash was caused by human error, poor maintenance and inadequate staffing, |
1:39.8 | and protesters like these two are venting their anger. |
1:47.4 | We want to send the message to the government and the employers that we will not tolerate |
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